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Boards built on the Voodoo chipset from 3dfx Interactive reached buyers during 1996, moving texture drawing off the main processor and onto dedicated hardware. An accelerated computer suddenly outclassed the new consoles.
Consumer hardware acceleration reset the argument between computers and consoles. Instead of being a compromise platform, a personal computer with the right card became the place where games looked best, at the cost of a purchase console owners never had to make. That trade-off has defined the market ever since.
