GeForce3 Announced
by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 22, 2001 7:10am PSTNVidia has finally announced the GeForce3, just about their worst kept secret. The press release is Mac specific because of the MacWorld Tokyo exclusive, but of course the card's features will be the same on the PC. The official PC announcement should come next week, around the 27th
...In addition, GeForce3 is: -The first fully programmable GPU-the nfiniteFX(tm) Pixel Shader processor and Vertex Shader processor give developers the ability to program a virtually infinite number of special effects and custom looks. - The first high-resolution antialiasing (HRAA) GPU, featuring NVIDIA's patented Quincunx AA mode, for high-resolution, high-quality, high-performance multisampling capabilities. - A platform for advanced transform and lighting features, enabling more complex, visually exciting objects and scenes. - OpenGL® 1.2 compatible. - Available in 64MB DDR SDRAM configuration that supports both the innovative Apple® Display Connector and the industry standard VGA connection.The rest of the press release goes into detail on what these features like Quincunx (wtf) mean and do. Of course, if you've seen the Doom engine video you already know you want this card.
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PC cards will show up what, a week later?
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KWIN - KUNKS
great freaking name. i can only hope it means something nice in korean or taiwanese.
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Yeah, right. It's a DVI connector with a few extra pins.
"...featuring NVIDIA's patented Quincunx AA mode..."
Congratulations, NVidia, you've won the "world's worst marketing team" award.
Somebody wanna tell me when nVidia became Apple's posterboy? Jesus... Announcing the Geforce3 at MacWorld? I think they're forgetting about us, the people who made them big in the first place (the hardcore PC users).
FrO
then we run to get the finally-affordable GeForce3
agreed... stoopit!
Nos
PS: Does anyone work in nVidias makteting department ????? Quincunx ???? You gotta be kidding me !!!!!!
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