October 1996 / Cover Story

October 1996 / Cover Story

3-D for Everyone

3-D Chip Features

API Strengths and Weaknesses

3-D Anatomy

The Highs and Lows of 3-D

3-D Evolution

2D Tricks D o Not 3D Make

3D Games Development

A Hyperbolic Perspective

MMX Accelerates the x86

Parallelism Speeds Performance

3-D Glossary

Why Memory Matters

Seeing isn't believing: 3-D must face growing pains before it can become essential for business applications.
- by Udo Flohr

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