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Scanline-interleaving not introduced with Voodoo2

This article, as well as "Scan-Line_Interleave" states that the technology was introduced with the Voodoo2. However the Voodoo graphics chipset already supported it, and Quantum3D produced and sold graphics cards to consumers in the form of the Obsidian 50SB and 100SB cards. The 50SB was basically an expandable Voodoo Graphics card, including an SLI cable. While the 100SB integrated everything on a single board and could even include a 2D module with the same chip of the Voodoo Rush. The 100SB variant can be seen in a review of tomshardware of the time. Given that 3dfx was not a board manufacturer but a chipset provider at this time, I consider the release of this board and the Voodoo Graphics chipset as a valid introduction of SLI.

Source: https://vgamuseum.info/images/doc/3dfx/voodoo_graphics.pdf page 10. Source: https://thandor.net/object/48 Source: http://3dfx.eu/en/quantum3d/obsidian-100sb Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/3d-accelerator-review-step,51-30.html 2A02:A473:FB1D:0:DBF:D974:65AE:D978 (talk) 16:40, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Other arcade systems

It'd be interesting to list all the Voodoo-powered arcade systems. In particular, Konami's 2000 Viper board, based on a PowerPC and a custom Voodoo3. Given the timing and similar specs, there is speculation (grain of salt obligatory) that the Viper is the Sega Blackbelt. ~2025-33390-20 (talk) 08:33, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Do you found source for this?

The " were requested and remained in house to work on what became the GeForce FX series. Others accepted employment with ATI to bring their knowledge to the creation of the X series of video cards and the development of Crossfire, their own version of SLI." is missing source and I still couldn't find where it is. DrinkBromieafteraCentury (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Source for Delay not found

Does the claim in "Delay" is real? because I don't find any public sources

"However, Napalm was delayed, and in the meantime Nvidia brought out their landmark GeForce 256 chip, which shifted even more of the computational work from the CPU to the graphics chip."

"Originally, this was just a Voodoo3 modified to support newer technologies and higher clock speeds, with performance estimated to be around the level of the RIVA TNT2."

"Napalm would have been unable to compete with the GeForce, so it was redesigned to support multiple chip configurations, like the Voodoo2 had." DrinkBromieafteraCentury (talk) 07:38, 18 October 2026 (UTC)