The NV1 was a performance-segment graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on September 30th, 1995. Built on the 500 nm process, and based on the NV1 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 1.0. Since NV1 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The NV1 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 135 mm² and 1 million transistors. It features 1 pixel shader and 0 vertex shaders, 1 texture mapping unit and 1 ROP. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). NVIDIA has paired 2 MB EDO memory with the NV1, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 75 MHz, memory is running at 60 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA NV1 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 2 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x VGA. NV1 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI interface. The card measures 190 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 299 US Dollars.