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• Meltdown 2001: DX9, XP gaming, and more 3D graphics*
  Thursday 19 July 2001 – 06:00
  We learn a little bit about DirectX 9 (is OpenGL history), get the word from Microsoft on what hardcore gamers should do with XP (use XP Pro), and conversations with Trident, STMicro, and 3Dlabs.
• Meltdown 2001 - ATI's R200 Countdown Begins*
  Tuesday 17 July 2001 – 07:00
  We get our first look at what looks like the R200 from ATI. This could be the product that finally puts paid to the notion that Nvidia has the graphics industry sewn up.
• 32 Graphic Card Meltdown - Part Two*
  Monday 6 September 1999 – 07:00
  This article continues the 32 graphic card Meltdown by showing hardware performance with each card's shipping driver. Benchmarks include Shogo (DirectX), Expendable (DirectX), Descent3 (DirectX/OpenGL) and Quake3 Test v1.08 (OpenGL).
• 32 Graphic Card Meltdown - Part One*
  Wednesday 4 August 1999 – 07:00
  This first part of the 32-3D card article discusses the driver issues and feature list of the cards. Be careful, even this part one is 'only' 230 pages.