Tweak3D has posted a review on the Hercules 3D Prophet 3 video card.

Hercules is a company that’s in a very unique position. Not only is it one of the most recognizable manufacturers of GeForce3 based cards; it has become the most recognizable company to produce Kyro2 based cards. This could leave Hercules in a potentially dangerous position with NVIDIA, but I doubt that NVIDIA will take any action like terminating chip supply to Hercules. Because it’s such a well known and respected NVIDIA partner, Hercules has a strong position of holding onto NVIDIA’s hands even if NVIDIA felt like it didn’t like the relationship anymore. Once long ago, a company named 3dfx disconnected with many of its primary partners like Diamond Multimedia and Creative Labs only to be chained down by the responsibilities of making the graphics chip, making the graphics board and marketing the graphics board.

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