Difference between revisions of "NV1"
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==Compatible games== | ==Compatible games== | ||
| − | *''Battle Arena Toshinden'' | + | * ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' |
| − | * ''Descent: Destination Saturn'' | + | * ''Descent: Destination Saturn'' {{fileref|Edge3D PC US PrintAd.jpg}} |
| − | *''NASCAR Racing'' | + | * ''NASCAR Racing'' {{fileref|Edge3D PC US PrintAd.jpg}} |
| − | *''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' | + | * ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' {{fileref|CVG UK 173.pdf|page=59}} |
| − | *''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' | + | * ''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' {{fileref|Edge3D PC US PrintAd.jpg}} |
| − | *''[[Virtua Cop]]'' | + | * ''[[Virtua Cop]]'' {{fileref|CVG UK 173.pdf|page=59}} |
==Promotional material== | ==Promotional material== | ||
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The NV1 is a model of PC video card developed by NVIDIA and released in 1995. It was the first video card to be developed by the company, and largely failed to make a dent in the overcrowded PC video card market of the era. It also pre-dates standards such as DirectX.
The NV1 is comparable to the Sega Saturn video game console and shares much of its technology, such as rendering 3D geometry as quadrilaterals instead of triangles. With an extension, it is actually possible to input Sega Saturn controllers into the card. Many of Sega's PC endeavours of the era were optimised to make use of the NV1 hardware, and the unreleased successor to the NV1, the NV2, was pitched to Sega (and inevitably rejected) during the Sega Dreamcast development stage.
At the time, NVIDIA did not manufacture their own hardware, so the card was rebranded under various names.
Compatible games
- Battle Arena Toshinden
- Descent: Destination Saturn [1]
- NASCAR Racing [1]
- Panzer Dragoon [2]
- Virtua Fighter Remix [1]
- Virtua Cop [2]
Promotional material
Diamond Edge 3D - US print advert
