Nvidia's first GPU: GeForce 256

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On October 11, 1999, Nvidia released its GeForce 256, its first product that it described as a GPU. What made the Nvidia GeForce 256 the first GPU? The GeForce 256 from 1999 was the first product Nvidia marketed as a GPU. I’m sure 3dfx fans would argue that 3dfx made GPUs, and it seems a little arbitrary to say the GeForce was a GPU and the TNT2 wasn’t. It continues to use it today, though, and it also uses the GeForce brand. The GeForce 256 wasn’t necessarily an immediate game changer. Nvidia’s follow-up GeForce GPUs fared well.

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