They were released in 1997, and were massively overpowered in their day.
For eg, people were still using them as a 'top end' card in 2001..... 4 years later.

The CPU's of the day couldnt keep up. Most of the time the video card sat around waiting for input from the CPU.

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STi Ver 6 | 2.1L Stroker | 418whp | 11.5 @ 199kph |

Not fast enough dammit!