The Card That Changed Everything: Why GeForce 3's 25-Year Legacy Matters

How Nvidia's 2001 graphics card pioneered programmable shaders and accidentally laid the groundwork for modern AI. Jensen Huang reflects on the legacy.

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🎉 Celebrando 25 anni di successo con GeForce 3! Unisciti a Huang per rivivere la rivoluzionaria storia di NVIDIA. #GeForce3 #25AnniNvidia

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GeForce 3 compie 25 anni: Huang ripercorre la storia di NVIDIA

Il CEO Jensen Huang ricorda la GPU che introdusse la programmabilità nella pipeline grafica, aprendo la strada alle tecnologie moderne.

Tom's Hardware
Il y a 25 ans, Steve Jobs présentait la GeForce 3 en avant première sur la scène du Macworld http://dlvr.it/TRBwSn #SteveJobs #GeForce3
Il y a 25 ans, Steve Jobs présentait la GeForce 3 en avant première sur la scène du Macworld

Souvenez-vous : en 2001, Steve Jobs présentait la GeForce 3 sur la scène du Macworld de Tokyo. 25 ans plus tard, NVIDIA s’apprête à fêter l’anniversaire de sa carte, qui fut le premier GPU grand public à prendre en charge les shaders programmables et...

MacGeneration

Following yesterday's #MARCHintosh toot, here is the same desk, different setup. Flash forward to 2001 from 1999, for the Power Mac G4 "Quicksilver" (dual 800MHz, dual Sony CPD-G420 CRTs, and a GeForce 3).

More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/albums/72157604329214257

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PowerMac G4 (dual 800MHz)

My dual-G4 800MHz Power Macintosh. An excellent machine that was eventually replaced by a dual-G5 2.5GHz box. This machine felt like lightning, though. Originally configured with a GeForce 3 gfx board, it was upgraded to a GeForce 4Ti. Great gaming and general 3D performance out of this rig. I gave it to my niece when I jumped to the G5.

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