Just who do they think they are going to sell chips to? They basically burnt all their bridges when they thought they could take on all the big board manufactures, and stopped selling their chips to them, bought STB and started producing their own. Do you really think they are going to sell chips to Creative, ELSA, LEADTEK, ect? JATON might buy some but thats about it. I have nothing against 3dfx, I just don't see them able to make large in roads with the board manufactures in the time needed to make all the needed contractual agreements, and ramp up production.
And I'm sorry, but they really don't have a chip right now that anybody wants (if they have trouble selling them themselves how can you beleive anybody else is going to think the can do better with it?)and nobody can plan on selling vaporware. I would hate to see them dissapear because as an end user we have benifited greatly from the great 3dfx Boogey Man, look at the great board prices we have today and the performance we get from them compared to even last year. Ok, i'm done