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                                     Filed by 3dfx Interactive, Inc. Pursuant to
                                     Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                                     and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b)
                                     under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                     Subject Company: 3dfx Interactive, Inc.
                                     Commission File No. 000-22651


       Notification of Filing of Preliminary Prospectus / Proxy Statement

     On January 26, 2001, NVIDIA Corporation ("NVIDIA") filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the
"Registration Statement"), which contains and describes two proposals that 3dfx
Interactive, Inc. ("3dfx") expects to present to its shareholders at a 3dfx
special meeting.  The first proposal seeks shareholder approval of the
liquidation, winding up and dissolution of 3dfx pursuant to a plan of
dissolution.  The second proposal seeks shareholder approval for the sale of
certain assets of 3dfx to NVIDIA US Investment Company ("NVIDIA Sub") pursuant
to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 15, 2000, among 3dfx, NVIDIA and
NVIDIA Sub.

     Investors and securityholders are urged to read the Registration Statement
and the preliminary Prospectus/Proxy Statement contained therein carefully
because they contain important information about NVIDIA, 3dfx and NVIDIA Sub,
the proposed dissolution of 3dfx, the proposed asset sale and related matters.
Investors and securityholders are able to obtain a free copy of the Registration
Statement, as well as documents incorporated by reference therein, through the
Web site maintained by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at
http://www.sec.gov.

     NVIDIA and 3dfx file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy
statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information filed by
NVIDIA or 3dfx at the SEC public reference rooms at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 or at any of the Commission's other public reference
rooms in New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois.  Please call the Commission
at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms.
NVIDIA's and 3dfx's filings with the Commission are also available to the public
from commercial document-retrieval services and at the Web site maintained by
the Commission at http://www.sec.gov.
