GeForce 256
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GeForce 256 is NVIDIA’s first-generation consumer graphics processing unit, widely regarded as the first GPU to integrate hardware transform and lighting for 3D acceleration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GeForce 256 canonical | 2 |
| NV10 | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8822565 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GeForce 256 Context triple: [NVIDIA GeForce GPU line, includesSeries, GeForce 256]
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A.
Expedition GeForce
Expedition GeForce is a highly acclaimed steel roller coaster in Germany, renowned for its intense airtime, steep drops, and smooth, fast-paced layout.
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B.
ATI Rage series
The ATI Rage series is a family of early 3D-accelerator graphics cards from ATI Technologies that were widely used in consumer PCs and Macs in the late 1990s.
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C.
RSX Reality Synthesizer
RSX Reality Synthesizer is the custom NVIDIA-designed graphics processing unit used in Sony's PlayStation 3 console, providing advanced 3D rendering and visual effects.
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D.
AMD 486
The AMD 486 is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by Advanced Micro Devices as a cost-effective and widely used alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
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E.
Nvidia Maxwell GPU
The Nvidia Maxwell GPU is a graphics processing architecture from Nvidia known for significantly improved power efficiency and performance, widely used in mid-2010s desktop, mobile, and embedded devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GeForce 256 Target entity description: GeForce 256 is NVIDIA’s first-generation consumer graphics processing unit, widely regarded as the first GPU to integrate hardware transform and lighting for 3D acceleration.
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A.
Expedition GeForce
Expedition GeForce is a highly acclaimed steel roller coaster in Germany, renowned for its intense airtime, steep drops, and smooth, fast-paced layout.
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B.
ATI Rage series
The ATI Rage series is a family of early 3D-accelerator graphics cards from ATI Technologies that were widely used in consumer PCs and Macs in the late 1990s.
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C.
RSX Reality Synthesizer
RSX Reality Synthesizer is the custom NVIDIA-designed graphics processing unit used in Sony's PlayStation 3 console, providing advanced 3D rendering and visual effects.
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D.
AMD 486
The AMD 486 is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by Advanced Micro Devices as a cost-effective and widely used alternative to Intel’s 80486 CPUs in the early 1990s.
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E.
Nvidia Maxwell GPU
The Nvidia Maxwell GPU is a graphics processing architecture from Nvidia known for significantly improved power efficiency and performance, widely used in mid-2010s desktop, mobile, and embedded devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer graphics card
ⓘ
graphics processing unit ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 1999-08-31 ⓘ |
| architecture |
NV10
ⓘ
linked to:
GeForce 256
|
| boardPartners |
ASUS
ⓘ
Creative Labs ⓘ ELSA ⓘ Guillemot ⓘ |
| brand |
GeForce
ⓘ
linked to:
GeForce GTX GPU
|
| busInterface |
AGP 2x
ⓘ
AGP 4x ⓘ |
| codename |
NV10
ⓘ
linked to:
GeForce 256
|
| coreClock | 120 MHz ⓘ |
| coreClockVariant | 120–135 MHz range depending on model ⓘ |
| fillRate | 480 megapixels per second ⓘ |
| generation | first-generation GeForce ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1999-08-31 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Nvidia
ⓘ
linked to:
NVIDIA Corporation
|
| marketingName | The world’s first GPU ⓘ |
| marketReleaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| memoryBusWidth | 128-bit ⓘ |
| memoryClock | 166 MHz SDR ⓘ |
| memoryClockVariant | 150–183 MHz depending on model ⓘ |
| memoryType |
DDR SDRAM
ⓘ
SDR SDRAM ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first consumer GPU with integrated hardware transform and lighting ⓘ |
| notableImpact | popularized the term GPU in consumer graphics ⓘ |
| pixelPipelines | 4 ⓘ |
| powerConnector | none (powered from AGP slot) ⓘ |
| predecessor | RIVA TNT2 ⓘ |
| processNode |
0.22 µm
ⓘ
220 nm ⓘ |
| successor |
GeForce2 GTS
ⓘ
linked to:
GeForce2
|
| supportsAGPFeature | AGP texturing ⓘ |
| supportsAPI |
Direct3D 7.0
ⓘ
OpenGL 1.2 ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL
|
| supportsColorDepth | 32-bit true color ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
32-bit color rendering
ⓘ
hardware geometry processing ⓘ hardware lighting ⓘ single-texturing pipeline ⓘ |
| supportsHardwareTransformAndLighting | true ⓘ |
| supportsResolution | up to 2048x1536 (depending on board) ⓘ |
| supportsStencilBufferDepth | 8-bit ⓘ |
| supportsZBufferDepth | 24-bit ⓘ |
| targetMarket | desktop PCs ⓘ |
| targetSegment | performance consumer graphics ⓘ |
| textureUnitsPerPipeline | 1 ⓘ |
| transistorCount | 23 million ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GeForce 256 Description of subject: GeForce 256 is NVIDIA’s first-generation consumer graphics processing unit, widely regarded as the first GPU to integrate hardware transform and lighting for 3D acceleration.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GeForce 256
linked to: GeForce 256