VideoLogic is a name few people would now instantly associate with graphics accelerators. In fact, its parent company, Imagination Technologies, was present at the birth of the PC 3D accelerator field in June 1996 with its PowerVR card.

The original Audigy brought ASIO drivers, SB1394 (IEEE 1394) and EAX Advanced HD to the masses, but it was criticised because some people felt betrayed by the 24-bit 96kHz specification, which referred to the DACs rather than the sampling rate.

Leading the push for more surround sound, Videologic has released the ZXR-750 7.1 speaker system -- that's 8 speakers in total. The package consists of a centre, two front, two side and two back speakers, rated 8W RMS each with removable speaker stands and wall mounting brackets, and a sub rated 28W RMS.

The concept of sticking all that ever-so-sensitive analog circuitry into a box that resides outside the electrically noisy confines of a computer seems conceptually sensible.

The KYRO II chipset differs significantly from the other solutions on the market. It uses a technology known as tile-based rendering to achieve peak performance, rather then the brute force solutions employed by competing chips.

There was once a time when 3dfx ruled the 3D accelerator market, but...

In the beginning 3dfx was the king of the 3D accelerator market with its Voodoo and Voodoo2 chipsets...