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Every Nvidia Graphics Card Explained In 15 Minutes

GeForce 256. In August 1999, Nvidia did something so audacious that competitors thought it was a joke. They invented a term that didn't exist and slapped it on a graphics card. GPU. Graphics Processing Unit. Before this, nobody called anything a GPU because the concept didn't exist as a separate category. Your CPU handled everything. Rendering, transformations, lighting calculations—all of it grinding away on your Pentium III while your games ran like slideshows. The GeForce 256 changed that with hardware T&L. Transform and lighting acceleration built directly into the card. It cost between $279 and $399 depending on the model, and reviewers looked at the "GPU" branding like Nvidia's marketing team had lost their minds.