DF Direct - Inside GeForce 256 - The First GPU - 25th Anniversary Retrospective
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Summary
On October 11, 2024, there will be a 25th anniversary of the GeForce 256 GPU.
This GPU was a seminal moment for Nvidia, and the entire graphics card industry, as it was the first GPU that Nvidia ever produced
The GeForce 256 was revolutionary for its time, with cutting edge technology that boasted impressive performance capabilities.
Capabilities that were a revelation in the market, enabling a new generation of graphics-rich games and applications that were previously bottlenecked by the hardware limitations of the time.
To celebrate this milestone, DF Direct has released a special podcast hosted by Alex Battaglia, with participation from Nvidia staff members.
They discuss the GPU’s history, and why it was so important to the industry.
This special episode will be available from the DF Direct page on the website, as well as YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, Podomatic, and many more.
The show’s length is 47 minutes and 44 seconds, and occupies around 1.2 GB of data in HD.