Geforce 3
Taken from the link above:
"The fact that we are able to bring this first to you on the Mac is the result of a partnership that's growing between Nvidia and Apple," said Jobs.
The GeForce3 will be available as a BTO option on the Power Mac G4 both for resellers and end-users in late March, $600 (68,000 yen).
"The GeForce3 is the most exciting thing" that his company has had to work with in years, said Carmack.
Carmack also mentioned that Id used Maya to develop the animation loops shown to the Expo keynote crowd.
John Carmack of Id Software demonstrated a new in-development gaming engine. Carmack says that GeForce3 makes it possible for objects in the engine to react the same way that they would in real-life, with realistic lighting, shadows and other effects.
Jobs called the GeForce3 a "real revolution."
Jobs talked about the hours needed to render individual seconds of Luxo Jr ., the first Pixar movie, on a Cray supercomputer -- Kirk demonstrated Nvidia's interpretation of Luxo Jrand showed the cinematic effects being done in real-time.
"Have you seen Toy Story?" questioned Jobs. Jobs talked about the work that goes into the development of computer graphics and animation.
David Kirk, Nvidia chief scientist, demonstrated the GeForce 3.
"We've developed a great relationship with them," said Jobs.
"The most advanced graphics chip ever," said Jobs.
Nvidia and Apple are announcing the next generation of graphics processors -- the GeForce 3.
The new iMac's are so butt ugly though.