The
GeForce FX is the newest
graphics card in the
GeForce line, from the manufacturer
nVidia. It is expected to retake the performance crown from
ATI's
Radeon 9700 Pro[?]. It features
DDR-II RAM[?], a 0.13
micron fabrication process, and a wide swath of additional features, including the most robust
vertex shading[?] and
pixel shading[?] engines available. It is fully
DirectX 9 compliant. Limited samples of the GeForce FX were sent to the press on
November 18,
2002, and mass production is expected to begin
December 2002, with cards finally reaching the market by
February,
2003.