 A Riva TNT card from Creative Technology | |
| Release date | June 15, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Codename | NV4 |
| Cards | |
| Entry-level | Vanta |
| High-end | TNT |
| DirectX | Direct3D 6.0 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | RIVA 128 (ZX) |
| Successor | RIVA TNT2 |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
The RIVA TNT, codenamed NV4, is a 2D, video, and 3D graphics accelerator chip for PCs that was developed by Nvidia and released in March 1998. It cemented Nvidia's reputation as a worthy rival within the developing consumer 3D graphics adapter industry. It succeeded the RIVA 128.
RIVA is an acronym for Real-time Interactive Video and Animation accelerator.[1] The "TNT" suffix refers to the chip's ability to work on two texels at once (TwiN Texel).[2]
The first graphics card that was based on the RIVA TNT chip was the Velocity 4400, released by STB Systems on June 15, 1998.
- ^ "RIVA 128 Brochure". Nvidia. Archived from the original on July 6, 1997. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
- ^ "TNT2". Nvidia. Retrieved October 12, 2007.