https://nvwiki.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=TimelineTimeline - Revision history2026-05-13T14:02:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1https://nvwiki.org/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=1699&oldid=prevStarfrost at 23:06, 26 December 20252025-12-26T23:06:10Z<p></p>
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</table>Starfrosthttps://nvwiki.org/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=673&oldid=prevStarfrost at 22:43, 20 November 20252025-11-20T22:43:06Z<p></p>
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</table>Starfrosthttps://nvwiki.org/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=672&oldid=prevStarfrost at 16:59, 19 November 20252025-11-19T16:59:38Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* December 24, 1994: Despite their public support for OpenGL, a skunkworks team within Microsoft starts development of Microsoft's proprietary standard graphical API for Windows, DirectX (initially called the "Windows 95 Game SDK"). Initially, only the 2D DirectDraw component was released, but a 3D API was released in early 1996 with version 2.0. This API is based on traditional triangle-based rendering with perspective-correct texture mapping, and the rapid standardisation of game develoeprs on this API, due to Microsoft's near-monopoly on the market, will cause Nvidia serious problems in the future.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* December 24, 1994: Despite their public support for OpenGL, a skunkworks team within Microsoft starts development of Microsoft's proprietary standard graphical API for Windows, DirectX (initially called the "Windows 95 Game SDK"). Initially, only the 2D DirectDraw component was released, but a 3D API was released in early 1996 with version 2.0. This API is based on traditional triangle-based rendering with perspective-correct texture mapping, and the rapid standardisation of game develoeprs on this API, due to Microsoft's near-monopoly on the market, will cause Nvidia serious problems in the future.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Starfrosthttps://nvwiki.org/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=666&oldid=prevStarfrost at 15:39, 19 November 20252025-11-19T15:39:24Z<p></p>
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</table>Starfrosthttps://nvwiki.org/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=665&oldid=prevStarfrost at 15:25, 19 November 20252025-11-19T15:25:09Z<p></p>
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