u did say it was a standard card...
No I didnt. I said it was standard (further qualified by the workstation classification)
Umm right up at the first post of this page....Praetor said it
Yes but "has been the standard " != "was a standard card"
Wasnt 3D-Labs the original graphics card manufactures / game makers type company
3D Labs makes workstation cards and they've been at the game for a long time. The other big names are Oxygen/VL and to a lesser degree, Matrox. ATI and nVidia both have their workstation cards too the FireGl and Quaddro lines. What you're thinking of is 3dFX
FOR EVERYONE WHO'S TRYING TO QUOTE ME:
THE CARD FEATURES AT THE TOP IS NOT A CONSUMER CARD. IT IS A WORKSTATION CARD. BEFORE YOU QUOTE ME, FIND OUT WHAT A WORKSTATION CARD IS -- THEN, *IF* I'M WRONG, QUOTE AWAY.