{"id":91,"date":"2025-12-01T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/teosim\/?p=91"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:56:23","slug":"geforce-3-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/teosim\/2025\/12\/01\/geforce-3-series\/","title":{"rendered":"GeForce 3 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<b>GeForce 3 series<\/b>\u00a0(NV20) is the third generation of\u00a0<a title=\"Nvidia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nvidia\">Nvidia<\/a>'s\u00a0<a title=\"GeForce\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GeForce\">GeForce<\/a>\u00a0line of\u00a0<a title=\"Graphics processing unit\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graphics_processing_unit\">graphics processing units<\/a>\u00a0(GPUs). Introduced in February 2001,<sup id=\"cite_ref-Nvidia_GeForce3_Roundup_-_July_2001_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GeForce_3_series#cite_note-Nvidia_GeForce3_Roundup_-_July_2001-1\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>1<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0it advanced the GeForce architecture by adding programmable pixel and vertex shaders,\u00a0<a title=\"Multisample anti-aliasing\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multisample_anti-aliasing\">multisample anti-aliasing<\/a>\u00a0and improved the overall efficiency of the rendering process.<\/p>\n<p>The GeForce 3 was unveiled during the 2001\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Macworld Conference &amp; Expo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macworld_Conference_%26_Expo\">Macworld Conference &amp; Expo\/Tokyo 2001<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Makuhari Messe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Makuhari_Messe\">Makuhari Messe<\/a>\u00a0and powered realtime demos of Pixar's\u00a0<a title=\"Luxo Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luxo_Jr.\">Junior Lamp<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Id Software\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Id_Software\">id Software<\/a>'s\u00a0<i><a title=\"Doom 3\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doom_3\">Doom 3<\/a><\/i>. Apple would later announce launch rights for its new line of computers.<\/p>\n<p>The GeForce 3 family comprises 3 consumer models: the\u00a0<b>GeForce 3<\/b>, the\u00a0<b>GeForce 3 Ti200<\/b>, and the\u00a0<b>GeForce 3 Ti500<\/b>. A separate professional version, with a feature-set tailored for computer aided design, was sold as the\u00a0<b>Quadro DCC<\/b>. A derivative of the GeForce 3, known as the\u00a0<b>NV2A<\/b>, is used in the Microsoft\u00a0<a title=\"Xbox (console)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xbox_(console)\">Xbox<\/a> game console.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/teosim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/341082\/2025\/12\/250px-Geforce3gpu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GeForce_3_series\">\u03a0\u03b7\u03b3\u03ae<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0GeForce 3 series\u00a0(NV20) is the third generation of\u00a0Nvidia&#8217;s\u00a0GeForce\u00a0line of\u00a0graphics processing units\u00a0(GPUs). 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