GeForce3 Announced

February 22, 2001 7:10 AM

NVidia 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.
- OpenGLÂ® 1.2 compatible.
- Available in 64MB DDR SDRAM configuration that supports both the innovative AppleÂ® 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.