3dfx sends along a couple of press releases, this one to announce Voodoo3 accelerators would be on the motherboard of the next line of Packard Bell computers, and this one announcing that the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 are in stores as of today, the 143 MHz V3-2000 accompanied by an Eidos game sampler, and the TV-out equipped 166 MHz Voodoo3 3000 offering a bundle of Need for Speed III, Descent 3 Sol Ascent (a five level version of the game), and Unreal, along with a coupon for Unreal tournament, when it is available. The release also outlines US and European availability and pricing for the cards. Here's some info they've included about some benchmarks they commissioned:

According to ZDTag test results released today, the blistering real-world performance of the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 handily outpaces the non-3dfx based competition's most powerful shipping products the nVidia TNT-based Diamond Viper V550, the S3 Savage3D-based Hercules Terminator Beast, and the ATI Rage 128-based Rage Fury.

In Quake II time demo testing*, ZDTag found the Voodoo3 3000 scored an astounding 95.7 percent faster than its nearest competitor, the ATI Rage Fury. The tests, conducted at a resolution of 1,024 by 768, also found the Voodoo3 2000 is 68.8 percent faster than the ATI card. Complete test results are available today at http://www.3dfx.com/.