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	\|announcement_date=Late 1998		\|announcement_date=Late 1998
	\|release_date=~~March~~ 1999		\|release_date=April 21, 1999<ref>RivaZone; https://web.archive.org/web/19990427111308/http://www.rivazone.com/news.html#6. Archived April 27, 1999; retrieved September 14, 2026</ref>
	\|end_of_production=Late 2002		\|end_of_production=Late 2002
	\|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code> (Nvidia)		\|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code> (Nvidia)
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	'''RIVA TNT2 Pro:''' High-end option with a core clock of 143MHz and a memory clock of 166Mhz, released on October 22, 1999.		'''RIVA TNT2 Pro:''' High-end option with a core clock of 143MHz and a memory clock of 166Mhz, released on October 22, 1999.

	'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.		'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.

			=== References ===
			{{reflist}}

	{{GPUs}}		{{GPUs}}

STB Systems Leak

Starfrost — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 01:41:09 GMT

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On September 3, 2026, the Internet Archive user "ShivaShaw" uploaded a large lot of random Iomega Jaz disks to the Internet Archive. Two of these, "Vendor SC Backup 1 of 4" and "VSS Backup 1 of 2", happened to be partial backups of internal workstations at STB Systems. One contained ~71 percent of a VSS repo, and another contained complete vendor source and documents folders.

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	'''Weitek Corporation''' was an American manufacturer of math coprocessors and, later, (S)VGA-compatible display drivers, founded in 1981. [[Nvidia]] licensed the company's SVGA core and incorporated it into the [[NV3\|Riva 128]], where it sat, effectively unmodified, until at least [[NV25\|GeForce 4]]. The core was widely praised for its extremely high DOS performance, with Doom in Mode X running at over 70 fps (twice its actual frame-limited speed).		'''Weitek Corporation''' was an American manufacturer of math coprocessors and, later, (S)VGA-compatible display drivers, founded in 1981. [[Nvidia]] licensed the company's SVGA core and incorporated it into the [[NV3\|Riva 128]], where it sat, effectively unmodified, until at least [[NV25\|GeForce 4]]. The core was widely praised for its extremely high DOS performance, with Doom in Mode X running at over 70 fps (twice its actual frame-limited speed).

	The core licensed to Nvidia was never actually used in any Weitek cards (the last GPUs released by Weitek were the Power 9000 and 9100, based on the W5186 and W5286 VGA cores - themselves licensed from Unisys - respectively); while their 2D accelerated performance was quite good, these cards could not be easily extended for better VGA designs (Weitek lacked the capital to invest in a new 3D design), so they hired a team to design a new VGA core. According to the designer of the core<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43198379 ("stery956", <i>Nvidia emulation journey, part 1: RIVA 128/NV3 architecture history and overview</i>, 1 March 2025)</ref>, the design was successfully completed but due to the aforementioned financial problems, the VGA core could not be used in any new cards. Weitek's last profitable quarter, prior to selling to Rockwell on the brink of bankruptcy, was when they licensed their VGA core to Nvidia.		The core licensed to Nvidia was never actually used in any Weitek cards (the last GPUs released by Weitek were the Power 9000 and 9100, based on the W5186 and W5286 VGA cores - themselves licensed from Unisys - respectively); while their 2D accelerated performance was quite good, these cards could not be easily extended for better VGA designs (Weitek lacked the capital to invest in a new 3D design), so they hired a team to design a new VGA core. According to the designer of the core<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43198379 ("stery956", <i>Nvidia emulation journey, part 1: RIVA 128/NV3 architecture history and overview</i>, 1 March 2025)</ref>, the design was successfully completed but due to the aforementioned financial problems, the VGA core could not be used in any new cards. Weitek's last profitable quarter, prior to selling to Rockwell on the brink of bankruptcy, was when they licensed their VGA core to Nvidia. Based on the [[STB Systems Leak]], the code was licensed to NVIDIA around May of 1996.

NV5

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	'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.		'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.

			{{GPUs}}

NV4

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NV5

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	\|announcement_date=~~March 1999~~		\|announcement_date=Late 1998
	\|release_date=~~31 August 1998~~		\|release_date=March 1999
	\|end_of_production=2002		\|end_of_production=Late 2002
	\|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code> (Nvidia)		\|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code> (Nvidia)
	\|pci_device_id=many, but first was <code>0028</code>		\|pci_device_id=many, but first was <code>0028</code>
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	'''NV5''' is an improved version of [[NV4]] ~~which was initially intended~~ as a die shrink and clockspeed increase, ~~but~~ as development continued ~~many~~ more features were added. It survived for several years as an increasingly low-end option and was the first NVIDIA GPU to have multiple SKUs, with the straps, installed VRAM and value of <code>NV_PMC_BOOT_0</code> being used to configure the branding and ~~option~~. Initially branded as RIVA TNT2 (after RIVA TNT+ was considered), the "RIVA" was dropped when NVIDIA repositioned it as a low-end option. Production most likely ended in 2002. Typically, a TNT2 card was packaged with either 16 or 32 MB of VRAM		'''NV5''' is an improved version of [[NV4]]. Initially conceived as a mere die shrink and clockspeed increase of NV4 in response to the delays and clockspeed downgrades that beleaguered the NV4 project, as development continued more features were added to the chip; additional features include support for 32 MB of VRAM and AGP 4X. NV5 survived for several years as an increasingly low-end option and was the first NVIDIA GPU to have multiple SKUs, with the straps, [[VBIOS]], installed VRAM and value of <code>NV_PMC_BOOT_0</code> being used to configure the branding and configuration of the chip. Initially branded as RIVA TNT2 (after RIVA TNT+ was considered), the "RIVA" was dropped when NVIDIA repositioned it as a low-end option. Production most likely ended in 2002. Typically, a TNT2 card was packaged with either 16 or 32 MB of VRAM.

			Production of the high-end SKUs likely ended around the time [[NV10]] was released in late 1999, but the Vanta was produced until at least 2001 and TNT2 M64 chips were manufactured at least as late as September 2002.

	=== SKUs ===		=== SKUs ===
	''Note: graphics cards vendors could and often did configure the card outside of the stated specifications. For example, there was a ''		'''Note:''' graphics cards vendors could and often did configure the card outside of the stated specifications. For example, there was a ''Falcon Northwest Special Edition Maxi Gamer Xentor 32 SE'' produced by Falcon Northwest and Gullemot which had specialised high-speed (for the time) VRAM chips and only used very highly binned GPUs; the core clock on these cards was 195MHz and the VRAM clock 235MHz

	'''VANTA LT''': Extremely low-end variation of TNT2 M64. Identical to VANTA-16, but VRAM is limited to a mere 8 megabytes and AGP 4X support is disabled - only AGP 2X can be used.		'''VANTA LT''': Extremely low-end variation of TNT2 M64. Identical to VANTA-16, but VRAM is limited to a mere 8 megabytes and AGP 4X support is disabled - only AGP 2X can be used.

	'''VANTA-16''': Very low-end variation of TNT2 M64, with a core clock of 100MHz and a memory clock of 125Mhz.		'''VANTA-16''': Very low-end variation of TNT2 M64, with a core clock of 100MHz and a memory clock of 125Mhz.
	'''RIVA TNT2 M64:''': Low-end variation of NV5 (known as '''NV6''') with a 64-bit bus.
			'''RIVA TNT2 M64:''' Low-end variation of NV5 (known as '''NV6''') with a 64-bit bus.

	'''RIVA TNT2:''' Mainstream option with a core clock of 125MHz and a memory clock of 150Mhz, released in 1999.		'''RIVA TNT2:''' Mainstream option with a core clock of 125MHz and a memory clock of 150Mhz, released in 1999.
	'''RIVA TNT2 Pro:''': High-end option with a core clock of 143MHz and a memory clock of 166Mhz, released on October 22, 1999.
			'''RIVA TNT2 Pro:''' High-end option with a core clock of 143MHz and a memory clock of 166Mhz, released on October 22, 1999.

	'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.		'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.

NV5

Starfrost — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:52:29 GMT

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{{Template:Infobox GPU
|title='''NV5'''
|architecture=NV5
|branding=RIVA TNT2 (early name: RIVA TNT+), later "NVIDIA TNT2"
|announcement_date=March 1999
|release_date=31 August 1998
|end_of_production=2002
|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code> (Nvidia)
|pci_device_id=many, but first was <code>0028</code>
|buses_supported=PCI, AGP 4X
|directx_version=6.0
|opengl_version=1.2 (hardware) 1.5 (software)
|nvclk=125MHz (TNT2); 143MHz (Pro); 150MHz (Ultra) (configurable by OEM)
|mclk=150MHz (TNT2); 166MHz (Pro); 183MHz (Ultra) (configurable by OEM)
}}

'''NV5''' is an improved version of [[NV4]] which was initially intended as a die shrink and clockspeed increase, but as development continued many more features were added. It survived for several years as an increasingly low-end option and was the first NVIDIA GPU to have multiple SKUs, with the straps, installed VRAM and value of <code>NV_PMC_BOOT_0</code> being used to configure the branding and option. Initially branded as RIVA TNT2 (after RIVA TNT+ was considered), the "RIVA" was dropped when NVIDIA repositioned it as a low-end option. Production most likely ended in 2002. Typically, a TNT2 card was packaged with either 16 or 32 MB of VRAM

=== SKUs ===
''Note: graphics cards vendors could and often did configure the card outside of the stated specifications. For example, there was a ''

'''VANTA LT''': Extremely low-end variation of TNT2 M64. Identical to VANTA-16, but VRAM is limited to a mere 8 megabytes and AGP 4X support is disabled - only AGP 2X can be used.
'''VANTA-16''': Very low-end variation of TNT2 M64, with a core clock of 100MHz and a memory clock of 125Mhz.
'''RIVA TNT2 M64:''': Low-end variation of NV5 (known as '''NV6''') with a 64-bit bus.
'''RIVA TNT2:''' Mainstream option with a core clock of 125MHz and a memory clock of 150Mhz, released in 1999.
'''RIVA TNT2 Pro:''': High-end option with a core clock of 143MHz and a memory clock of 166Mhz, released on October 22, 1999.
'''RIVA TNT2 Ultra:''' Enthusiast option, with a core clock of 150MHz and a memory clock of 183Mhz, released in March of 1999.

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			\|label14 = Max RAMDAC clock
			\|data14 = {{{vclk\|}}}

			\|label15 = Max VRAM clock
			\|data15 = {{{mclk\|}}}

			\|label16 = Max core clock
			\|data16 = {{{nvclk\|}}}

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	~~Now this damn~~ wiki is ~~outdated~~ to ~~shit because some guy leaked~~ all ~~the nv3~~ and ~~nv4 source including~~ the ~~bios, even including NV2 hardware reference files~~		'''NOTE: ''' This wiki is being heavily updated due to new discoveries from STB Systems.

			// Enable all device and interrupts EXCEPT the fucking NMI!

	=== References ===		=== References ===

Software

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	Early drivers for Windows 9x, the drivers included with Windows 98 pre-release builds and almost all NT 4.0 and 2000 drivers for NV3-based architectures have COFF or VxD symbols (depending on platform) for the resource manager and display driver, although not for the Direct3D or OpenGL drivers. Nvidia seems to have had issues turning off symbol generation, as at some point they wrote a header file that redefined every function name as <code>__nv_rmsym_\<number\></code> as some strange way of attempting to obfuscate their function names.		Early drivers for Windows 9x, the drivers included with Windows 98 pre-release builds and almost all NT 4.0 and 2000 drivers for NV3-based architectures have COFF or VxD symbols (depending on platform) for the resource manager and display driver, although not for the Direct3D or OpenGL drivers. Nvidia seems to have had issues turning off symbol generation, as at some point they wrote a header file that redefined every function name as <code>__nv_rmsym_\<number\></code> as some strange way of attempting to obfuscate their function names.

			Some of the "lost" source is partially represented in the 75% complete STB VSS dump. The oldest version attested to a version number seems to have been "Version 0.60 BETA2" (June 6, 1997), although parts of versions from May 1997 are also present.

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	! Date of driver files !! Version !! Known platforms !! Notes		! Date of driver files !! Version !! Known platforms !! Notes
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			\| December 1996 \|\| ??? \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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			\| April 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
			\|-
			\| May 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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			\| June 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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			\| July 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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	\| 17 July 1997 \|\| Unnumbered pre-release \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Accidentally released by STB Systems. Has NV1 support in display driver (even though NT was never officially supported on NV1), and only supports revision A of NV3.		\| 17 July 1997 \|\| Unnumbered pre-release \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Accidentally released by STB Systems. Has NV1 support in display driver (even though NT was never officially supported on NV1), and only supports revision A of NV3.
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	\| 27 August 1997 \|\| 0.75 \|\| Windows NT 3.51 \|\| No resource manager		\| 27 August 1997 \|\| 0.75 \|\| Windows NT 3.51 \|\| No resource manager
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			\| August 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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	\| 1 September 1997 \|\| 0.77 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Possible launch drivers		\| 1 September 1997 \|\| 0.77 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Possible launch drivers
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	\| 22 October 1997 \|\| 1.06 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 22 October 1997 \|\| 1.06 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|
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			\| October 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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	\| 2 November 1997 \|\| 1.07c \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 2 November 1997 \|\| 1.07c \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|
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	\| 14 November 1997 \|\| 1.21 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| OpenGL Alpha 1 release (<code>nv3quake.zip</code>). Also the Alpha 2 release with an updated OpenGL ICD from 2 December 1997		\| 14 November 1997 \|\| 1.21 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| OpenGL Alpha 1 release (<code>nv3quake.zip</code>). Also the Alpha 2 release with an updated OpenGL ICD from 2 December 1997
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			\| November 1997 \|\| ??? \|\| Lost STB source drop(s), only folder name remains
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	\| 10 December 1997 \|\| 1.11 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Yes, later than 1.21. The 1.21 was from a development branch for OpenGL support.		\| 10 December 1997 \|\| 1.11 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Yes, later than 1.21. The 1.21 was from a development branch for OpenGL support.
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			\| 15 January 1998 \|\| 1.27 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (available; Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + D3D + OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD)
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	\| 31 January 1998 \|\| 1.28 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| OpenGL Beta 1 release.		\| 31 January 1998 \|\| 1.28 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| OpenGL Beta 1 release.
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	\| 1 February 1998 \|\| 1.29 \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\| First driver with NV4-related functions in display driver (very basic support, simply initialisation and shutdown, to start with)		\| 1 February 1998 \|\| 1.29 \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\| First driver with NV4-related functions in display driver (very basic support, simply initialisation and shutdown, to start with)
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	\| 26 February 1998 \|\| 1.36 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 26 February 1998 \|\| 1.36 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (available; only Resource Manager and Win9x GDI drivers updated)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.41 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (lost)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.42 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (lost)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.43 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (lost)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.45 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (lost)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.46 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (lost)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.46a \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (lost)
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			\| April 1998 \|\| 1.46b \|\| Windows 9x \|\| STB source drop (mostly lost, partial Resman)
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	\| 9 April 1998 \|\| 1.44 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 9 April 1998 \|\| 1.44 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|
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	\| 28 April 1998 \|\| 1.50 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 17 April 1998 \|\| 1.50 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D)
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			\| 22 April 1998 \|\| 1.50b \|\| Windows 9x, NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (updated OpenGL + Win9x GDI)
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			\| 25 April 1998 \|\| 1.50c \|\| Windows 9x, NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (updated OpenGL + Win9x GDI)
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	\| 29 April 1998 \|\| 1.50e \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 29 April 1998 \|\| 1.50e \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D)
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			\| 5 May 1998 \|\| 1.50h \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Updated Win9x GDI + Direct3D from 1.50e - nvidia readme: "remove int 3's UGGHHHHH(the person that did this has been fired)"
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	\| 5 May 1998 \|\| 1.50k \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 5 May 1998 \|\| 1.50k \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|
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	\| 4 August 1998 \|\| 1.62 \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 4 August 1998 \|\| 1.62 \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|
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	\| 19 August 1998 \|\| 1.~~72ms~~ \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 14 July 1998 \|\| 1.57 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Early multimonitor support for STB MVP
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			\| 23 July 1998 \|\| 1.59 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Early multimonitor support for STB MVP
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			\| 5 August 1998 \|\| 1.72a \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D)
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	\| 26 August 1998 \|\| 1.74 \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 23 August 1998 \|\| 1.74 \|\| Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D)
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	\| 27 August 1998 \|\| 1.27 \|\| Windows 3.1 \|\| Final Win3.1 drivers; probably different branch; some files call themselves "RIVA TNT Resource Manager, Version 0.11"		\| 27 August 1998 \|\| 1.27 \|\| Windows 3.1 \|\| Final Win3.1 drivers; probably different branch; some files call themselves "RIVA TNT Resource Manager, Version 0.11"
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	\| 28 August 1998 \|\| 1.75 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| nVIDIA SDK 0.81		\| 28 August 1998 \|\| 1.75 \|\| Windows 9x \|\| nVIDIA SDK 0.81
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	\| 14 September 1998 \|\| 2.77 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| NT: Display driver output name changed from <code>nv_disp</code> to <code>nv3_disp</code> (probably due to NV4 driver development)		\| 14 September 1998 \|\| 2.77 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| NT: Display driver output name changed from <code>nv_disp</code> to <code>nv3_disp</code> (probably due to NV4 driver development), also source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D + VBIOS)
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			\| 2 October 1998 \|\| 2.79 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D + NV3Tweak)
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	\| 2 October 1998 \|\| 2.80 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| nVIDIA SDK 0.83		\| 2 October 1998 \|\| 2.80 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| nVIDIA SDK 0.83
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	\| 22 October 1998 \|\| 2.83 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 22 October 1998 \|\| 2.83 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D + NV3Tweak)
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	\| 9 November 1998 \|\| 3.03 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 9 November 1998 \|\| 3.03 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|
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	\| 10 December 1998 \|\| 1.30, 2.79 (Diamond branch) \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Most likely a branch maintained by Diamond Multimedia for their "Viper" cards, released 21 January 1999		\| 10 December 1998 \|\| 1.30, 2.79 (Diamond branch) \|\| Windows 9x \|\| Most likely a branch maintained by Diamond Multimedia for their "Viper" cards, released 21 January 1999
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	\| 7 January 1999 \|\| 3.12 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\|		\| 14 December 1998 (source) / 7 January 1999 (binary) \|\| 3.12 \|\| Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 \|\| Source code available (OpenGL + NT4 GDI + NT4 MCD + Resource Manager + Win9x GDI + Direct3D + VBIOS)
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	\| 1 February 1999 \|\| 3.22 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|		\| 1 February 1999 \|\| 3.22 \|\| Windows 9x \|\|
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	=== NV4 and later shared drivers ===		=== NV4 and later shared drivers ===

			0.32 first released version, 0.12 first sent to STB (Source archive is dated July 14, 1998)

	==Notes==		==Notes==

NV2

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	\|announcement_date=31 May 1995 (cancelled)		\|announcement_date=31 May 1995 (cancelled)
			\|release_date=7 February 1996 (nv2_ref.h date)
	\|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code>		\|pci_vendor_id=<code>10de</code>
	\|pci_device_id=<code>0010</code>		\|pci_device_id=<code>0010</code>
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	Todo: Why does it have a PCI ID if it was meant for a game console with cartridges? Did they consider releasing it anyway? Mentioned in some MS games' system requirements.		Todo: Why does it have a PCI ID if it was meant for a game console with cartridges? Did they consider releasing it anyway? Mentioned in some MS games' system requirements.


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Timeline

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	* July 26, 1994: Nvidia reports some details of their architecture to the Jon Peddle Report, who had advised Huang not to found Nvidia.<ref>Nvidia's Quadratic Processor: The NV1 (available online at https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/chasing-pixels/nvidias-quadratic-processor-the-nv1)</ref>. The company is also mentioned in the 25 July 1994 issue of InfoWorld.		* July 26, 1994: Nvidia reports some details of their architecture to the Jon Peddle Report, who had advised Huang not to found Nvidia.<ref>Nvidia's Quadratic Processor: The NV1 (available online at https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/chasing-pixels/nvidias-quadratic-processor-the-nv1)</ref>. The company is also mentioned in the 25 July 1994 issue of InfoWorld.
	* August 1, 1994: Under the terms of the Strategic Collaboration Agreement, Nvidia was paid another $500,000 by SGS-Thomson.<ref>SGS-Thomson/Nvidia Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SEC filing), including 1996 and 1998 amendments. Available online at https://contracts.onecle.com/nvidia/sgs.collab.1993.11.10.shtml)</ref>		* August 1, 1994: Under the terms of the Strategic Collaboration Agreement, Nvidia was paid another $500,000 by SGS-Thomson.<ref>SGS-Thomson/Nvidia Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SEC filing), including 1996 and 1998 amendments. Available online at https://contracts.onecle.com/nvidia/sgs.collab.1993.11.10.shtml)</ref>
			* October 30, 1994: nv1a_ref.h date
	* November 1, 1994: Another $500,000 payment to Nvidia was made.<ref>SGS-Thomson/Nvidia Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SEC filing), including 1996 and 1998 amendments. Available online at https://contracts.onecle.com/nvidia/sgs.collab.1993.11.10.shtml)</ref>		* November 1, 1994: Another $500,000 payment to Nvidia was made.<ref>SGS-Thomson/Nvidia Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SEC filing), including 1996 and 1998 amendments. Available online at https://contracts.onecle.com/nvidia/sgs.collab.1993.11.10.shtml)</ref>
	* ~Late 1994: Revision A02 of the NV1, presumably fixing bugs with earlier revisions, is taped out.		* ~Late 1994: Revision A02 of the NV1, presumably fixing bugs with earlier revisions, is taped out.
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	* August 24, 1995: Windows 95 is released; Nvidia has already been working on porting their drivers to it for several months.		* August 24, 1995: Windows 95 is released; Nvidia has already been working on porting their drivers to it for several months.
	* November 23, 1995: The NV1 is released.		* November 23, 1995: The NV1 is released.

			== 1996 ==
			February 9, 1996: NVIDIA NV2 hardware reference file NV2_REF.H is compiled.
			May 21, 1996: NVIDIA receives the source code to the cancelled WEITEK Power 9100 successor and starts modifying it to become the NV3 VBIOS.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	== References ==		== References ==

Main Page

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	'''= Welcome to nvwiki: A wiki about Nvidia graphics cards ='''		'''= Welcome to nvwiki: A wiki about Nvidia graphics cards ='''
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			Now this damn wiki is outdated to shit because some guy leaked all the nv3 and nv4 source including the bios, even including NV2 hardware reference files

	=== References ===		=== References ===