Pushes the envelope of mainstream 3D graphics. That's a good thing too. Not only does it help to set a standard that everyone can aspire to, and game developers can rely on, but it also erodes the value of Glide. Only negative in this strategy is that Direct3D isn't sexy, but Glide seems to be. One's a brunette, the other a blonde, for those of you who think such wicked thoughts.
People always assume that blondes have more fun.
Not quite Latin, but just as difficult to master the verb tenses. But, the best news for 3dfx and Nvidia is that 3D is a long, long, long way from being good enough. While that situation exists, the chances that 3D technology will become so mundane that it will lose its value, much as 2D performance has, is unlikely in the next couple of years. The graphics industry has nine lives. It may only have four or five players, but it has nine lives.