<PAGE>   1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2000
                                                   Registration No. 333-________

================================================================================

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             3DFX INTERACTIVE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         CALIFORNIA                                              77-0390421
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                               4435 FORTRAN DRIVE
                           SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                            1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN
                        1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full titles of the plan)

                                 DAVID ZACARIAS
           VICE PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                             3DFX INTERACTIVE, INC.
                               4435 FORTRAN DRIVE
                           SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134
                                 (408) 935-4400
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                             JOHN B. MCKNIGHT, ESQ.
                            LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP
                          2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 2200
                               DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
                                 (214) 740-8000

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

=============================================================================================================
                             MAXIMUM           PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM
         TITLE OF            AMOUNT TO BE      OFFERING PRICE PER  AGGREGATE OFFERING  AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED  REGISTERED        SHARE(1)            PRICE(1)            FEE(1)
---------------------------  ----------------  ------------------  ------------------  ----------------------
<S>                          <C>               <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Common Stock, no par value   3,350,000 shares        $6.89             $23,081,500            $6,093.52

=============================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices
of a share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by The Nasdaq National
Market on July 24, 2000.


<PAGE>   2

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1: PLAN INFORMATION.

         The information specified by Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted
from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the introductory
note to Part I of Form S-8.

ITEM 2: REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

         The information specified by Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted
from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the
Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

         (i) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-95017) filed on January 20, 2000;

         (ii) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-79037) filed on May 21, 1999;

         (iii) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-58207) filed on June 20, 1998; and

         (iv) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-39109) filed on October 30, 1997.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT NUMBER      DESCRIPTION
--------------      -----------
<S>                 <C>
     4.1+           Employee Stock Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
     4.2+           1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
     5.1+           Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.
    23.1+           Consent of Counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
    23.2+           Consent of Independent Accountants.
    24.1+           Power of Attorney (see signature page).

 </TABLE>

----------

+        Filed herewith.


<PAGE>   3

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                           (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                           (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of this Registration
                  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                  Registration Statement;

                           (iii) to include any material information with
                  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
                  in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
                  information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         (4) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to applicable law, the Registrant's Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws, indemnification agreements or otherwise, the Registrant
has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in a successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered hereunder, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>   4



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 25th day of
July, 2000.


                                       3DFX INTERACTIVE, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Alex Leupp
                                           ---------------------------------
                                           Alex Leupp
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Alex Leupp and
David Zacarias, and each of them, as his attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution in each, for him in any and all capacities to sign any amendments
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                    TITLE                                    DATE
---------                    -----                                    ----
<S>                          <C>                                      <C>
/s/ Alex Leupp               President and Chief Executive Officer    July 25, 2000
----------------------       (Principal Executive Officer)
Alex Leupp

/s/ David Zacarias           Vice President, Administration and       July 25, 2000
----------------------       Chief Financial Officer (Principal
David Zacarias               Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Gordon A. Campbell       Chairman of the Board                    July 25, 2000
----------------------
Gordon A. Campbell

/s/ James L. Hopkins         Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
James L. Hopkins

/s/ Scott D. Sellers         Executive Vice President, Chief          July 25, 2000
----------------------       Technical Officer and Director
Scott D. Sellers

/s/ James Whims              Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
James Whims

/s/ Andrei M. Manoliu        Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
Andrei M. Manoliu

/s/ George T. Haber          Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
George T. Haber
</TABLE>


<PAGE>   5


                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT NUMBER     DESCRIPTION
--------------     -----------

<S>                <C>
        4.1+       1995 Employee Stock Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
        4.2+       1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
        5.1+       Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.
       23.1+       Consent of Counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2+       Consent of Independent Accountants.
       24.1+       Power of Attorney (see signature page).
</TABLE>

----------

+        Filed herewith.
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1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2000
                                                   Registration No. 333-________

================================================================================

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             3DFX INTERACTIVE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         CALIFORNIA                                              77-0390421
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                               4435 FORTRAN DRIVE
                           SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                            1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN
                        1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full titles of the plan)

                                 DAVID ZACARIAS
           VICE PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                             3DFX INTERACTIVE, INC.
                               4435 FORTRAN DRIVE
                           SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134
                                 (408) 935-4400
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                             JOHN B. MCKNIGHT, ESQ.
                            LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP
                          2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 2200
                               DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
                                 (214) 740-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

=============================================================================================================
                             MAXIMUM           PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM
         TITLE OF            AMOUNT TO BE      OFFERING PRICE PER  AGGREGATE OFFERING  AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED  REGISTERED        SHARE(1)            PRICE(1)            FEE(1)
---------------------------  ----------------  ------------------  ------------------  ----------------------
Common Stock, no par value   3,350,000 shares        $6.89             $23,081,500            $6,093.52

=============================================================================================================
(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices
of a share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by The Nasdaq National
Market on July 24, 2000.
2

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1: PLAN INFORMATION.

         The information specified by Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted
from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the introductory
note to Part I of Form S-8.

ITEM 2: REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

         The information specified by Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted
from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the
Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

         (i) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-95017) filed on January 20, 2000;

         (ii) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-79037) filed on May 21, 1999;

         (iii) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-58207) filed on June 20, 1998; and

         (iv) Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.
333-39109) filed on October 30, 1997.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT NUMBER      DESCRIPTION
--------------      -----------
4.1+           Employee Stock Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
     4.2+           1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
     5.1+           Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.
    23.1+           Consent of Counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
    23.2+           Consent of Independent Accountants.
    24.1+           Power of Attorney (see signature page).
----------

+        Filed herewith.
3

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                           (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                           (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of this Registration
                  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                  Registration Statement;

                           (iii) to include any material information with
                  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
                  in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
                  information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         (4) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to applicable law, the Registrant's Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws, indemnification agreements or otherwise, the Registrant
has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in a successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered hereunder, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
4

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 25th day of
July, 2000.

                                       3DFX INTERACTIVE, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Alex Leupp
                                           ---------------------------------
                                           Alex Leupp
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Alex Leupp and
David Zacarias, and each of them, as his attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution in each, for him in any and all capacities to sign any amendments
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                    TITLE                                    DATE
---------                    -----                                    ----
/s/ Alex Leupp               President and Chief Executive Officer    July 25, 2000
----------------------       (Principal Executive Officer)
Alex Leupp

/s/ David Zacarias           Vice President, Administration and       July 25, 2000
----------------------       Chief Financial Officer (Principal
David Zacarias               Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Gordon A. Campbell       Chairman of the Board                    July 25, 2000
----------------------
Gordon A. Campbell

/s/ James L. Hopkins         Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
James L. Hopkins

/s/ Scott D. Sellers         Executive Vice President, Chief          July 25, 2000
----------------------       Technical Officer and Director
Scott D. Sellers

/s/ James Whims              Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
James Whims

/s/ Andrei M. Manoliu        Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
Andrei M. Manoliu

/s/ George T. Haber          Director                                 July 25, 2000
----------------------
George T. Haber
5

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NUMBER     DESCRIPTION
--------------     -----------
4.1+       1995 Employee Stock Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
        4.2+       1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.
        5.1+       Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.
       23.1+       Consent of Counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2+       Consent of Independent Accountants.
       24.1+       Power of Attorney (see signature page).
----------

+        Filed herewith.