3dfx actually licensed the V5-6000 tech only to Quantum 3D. No other 3rd-parties have access to the card. The review is of a Quantum 3D system (QX 4232A) that contains a true V5-6000 card.

The review is already complete. The system was benchmarked on Wednesday night and the review was written on Thursday. I know because I'm the person that did the benchmarks (with help from my brother and a couple guys from Quantum 3D) and wrote the review. It was sent to VE just yesterday, so they need some time to HTML it up. It'll probably appear on Monday.

Also, the screen shot that VE indicated was an 8X shot was actually only a 2X. They've corrected the erratum on their site now. We tried to snap screens at both 4X and 8X. It was obvious on the monitor screen that 4X and 8X were in effect, but the screen snaps always showed up without any anti-aliasing. We were puzzled and still don't know the exact reason, but the article will talk about that in a bit more detail.

FYI, Ross Smith (founder of Quantum 3D) asked me where this review would be posted. I told him either Ars Technica (who was supposed to have it intially and dropped the ball on this review), VoodooExtreme (who snapped it up after I dropped it on them out of the blue yesterday), or Sharkeyextreme (where I would have taken it if VE didn't want it). He said he knew the guys from Sharkey's personally and that they were a great group of guys.

The V5-6000 is definitely coming to market. The question is, which market? Will it be available to gamers, even in just limited quantities? The review will answer those questions and maybe offer a surprise or two. Wait until tomorrow to find out.

Thanks and I hope you guys enjoy it,

Michael W. Romain