>pic related since the dust has settled, what went wrong?

>>56030910
3dfx died because they followed their own mentality, not that of the changing market.

Another competitor would require absurd investment to enter the GPU market, not just in creating powerful enough hardware, but in creating driver software that works stable with so many past games.

Look at it this way: Intel tried it, and failed.

>>56030960
well with dx12 drivers matter less than compared with dx11. if performance is good enough in dx11 titles, but leads in dx12, it can be a success.

intel didn't really try though. they sorta did something that seemed like they wanted to, but then just.... stopped. as if they forgot about it.

though i do agree the funds required would be insane but there are players still out there with enough funds to hop in if they deem it worthy.

>>56030910
Nope. Nvidia will buy them out before they can stand a chance.

If even microsoft is not willing to make their own hardware, then no sane billionaire will do it.

>>56030910
>what went wrong?
They ignored things like TnL and couldn't get the voodoo5 6000 fixed

>>56030910

They bought STB. That was literally all that went wrong.

I don't know if they would still be in business today but I am fairly certain if they had not tried to get into the manufacturing business they would have lasted a lot longer.

>>56030910
>could another competitor join the nuclear gpu arms race?
Yes.

A Chinese company that turns out to be state sponsored.

ARM market