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GeForce 3 Series

Early programmable-shader GeForce generation built around the NV20 family. Architecture coverage: Kelvin. GeForce 3 introduced programmable pixel and vertex shader capabilities to NVIDIA consumer cards. Ti 200 and Ti 500 occupy different performance points despite sharing the same generation.

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Early programmable-shader GeForce generation built around the NV20 family. Architecture coverage: Kelvin. GeForce 3 introduced programmable pixel and vertex shader capabilities to NVIDIA consumer cards. Ti 200 and Ti 500 occupy different performance points despite sharing the same generation.

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Architecture
Kelvin
Launch range
2001
Memory types
DDR
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GPU Architecture Launch Date Shader Processors Memory Bus Width TDP/TBP Segment
GeForce3 Kelvin 2001-02-27 64 MB DDR 128-bit Desktop
GeForce3 Ti200 Kelvin 2001-10-01 64 MB DDR 128-bit Desktop
GeForce3 Ti500 Kelvin 2001-10-01 64 MB DDR 128-bit Desktop