Few technologies in the industry have moved so far in so littil time as computer graphics. Since the release of Windows 3. 0 in early 1990s

the graphics market has been growing at a dazzling speed. The fierce competition makes the technology evolving so fast that it results in generations of product within only five years. This paper gives a detailed review of the exciting technological advances in PC graphics field over the past few years

and discusses the latest 3D technoloties and products emerged at Comdex 95. The purpose of this article is to provide readers with a technical guideline of the rapid changing graphics industry.