Ah,Sorry,in 2001 it was actually the first, so Geforce 1 / ONE.
replyIt hat -fasten your seatbelts- one(!) dedicated pixelshader and one dedicated vertexshader :-) High times back then - it was like entering next dimension.
(Two chips, guys, two!)
And alternative rendering methods like Commanche's voxel weren't doable on the GPU for a long time.
reply....and it always sucked, sucks currently and will suck in the future. For several reasons.
replyThe market clearly decided the tech. And yes, for I felt Comanche'94 was just uggly and "bricky"