1998 research cohort / GPU
3dfx · model variant
L2 · reviewed discrepancy3dfx Voodoo Banshee graphics chip is recorded in the 1998 GPU research cohort under 3dfx. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
3Dfx addresses integrated 2-D/3-D graphics in one chip
Intended users: PC graphics card vendors and users
Engineering response: Voodoo Banshee integrated 2-D/3-D video chip
3Dfx announces Voodoo Banshee integrated 2-D/3-D video chip · lines 8-18
Contemporary report explicitly identifies integration goal and forecast card timing.
Card availability is forecast only; no comparable benchmark retained.
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
Announcement and chip identity are supported; board timing remains forecast-only.
PC Watch / Impress · lines 8-18
PC Watch identifies integrated 2D/3D chip, dates announcement, and labels card timing a forecast.
Keep the chip record; the announcement is supported while Banshee-board availability was forecast rather than confirmed.
What would resolve it: Dated 3dfx, board-partner, distributor, retailer, or contemporary publication evidence establishing actual chip or board shipment, with chip and board events kept separate.
Actual chip/board shipment, partners, region.
Banshee is a chip announcement; the source's August/September card availability is a forecast and cannot be inherited as a confirmed board launch.
Audit source · article lines 8-18
The June 22 chip announcement is followed by expected August or September card availability, not a shipment record.
Follow-up: Keep chip timing separate from board timing; seek a dated first-shipment source.
Do not convert the forecasted August/September card timing into a verified Banshee launch date.
Audit source · article lines 8-18
The article forecasts card availability while documenting the chip announcement; forecast and shipment remain distinct.
Follow-up: Seek contemporary channel or manufacturer shipment evidence; leave date precision at forecast level.
Several frozen rows rely on retrospective chronology or contemporary technical reporting without a confirmed first-commercial-shipment record; evidence is insufficient for automatic promotion.
Audit source · chronology lines 4-14
The evidence establishes launch/announcement wording but leaves exact shipment, channel, and regional scope unresolved across multiple rows.
Follow-up: Require human review and targeted primary or contemporary channel corroboration; do not normalize by inference.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
PC Watch / Impress ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Chip identity. Contemporary PC Watch reports 3Dfx announced Voodoo Banshee on June 22 and links the original 3Dfx release; card availability is forecast, not confirmed.