GeForce 2 series
The GeForce2 (NV15) is the second generation of NVIDIA's GeForce graphics processing units. Introduced in early 2000, it is the successor to the GeForce 256.
The GeForce 2 family comprised a number of models: GeForce 2 GTS, GeForce 2 Pro, GeForce 2 Ultra, GeForce 2 Ti, GeForce 2 Go and the GeForce 2 MX series. In addition, the GeForce 2 architecture is used for the Quadro series on the Quadro 2 Pro, 2 MXR, and 2 EX cards with special drivers meant to accelerate computer-aided design applications.
Architecture
The GeForce 2 architecture is similar to the previous GeForce 256 line but with various improvements. Compared to the 220 nm GeForce 256, GeForce 2 is built on a 180 nm manufacturing process, making the silicon more dense and allowing for more transistors and a higher clock speed. The most significant change for 3D acceleration is the addition of a second texture mapping unit to each of the four pixel pipelines. Some say the second TMU was there in the original Geforce NSR (NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer) but dual-texturing was disabled due to a hardware bug; NSR's unique ability to do single-cycle trilinear texture filtering supports this suggestion. This doubles the texture fillrate per clock compared to the previous generation and is the reasoning behind the GeForce 2 GTS's naming suffix: GigaTexel Shader (GTS). The GeForce 2 also formally introduces the NSR (Nvidia Shading Rasterizer), a primitive type of programmable pixel pipeline that is somewhat similar to later pixel shaders. This functionality is also present in GeForce 256 but was unpublicized. Another hardware enhancement is an upgraded video processing pipeline, called HDVP (high definition video processor). HDVP supports motion video playback at HDTV-resolutions (MP@HL).
Comparison of Nvidia chipsets
This is a comparison of chipsets manufactured by Nvidia.
nForce
nForce
nForce Southbridges
nForce2
nForce2
nForce2 Southbridges
nForce3
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
nForce4
For AMD processors
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
For Intel processors
nForce 400 (GeForce 6000)
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
nForce 500 Series
For AMD processors
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
For Intel processors
nForce 600 (GeForce 7000) Series
For AMD processors
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
For Intel processors
nForce 700 Series
For AMD processors
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
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Worldwide
by: Nefarious[First Verse: X-Raided]
This is for the ghettos, gangs, killas, pimps, playas, and thugs
This for the bitches in the ghettos that you never heard of
To them bitches and them hoes that be strugglin'
In the streets tryin' to keep the cash comin' in
I know it's hard, cuz don't nobody feel love
They turn they back while you down
Don't nobody come around
Stay real Cuz, only the strong survive
Fuck Jesse but nigga, but keep hope alive
Cess weed provides relief
And the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
The police wanna see a nigga dead or in the pen
Abusin' your rights, can't win for losin'
But then again I might take flight, I'm facin' life anyway
Stripes got me thinkin' I might die any day
My back is against the wall, but I ain't trapped
It's a trap and if they ride, I'ma kill 'em all
Small-town in the West, don't underestimate
Cuz we ride with the best and we pre-meditate
Full of hate, and known to hold a grudge
But I be like Don Corleone, fuck the jury and the judge
[Chorus: X-Raided]
It ain't where you from, it's how you ride
Killas come from everywhere, thuggin' Worldwide
Niggas gangbang from California to Alaska
Slang 'cane from Maine back down to Nebraska
Every single city got a killa in the town
Every neighborhood got a nigga that put it down
It ain't where you from, it's how you ride
In every area code, it's hardcore Worldwide
[Second Verse: X-Raided]
Playin' war games, we off and discounted
L.A. against the bay in the Sacramento valley
Ain't no respect, niggas is blind
You do yours, I do mine, but that don't be workin' half the time
But recognize, you ain't the only killa in the World
We come in all shapes and sizes, full of surprises
From jheri curls to perms, you never know
We got disguises, but when it's time to ride, nigga you better know
Every hood got a square nigga
But if you rub him the wrong way, he might loc up and scare niggas
So watch what you say, and who you say it to
Cuz he might retaliate in a day or two
When he told you he would shoot family, you thought he was a coward
Talkin' like Gomer Pyle in a high tower
You found out the hard way you was dead wrong
But it ain't no second chances, you dead and gone
Cuz it ain't where you from, it's how you ride
In every area code, it's hardcore Worldwide
[Chorus]
[Third Verse: Hanifah]
I had a close encounter
With some Cali bounty hunters
On the block niggas, with mad bodies on the under
Check my cypher, six-shells, gats you can't decipher
Niggas keep it hyper, in the clique I keep it proper
Watchin' who you talkin' to, watchin' who you hangin' with,
Watchin' where you walkin' through, watchin' who you bangin' with
It's one more that goes down
It's Worldwide that throws down like countdowns on sundowns
Killin' niggas all around
A showdown that melts down your town
Niggas pay for the Hellbound
'Nifah got you spellbound
X with the shut down
Hope your crew is ready for this Black Market throw down
The Worldwide sound
Cuz this is for the gangs, pimps, playas and the thugs
For the bitches in the ghetto you ain't never heard of
To them bitches and them hoes that be strugglin'