Rare 1998 Nvidia Riva TNT prototype and signed lunchbox go up for auction

Rare 1998 Nvidia Riva TNT prototype and signed lunchbox go up for auction

A seldom-seen "artifact" from the early days of graphics technology is currently attracting significant interest: an original Nvidia Riva TNT engineering prototype kit, packaged with a special-edition promotional lunchbox, is now available through a Heritage auction. Dating back to 1998, this set represents a transformative period for Nvidia, before the...Read Entire Article

I still remember the joy I felt when I used my first Windows computers. The desktop world was different in the 1990s, and today all that remains are memories and memorabilia from that era. One such memorabilia has just landed at Heritage Auctions, and it's no small feat. Retro gadget collectors can bid on a prototype NVIDIA Riva TNT graphics card enclosed in an unusual box. NVIDIA Riva TNT prototype in a box autographed by Jensen Huang NVIDIA Ri…

Incredibly Rare Jensen Huang-Signed NVIDIA Riva TNT Engineering Prototype Kit and Lunch Box Could Be Yours

This incredibly rare 1998 NVIDIA RIVA TNT engineering prototype kit and a promotional lunchbox, both reportedly signed by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, could be yours for the right price. Don’t know what RIVA TNT is? Well, it’s a groundbreaking graphics card (then called a “video accelerator”) that played a pivotal role in NVIDIA’s rise to [...]

The hardware that we have on our PCs is hundreds or even thousands of times faster than the one that existed decades ago. It is clear that we have made tremendous progress in that respect and where it has been most noticed is in processors and graphics cards. Speaking of the latter, before they were known as GPU they were considered as simple "video accelerators." Now we have a unique prototype in the world of a 1998 NVIDIA RIVA TNT that was sig…