This chip is presented by NVIDIA GeForceFX, 128MB, AGP reference card.

Features:

• NVIDIA NV30 GPU, 400MHz clock speed;
• 128MB DDR II SGRAM in 8 Samsung K426323AE-GC1K BGA chips. 550 (1100) MHz max. clock speed indicating 1.8ns access time; the default memory clock speed for 3D mode is 500 (1000) MHz, for 2D mode - 300 (600) MHz; 128-bit bus;
• Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode without optimizations is 2000 megapixels/sec and 4000 megatexels/sec.
• GeForceFX GPU clock - 400MHz, memory clock - 400 (800) MHz. This card is a slower variant of GeForceFX Ultra.

By the end of the month the product belongs to the $300 range; supports DirectX 9.0; closest rivals: RADEON 9700 Pro, RADEON 9700.

You can read more on GeForceFX in our reviews:

• Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti GPU: NVIDIA GeForceFX
  • NVIDIA GeForceFX basic review

On the 10th of February 2003 the latest drivers from NVIDIA are 42.30, 42.51, 42.63, 42.68, 42.70, 42.81, 42.82, 42.86 and 42.90 for Windows XP.

You can get more information about problems of various NVIDIA drivers at the NVIDIA World web-site.

Pay attention to the article concerning anisotropic filtering.

Look at screenshots obtained on ATI RADEON 9500 and GeForceFX.

Games / Cards	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
NVIDIA GeForceFX
ATI RADEON 9500

Games list:

• 1. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• 2. Unreal2 (alpha version)
• 3. Comanche4
• 4. Jedi Knight II Outcast
• 5. Morrowind
• 6. Colin McRAE Rally2
• 7. Red Faction
• 8. Rally Trophy
• 9. Need For Speed
• 10. Venom
• 11. Unreal Tournament 2003 DEMO
• 12. DOOM 3 v0.02