These cards didn't really slide into obscurity. They were a well known low-cost card compared to creative or adlib right up to the late 90's. A ATI StereoFX card ran about 1/3 the cost of a Soundblaster(around $300 in '92). It was this that catapulted ATI's video cards into the mainstream, further it became a big thing to use either ATI or Matrox as a 2D solution with your 3dfx voodoo card.
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