RIVA TNT

Nvidia RIVA TNT
A Riva TNT card from Creative Technology
Release dateJune 15, 1998; 26 years ago (June 15, 1998)
CodenameNV4
ArchitectureFahrenheit
Cards
Entry-levelVanta
High-endTNT
DirectXDirect3D 6.0
History
PredecessorRIVA 128 (ZX)
SuccessorRIVA 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.

  1. ^ "RIVA 128 Brochure". Nvidia. Archived from the original on July 6, 1997. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
  2. ^ "TNT2". Nvidia. Retrieved October 12, 2007.