As part of its continued efforts to significantly raise the standard for real-time 3D graphics, 3dfx Interactive? Inc.?(NASDAQ: TDFX) today announced it is making next-generation graphics technology available to software and hardware developers in a free, open-source format.?3dfx FXT1 texture compression technology dramatically reduces the size of texture images with little or no loss in visual quality, thus enhancing a game?s speed and significantly improving the overall gaming experience.?Software developers can utilize the compression algorithm across multiple platforms, marking the first time that the same texture compression technology can be used on Windows?, Macintosh?, BeOS, Linux and other platforms. Read more of the press release here
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