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And even before that there was: * GeForce (for Andrea Geforce, the first to use the color electric green) * Riva (for Jose Riva, the discoverer that you can u

And even before that there was: * GeForce (for Andrea Geforce, the first to use the color electric green) * Riva (for Jose Riva, the discoverer that you can use TNT to generate electricity.)

davrosthedalek 7y ago
well done
thelittleone 7y ago
Wow Riva, that brand name brings back memories. Almost as magical as 3dfx and Voodoo. (which NVIDIA ultimately acquired). Truly game changing hardware. Thanks Scott, Gary and Ross (founders of 3Dfx) you cards gave me and my friends thousands of hours of enjoyment.
- pjmlp 6y ago
  I bought a Voodoo as my first 3D card and was so disappointed that it did not support my motherboard (PCI 2.1, I had PCI 2.0), so I had to return to the shop and exchanged it for a TNT. :(
smabie 6y ago
Who is Andrea Geforce? I can't find any information about him/her.
- yetihehe 6y ago
  Because he was not a famous scientist, like Alexander Ball, inventor of round inflatable objects.
- homarp 6y ago
  you just need to create its wikipedia entry and it will exist soon.
- capableweb 6y ago
  Wikipedia tells the following about the Geforce name: > The "GeForce" name originated from a contest held by Nvidia in early 1999 called "Name That Chip". The company called out to the public to name the successor to the RIVA TNT2 line of graphics boards. There were over 12,000 entries received and 7 winners received a RIVA TNT2 Ultra graphics card as a reward.[2][3] - https://web.archive.org/web/20000608011648/http://www.nvidia.com/namingcontest https://web.archive.org/web/20000608011648/http://www.nvidia... - https://tweakers.net/nieuws/1967/nVidia-Name-that-chip-contest.html https://tweakers.net/nieuws/1967/nVidia-Name-that-chip-conte... So not sure the origin is actually from Andrea Geforce, I can certainly not find any sources that confirm that.
ksec 6y ago
Wow, I didn't know that. Wasn't it done in contest by Gamers? So what does "Radeon" mean? Edit: Yes according to Wiki. So we may never know whether Before was actually dedicated to the person. I remember vaguely reading PC Gamer at the time that was not the case at all.
- capableweb 6y ago
  Radeon comes from ATI (later acquired by AMD) so probably doesn't follow the same naming scheme as Nvidia does.

And even before that there was: * GeForce (for Andrea Geforce, the first to use the color electric green) * Riva (for Jose Riva, the discoverer that you can use TNT to generate electricity.)

davrosthedalek 7y ago

well done

thelittleone 7y ago

Wow Riva, that brand name brings back memories. Almost as magical as 3dfx and Voodoo. (which NVIDIA ultimately acquired). Truly game changing hardware. Thanks Scott, Gary and Ross (founders of 3Dfx) you cards gave me and my friends thousands of hours of enjoyment.

pjmlp 6y ago
I bought a Voodoo as my first 3D card and was so disappointed that it did not support my motherboard (PCI 2.1, I had PCI 2.0), so I had to return to the shop and exchanged it for a TNT. :(

smabie 6y ago

Who is Andrea Geforce? I can't find any information about him/her.

yetihehe 6y ago
Because he was not a famous scientist, like Alexander Ball, inventor of round inflatable objects.
homarp 6y ago
you just need to create its wikipedia entry and it will exist soon.
capableweb 6y ago
Wikipedia tells the following about the Geforce name: > The "GeForce" name originated from a contest held by Nvidia in early 1999 called "Name That Chip". The company called out to the public to name the successor to the RIVA TNT2 line of graphics boards. There were over 12,000 entries received and 7 winners received a RIVA TNT2 Ultra graphics card as a reward.[2][3] - https://web.archive.org/web/20000608011648/http://www.nvidia.com/namingcontest https://web.archive.org/web/20000608011648/http://www.nvidia... - https://tweakers.net/nieuws/1967/nVidia-Name-that-chip-contest.html https://tweakers.net/nieuws/1967/nVidia-Name-that-chip-conte... So not sure the origin is actually from Andrea Geforce, I can certainly not find any sources that confirm that.

ksec 6y ago

Wow, I didn't know that. Wasn't it done in contest by Gamers? So what does "Radeon" mean? Edit: Yes according to Wiki. So we may never know whether Before was actually dedicated to the person. I remember vaguely reading PC Gamer at the time that was not the case at all.

capableweb 6y ago
Radeon comes from ATI (later acquired by AMD) so probably doesn't follow the same naming scheme as Nvidia does.