3dfx Voodoo5 5500

In the competitive world of 3D technology the pinnacle of achievement will be, if some manufacturer achieves scenes that are photo-realistic and eliminates any visual cues that identify it to be computer generated in a real-time demanding environment such as an interactive game or simulation. Well, this goal is what all the players in the industry are striving to achieve. Each manufacturer has there own technology under their belt and it’s the t-buffer that 3dfx relies upon. The 3dfx T-Buffer technology is a set of techniques designed to enhance the visual look of 3D gaming and provide a more realistic feel to the gaming experience. The t-buffer allows several key digital effects, which brings more photo-realism into real time 3D graphics rendering. The main among these effects are Full-scene spatial anti-aliasing (to remove jaggies from lines & pixel popping), motion blur (gives a more realistic blur to moving objects), depth-of-field, soft shadows and reflections. How the t-buffer technology works in simple words is; it uses multiple buffers so that each element is rendered and combined a number of times to create a dramatic visual effect for the final composite image.