GeForce FX

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.