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@hannah@posts.rat.pictures 5 hr. ago

Nvidia’s fall was inevitable ever since graphics cards stopped coming in boxes like this

An extremely y2k geforce box with a cgi robot guy in a sick space puddle

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@amsomniac@mastodon.mit.edu 4 hr. ago

@hannah this weird little guy https://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/x550/sapphire-x550-box3.jpg

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@mmmegaidiot@transfem.social 5 hr. ago

@hannah@posts.rat.pictures is now a good time to also mention the boxes for the 3dfx Voodoo cards

A box for the Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP graphics card. The box shows a face with green spots and red and green eyeliner, along with a strange pair of glowing eyes. In front of the box is the actual PCI Express card.

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@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 3 hr. ago

@mmmegaidiot @hannah Looking at the boxes, you can kind of understand why 3dfx decided to stop relying on OEMs and just make its own cards

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Box for a 3dfx-made Voodoo 2 1000 GPU. It's a tasteful red box with a single large image of staring eyes. Visually striking without being overwhelming.

Box for a Creative-made 3dfx Voodoo 2 card. It's a giant goddamned mess of low-poly rendered figures, early-Photoshop textured text and game box covers.