The Golden Era of

3D Acceleration

 

1994 - 2003

 
 

 

 


The Timeline
 

 

Thanks to Thomas Monk, from Accelenation.com for providing the original timeline which
I modified to include 1994 and 2003, and shows the CPU timeline, and Windows timeline as well.

This doesn't show all videocards ever announced, or boards that didn't make it to retail
but it gives a good idea of the 1994 to 2003 timeline. 

 

Please note that the image below is an image map. To go to a particular year or videocard
simply click on the link. For more variants (if present) simply scroll up or down on the linked page.

 

Go to Matrox Impression Go to 1994 Go to Number Nine 128 Go to 3Dlabs GLINT 300SX Go to 1995 Go to nVIDIA NV1 Go to Matrox Millenium Go to Real3D R3D/100 Go to 3Dfx Voodoo 1 Go to ATI 3D Rage Go to PowerVR PCX1 Go to S3 Virge/325 Go to Number Nine Imagine 128 II Go to 3Dlabs GiGi Go to Yamaha YGV612 Go to 1996 Go to Rendition Vérité V1000 Go to 3Dlabs Permedia Go to ATI Rage II Go to Matrox Mystique Go to Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D Go to 1997 Go to Trident 3DImage975 Go to Bitboys Oy Pyramid3D Go to ATI 3D Rage Pro Go to nVIDIA Riva 128 Go to 3Dlabs Permedia 2 Go to Matrox Millenium II Go to NEC PCX2 Go to Number Nine Ticket to Ride Go to SiS 6326 Go to Oak Warp 5 Go to Real 3D Lightning/110 Go to 3Dfx Voodoo Rush Go to Matrox Mystique 220 Go to Rendition Vérité V2100 Go to 3Dfx Voodoo II Go to S3 Trio3D Go to Intel / Real3D i740 Go to nVIDIA Riva 128 ZX Go to Matrox MGA G100 Go to Matrox MGA G200 Go to Number Nine Ticket to Ride IV Go to nVIDIA Riva TNT Go to S3 Savage3D Go to 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee Go to 3Dlabs Permedia III Go to PowerVR 250 Go to 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 Go to Trident Blade3D Go to ATI Rage 128 Go to 1998 Go to SiS 300 Go to S3 Savage4 Go to Matrox MGA G400 Go to nVIDIA Riva TNT2 Go to nVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra Go to ATI Rage 128 Pro Go to Bitboys Oy Glaze3D Go to nVIDIA Geforce 256 Go to S3 Savage 2000 Go to 3dfx Voodoo 4 4500 Go to 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 Go to Real3D Cobra Go to SiS 305 Go to 1999 Go to 2000 Go to ATI Radeon 64 DDR / 256 Go to Matrox MGA G450 Go to nVIDIA Geforce 2 GTS Go to Trident Blade XP Go to PowerVR Kyro Go to SiS 315 Go to nVIDIA Geforce 2 Ultra Go to 2001 Go to nVIDIA Geforce 3 Go to PowerVR Kyro II Go to Matrox G550 Go to ATI Radeon 8500 Go to nVIDIA Geforce 3 Ti Go to 2002 Go to nVIDIA Geforce 4 Ti 4600 Go to SiS Xabre Go to 3Dlabs Wildcat VP990 Pro Go to Matrox Parhelia Go to ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Go to Bitboys Oy Axe Go to nVIDIA Geforce FX 5800 Ultra Go to nVIDIA Geforce 4 Ti4800 Go to 2003 Go to S3 Deltrachrome Go to ATI Radeon 9800 pro Go to nVIDIA Geforce 5900 Ultra Go to XGI Volari V8 Duo Ultra Go to XGI Volari V3 / Trident XP4 based Go to ATI Radeon 9800 XT Go to nVIDIA Geforce FX 5950 Ultra