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This is a more dramatic version but less accurate. The better take is on: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidias-aborted-nv2-chip-and-near-disasterous-early-
by jakozaur 2y ago
This is a more dramatic version but less accurate. The better take is on:
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidias-aborted-nv2-chip-and-near-disasterous-early-history.405942/ https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidias-aborted-nv2-chip-a...
1. Sega knew earlier that triangle architecture made more sense, but NVIDIA did not comply. Sega had already distanced itself from NVIDIA but could not kill the deal.
2. NV2 never worked. NVIDIA also realised it was going the wrong path. It came back to Sega and decided to kill the deal mutually.
3. Jensen picked a better leader, David Kirk, and focused on NV3, also known as RIVA128.
- sheepscreek 2y agoI still remember reading the early reviews on Riva TNT and getting all giddy about it. “Finally a real competitor to 3D Voodoo FX cards (3Dfx)”, I thought. Good times.
- joshstrange 2y agoWayback Machine link, site looks like it’s down (probably from HN traffic?): https://web.archive.org/web/20230525081516/https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidias-aborted-nv2-chip-and-near-disasterous-early-history.405942/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230525081516/https://forums.gu...