4.13 Geforce4 410 Go MCM

nVIDIA uses MCM technology to package the Geforce4 410 Go core and 2 or 4 memory particles on a substrate. At that time, the MCM packaged display chip was aimed at mobile devices.

Model:E93

PCB Code:180-10093-0000-A06

Chip model:Geforce4 410 Go A5

16MB

Chip date is 0222 weeks, PCB DATE is 0225 weeks.

Geforce4 410 Go Engineering sample

4.14 Geforce4 420 Go

4.14.1 E64

Chip model:SQ17 A4

PCB Code:180-10064-0000-A00

Chip date is 0150 weeks, PCB date is 0204 weeks.

Geforce4 420 Go Engineering sample

4.14.2 P71

Chip model:NV17LT A4

PCB Code:180-10071-0000-A03

Chip date is 0201 weeks, PCB date is 0202 weeks.

Geforce4 420 Go Engineering sample

4.14.3 E93

Geforce4 420 Go MCM

PCB Code:180-10093-0000-A06

Chip model:GF4 420Go A5

The chip date is 0222 weeks, and the PCB date is 0225 weeks.

Geforce4 420 Go Engineering sample

4.15 Geforce4 440 Go

4.15.1 E63

PCB Code:180-10063-0000-A00

Chip model:NV17M A4

Chip date is 0150 weeks, PCB date is 0202 weeks.

Geforce4 440 Go Engineering sample

4.15.2 E93

Geforce4 440 Go MCM

PCB Code:180-10093-0000-A06

Chip model:GF4 440Go

Chip date is 0225 week, PCB date is 0228 week.

Geforce4 440 Go Engineering sample

4.16 Geforce4 460 Go

Model:E63

Chip model:Geforce4 460Go A5

PCB Code:180-10063-0000-A02

Chip date is 0216 week, PCB date is 0232 week.

Geforce4 460 Go Engineering sample

4.17 Geforce4 488 Go

Model:E133

PCB Code:180-10133-0000-A00

Chip model:GF4 488Go A3

Chip date 0251 weeks, PCB date 0252 weeks.

Geforce4 488 Go Engineering sample

The mobile series also has Geforce4 4200 Go (NV28M).

4.18 Quadro4 NVS 200

NVS is Professional Business Graphic.The nVIDIA Quadro NVS desktop solutions enable multi-display graphics.

Model: P155

PCB Code:180-10155-0000-A01

Chip model:Quadro4 NVS200 A5

Chip date is 0218 weeks, PCB date is 0240 weeks.

Quadro4 NVS 200 Engineering sample

There are also Quadro4 NVS100 (NV17 P150 is similar to P71) and Quadro4 NVS50 (NV18).

4.19 Quadro4 NVS 400

Model: P77

Quadro4 NVS 400 64MB PCI(Dual NV17 chip).

Quadro4 NVS 400 Engineering sample

4.20 Quadro4 750 XGL

Model: P80

Chip model:NV25GL-A18

PCB Code:180-10080-0000-A02

Released on February 19, 2002. Chip date is 0141 weeks, PCB date is 0142 weeks.

Quadro4 750 XGL Engineering sample

And Quadro4 700 XGL uses P80 form factor, Quadro4 900 XGL uses P83 form factor, Quadro4 550 XGL uses similar form factor to P71, but uses different video memory. AGP 4X.

4.21 Quadro4 380 XGL

Model: P112

PCB Code:180-10112-0000-A01

Chip model:NV18GL-A1

Released on November 12, 2002. Chip date is 0227 weeks, PCB date is 0229 weeks.

Quadro4 380 XGL Engineering sample

There is also Quadro4 580XGL, which is P115 board type and AGP 8X.

4.22 Quadro4 980XGL

AGP 8X

4.22.1 E153

PCB Code:180-1-153-0000-A00

Chip model:Quadro 4 XGL A2

Released on November 12, 2002. Chip date is 0240 weeks, PCB date is 0245 weeks.

Quadro4 980 XGL Engineering sample

4.22.2 P152

Chip model:NV28GL A1M8

PCB Code:180-10152-0000-A01

The chip date is 0231 weeks, and the PCB date is 0232 weeks.

Quadro4 980 XGL Engineering sample

4.23 Quadro4 500Go GL

Model:E63

PCB Code:180-10063-0000-A00

Chip model:NV17GLM A4

The mobile Edition was released on April 23, 2002. Chip date is 0201 weeks, PCB date is 0202 weeks.

Quadro4 500Go GL Engineering sample

There is also Quadro4 700Go GL (NV28 GLM).

4.24 nFroce2

On July 16, 2002, the nForce2 motherboard chipset nForce2 chipset was launched. The nForce2 chip integrates GeForce4 MX.

nFroce2 Engineering sample

(From deruberhanyok)

4.25 VISIONTEK

GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Mac Edition。

GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Mac Edition Engineering sample

4.26 Sparkle

SP7300M4-64MB/DV will directly label the engineering sample of nVIDIA Personal cinema MX420-8X as a commodity, which may be displayed as a sample.

SP7300M4-64MB/DV Engineering sample

5. GeForce FX（NV30）series

After repeated delays, nVIDIA released the GeForce FX5800/5800 Ultra graphics cards on November 18, 2002, and the actual release date was in March of the following year. The NV30 chip is made with 130 nm transistors, operates at a frequency between 400 and 500 MHz, and can access 128MB GDDR2 via a 128-bit bus running at 800 MHz or 1000 MHz.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

One of the reasons why GeForce FX uses "FX" instead of the number "5" is that many former engineers of 3dfx have participated in the development of GeForce FX. Due to the incomplete realization of the innovative design, and the imperfect GDDR2 memory. This causes the GeForce FX5800/FX5800 Ultra graphics cards to generate a lot of heat. The performance barely surpasses the Radeon 9700 Pro (R300 series) that made the limelight in 2002.

On March 6, 2003, ATi released the Radeon 9800 Pro. It is a version that optimizes the Radeon 9700 Pro, increases the frequency, and can well support GDDR2. Its performance exceeds the GeForce FX5800 Ultra graphics card.

Radeon 9800 Pro

（From ixbt.com）

Radeon 9800 Pro caught nVIDIA by surprise. I had to give up the immature GDDR2 video memory for the time being. On May 12, 2003, it released the GeForce FX5900 Ultra, which uses GDDR1 video memory, and has improved graphics quality, heat dissipation, and power consumption. This enables GeForce FX5900 Ultra/FX5950 Ultra to compete with Radeon 9800 Pro/9800 XT graphics cards.

On June 13, 2003, Xabre Graphics (XGI), a newly established subsidiary of SiS, acquired Trident’s graphics chip development business at an undisclosed price. On September 15, 2003, XGI announced the Volari V3/V5/V8 chip graphics card and the Volari Duo V8 Ultra graphics card with dual display chips. Among them, the Volari V3 graphics card is the Trident XP5 graphics card, and the Mobile Edition is called Volari XP5. The performance of Volari Duo V8 Ultra graphics card is slightly higher than that of GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, and sales are less. Because of its powerful appearance created by its dual display core, it is now the darling of collectors.

Volari Duo V8 Ultra Engineering sample

The second product in VIA’s Chrome product line is DeltaChrome S8, which was not developed smoothly. S3 designed the DeltaChrome S8 evaluation board in August 2003, and it was not officially released until July 28, 2004. It supports DirectX 9a, and its 3D processing capability is close to that of the mid-level graphics card FX 5700Ultra at that time.

DeltaChrome S8 Engineering sample

（From legitreviews.com）

On July 23, 2002, Intel supported AWG (Arapahoe Work Group) officially released the PCI Express computer bus, referred to as PCI-E, and officially referred to as PCIe. Due to the close cooperation between ATi and Intel, it was the first to showcase the industry's first graphics card using PCI Express at IDF2003 on September 19, 2003 (week 0338). The specific model of this card was not announced. The chip shown in the picture is labeled "215S8KAGA11F", which has integrated PCI-E. It is an engineering sample chip of RV380 (X600). It can be seen that the first graphics card in the industry that uses PCI Express is Radeon X600, and the PCB date is 0330 weeks.

Radeon X600 Engineering sample

Since the publication of the PCI Express interface standard, nVIDIA's R&D pace has lagged. The solution is to design the AGP-to-PCI Express bridge chip BR02. BR02 stands for Bridge Revision 02, also known as High Speed Interconnect (HSI). It can convert AGP signals to PCI-E signals, and it can also convert PCI-E signals to AGP signals. On February 17, 2004 (0408 week), nVIDIA released the GeForce PCX series of graphics cards using the BR02 chip. The BR02-A1 ES chip in the picture is dated 0345 weeks. It seems to feel the huge pressure of ATi and accelerate the finalization. The BR02-A2 ES chip has a date of 0407 weeks and is finally finalized in A2.

GeForce PCX5300 Engineering sample​

GeForce PCX is mainly based on the unsuccessful old product GeForce FX series, and its conversion performance will be slightly lost, so the bridge chip has been criticized. ATi also said: "Where is there a way to build a bridge". In the period of GeForce 6 and GeForce 7, the advantage of the BR02 chip finally emerged, that is, only one interface chip needs to be developed. ATi chips are all native, that is, a single chip launches native PCI-E and native AGP versions at the same time. Finally, due to cost pressures, the Rialto unidirectional bridge chip that converts PCI-E signals to AGP was also developed.

The embarrassing situation of nVIDIA's lagging behind PCI-E interface graphics cards in desktop computers prompted it to cooperate with many notebook computer manufacturers to announce the mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) specifications for notebook computers on May 17, 2004. The full name of MXM technology is Mobile PCI eXpress Module.

GeForce PCX5300 MXM Engineering sample

(From hexus.net)

nVIDIA also released the entry-level and mid-range versions of GeForce FX: mid-range FX5600 (NV31), FX5700 (NV36) and entry-level FX5200/5500/5100 (NV34), as well as the corresponding mobile version.

5.1 GeForce FX5800/FX5800 Ultra

5.1.1 Rev A00

There are two types of Rev A00 from GeForce FX, T01 using GDDR1 video memory and P126 using GDDR2. There is no difference between T01 and P126 from the front, except that the capacitor used by T01 is slightly smaller.

5.1.1.1 T01

PCB Code:180-10T01-0000-A00

At the beginning of August 2002, the first NV30 silicon taped-out. It takes about 4 weeks (0236 weeks) to package the chips, and 4 weeks (0240 weeks) to test the chips. The PCB date of this T01 is 0240 weeks, which should be the earliest version. The NV30 chip on the PCB is the first packaged chip, and the chip is marked as follows:

TMG177-12"-PI8124（12 inch wafer）

N91517.06（Unknown）

EHS-FCBGA 1152（External Heat Spreader Flip Chip BGA 1152 Pin）

Ibiden Daisy Chain（Ibiden Co Ltd ,Daisy Chain Topology）

T01 is a chip evaluation board for NV30 chip, using mature and reliable MBGA package GDDR1 video memory. After the verification is feasible, directly copy the P126 product evaluation board/reference board using GDDR2 video memory.

The cooling system is the prototype of GeForce FX5800 (QUADRO 2000). The fan power cable is in the lower left corner, and the length is not enough to plug into the upper right socket. The lower left socket is blocked by the heat sink. It was pasted with glue on the lower left fan socket 3 cm to the left. Suspected exhibit samples.

GeForce FX5800 Engineering sample

5.1.1.2 P126

Samsung developed the industry's first 1Gbps 128Mb GDDR2 SDRAM in July 2002. nVIDIA GeForce FX is the first graphics card to use GDDR2. On November 18, 2002 (0247 week), COMDEX2002 released GeForce FX. The promotional picture of GeForce FX at that time is the following picture. The Samsung graphics memory particles on the engineering sample card of the picture are the ES version and the date is 0238 weeks. The PCB date should be 0240 or 0241 weeks.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

The GeForce FX of this kind of turbo fan was also circulated on COMDEX 2002. It seems that the design cost is slightly higher and was abandoned.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

（From ixbtlabs.com）

5.1.2 Rev A01

PCB Code:180-10126-0000-A01

Chip model:NV30GL A1

The video memory particle date is 0241 weeks, which is the official version. The PCB date is 0242 weeks, the NV30 chip date is 0243 weeks, and the version is A1. Although the chip is marked as NV30GL, it is not distinguished as QUADRO and GeForce FX. When the NV30 chip is the A2 version, it is marked as GeForce FX to indicate formal mass production, and marked as QUADRO 2000 is still in the engineering sample stage.
This heat dissipation system is optional for GeForce FX. Due to its low heat dissipation capacity, it is mainly used for the heat dissipation of low-end graphics cards.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

5.1.3 Rev A02

PCB Code:180-10126-0000-A02

Chip model:NV30GL A1

The chip date is 0244 weeks, and the PCB date is 0244 weeks.
This slightly lower cost turbo radiator (nVIDIA's FX Flow cooling technology) was selected and finally adopted.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

5.1.4 Rev A03

PCB Code:180-10126-0000-A03

PCB date is 0245 weeks.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

5.1.5 Rev A04

PCB Code:180-10126-0000-A04

PCB date is 0249 weeks.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

5.1.6 Rev A05

PCB Code:180-10126-0000-A05

PCB date is 0251 weeks.

This revised version has been revised and officially finalized. This card is still undergoing important tests on GDDR2 video memory and even the chip. It can be seen that until the final GeForce FX5800 Ultra is finalized, there are still many problems in the hardware, but time is not waiting, so we can only bet on the driver. The final engineering sample PCB date is 0301 weeks.

GeForce FX5800 Ultra Engineering sample

5.2 GeForce FX5200/FX5200 Ultra

Released on March 6, 2003.

5.2.1 E133

PCB Code:180-10133-0000-A01

Chip model:NV34 A1B2 ES

Chip date is 0303 weeks, PCB date is 0305 weeks.

GeForce FX5200 Engineering sample

5.2.2 P162

Chip model:NV34-A2

PCB Code:180-10162-0000-A03

Chip date is 0309 weeks, PCB date is 0309 weeks.

GeForce FX5200 Engineering sample

5.2.3 P140

PCB Code:180-10140-0000-A01

Chip model:NV34U A2

Chip date is 0309 weeks, PCB date is 0309 weeks.

GeForce FX5200 Ultra Engineering sample

5.3 GeForce FX5600/FX5600 Ultra

Released on March 6, 2003.

5.3.1 P141

PCB Code:180-10141-0000-A01

Chip model:NV31 A1+M9 ES

Chip date is 0305 weeks, PCB date is 0309 weeks.

GeForce FX5600 Engineering sample

5.3.2 P140

Chip model:NV31FC A1 ES

PCB Code:180-10140-0000-A01

Chip date is 0318 weeks, PCB date is 0320 weeks.

GeForce FX5600 Ultra Engineering sample

5.4 GeForce FX5700/FX5700 Ultra

Released on October 23, 2003.

5.4.1 P193

Chip model:NV36 A1 ES

PCB Code:180-10193-0000-A00

Chip date is 0333 weeks, PCB date is 0334 weeks. Most of nVIDIA's PCBs are green, and red ones are very rare.

GeForce FX5700 Engineering sample

5.4.2 E183

Chip model:NV36S A1 ES

PCB Code:180-10183-0000-A00

Chip date is 0334 weeks, PCB date is 0330 weeks.

GeForce FX5700 Engineering sample

5.4.3 P190

PCB Code:180-10190-0000-A03

Chip model:GF-FX-5700-U-A1

Chip date is 0346 weeks, PCB date is 0342 weeks.

GeForce FX5700 Ultra Engineering sample

5.5 GeForce FX5900/FX5900 Ultra

2003年5月12日发布。

5.5.1 P172-A00

Chip model:NV35 A1

PCB Code:180-10172-0000-A00

Chip date is 0310 weeks.

GeForce FX5900 Engineering sample

5.5.2 P172-B00

Chip model:NV35-U-A1 ES

PCB Code:180-10172-0000-B00

Chip date is 0329 weeks, PCB date is 0335 weeks.

GeForce FX5900 Ultra Engineering sample

5.6 GeForce FX5950 Ultra

On October 23, 2003, nVIDIA released the GeForce FX5950 Ultra.

Model: P172-B00

Chip model:FX5900U-A1

PCB Code:180-10172-0000-B00

Chip date is 0329 weeks, PCB date is 0333 weeks.

GeForce FX5950 UltraEngineering sample

5.7 Personal cinema FX5200

5.7.1 P143

PCB Code:180-10143-0000-B01

Chip model:FX5200 A2

Chip date is 0318 weeks, PCB date is 0341 weeks.

Personal cinema FX5200 Engineering sample

5.7.2 P164

PCB Code:180-10164-0000-A01

Chip model:NV34 A2 ES

The chip date is 0308 weeks, and the PCB date is 0306 weeks.

Personal cinema FX5200 Engineering sample

5.8 Personal cinema FX5600

5.8.1 P143 A00

Chip model:NV31 A1+9 ES

PCB Code:180-10143-0000-A00

Chip date is 0310 weeks, PCB date is 0309 weeks.

Personal cinema FX5600 Engineering sample

5.8.2 P143 B00

Chip model:FX5600 A1

PCB Code:180-10143-0000-B00

Chip date is 0321 weeks, PCB date is 0306 weeks.

Personal cinema FX5600 Engineering sample

5.8.3 P164

PCB Code:180-10164-0000-A01

Chip model:NV31 A1+9 ES

Chip date is 0310 weeks, PCB date is 0327 weeks.

Personal cinema FX5600 Engineering sample

5.9 Personal cinema FX5700

Model: P178

PCB Code:180-10178-0000-A02

Chip model:FX5700 A1

Chip date is 0403 weeks, PCB date is 0404 weeks.

Personal cinema FX5700 Engineering sample

And Personal Cinema FX5900 is a GeForce FX5900 graphics card equipped with a video daughter card.

5.10 GeForce PCX5900

On February 17, 2004, nVIDIA released GeForce PCX series graphics cards: GeForce PCX5950 (NV35), GeForce PCX5750 (NV36), GeForce PCX5300 (NV34) and GeForce PCX4300 (GeForce4 MX 4000), which are essentially AGPs with bridge chip BR02 Card.

5.10.1 P268 A00

Chip model:5900XT

PCB Code:180-10268-0000-A00

Chip date is 0336 weeks, PCB date is 0409 weeks.

GeForce PCX5900 Engineering sample​

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5.10.2 P268 A01

Chip model:5900XT

PCB Code:180-10268-0000-A01

Chip date is 0349 weeks, PCB date is 0421 weeks.

GeForce PCX5900 Engineering sample

nVIDIA later changed the name of GeForce PCX5950 to Geforce PCX5900, but there are still manufacturers using this form factor to make the so-called GeForce PCX5950 graphics card.

5.11 GeForce PCX5300

5.11.1 E286

Chip model:GF-FX-5200-B1

PCB Code:180-10286-0000-B00

Chip date 0404 week, PCB date 0407 week.

GeForce PCX5300 Engineering sample

5.11.2 P241

Chip model:FX5200 B1S1 ES

PCB Code:180-10241-0000-A01

The chip date is 0344 weeks, and the PCB date is 0352 weeks. The BR02-A2 ES chip date is 0407 weeks.

GeForce PCX5300 Engineering sample

GeForce PCX 5750 (NV36) is a P269 form factor with a similar appearance to the P241.

5.12 GeForce PCX5300 MCM

Used for mobile devices and MXM interface graphics cards.

5.12.1 P233

PCB Code:180-10233-0000-B01

Chip model:NV37 A1 ES

Chip date is 0405 weeks, PCB date is 0405 weeks.

GeForce PCX5300 MCM Engineering sample

MCM (Multi-Chip Module) is a packaging and packaging technology for bare dies, chips, and integrated circuits. This packaging technology can encapsulate two or more dies on one substrate. Usually, only one display core die is packaged in the display chip. As mentioned earlier, nVIDIA GeForce4 Go once packaged the display core and 2 or 4 video memories on a base to save space and reduce energy consumption. It is mostly used on mobile chips. Entering the PCI-E era, nVIDIA’s BR02 bridge chip is packaged on the same base with the display chip and video memory through MCM packaging.

5.12.2 E233

PCB Code:180-10233-0000-A00

PCB date is 0352 weeks. The BR02 chip is packaged on the same base as the graphics chip and video memory.

GeForce PCX5300 MCM Engineering sample