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Nvidia Celebrates CES 2025 with Giveaway of Iconic GPUs Signed by CEO

The campaign highlights Nvidia's technological milestones, starting with the GeForce 256 and GeForce 8800 Ultra, as part of its GeForce Greats event.

  • Nvidia is giving away five historic GeForce GPUs, each signed by CEO Jensen Huang, to build excitement for its CES 2025 announcements.
  • The first two GPUs revealed are the GeForce 256, the world's first GPU, and the GeForce 8800 Ultra, the first CUDA-enabled GPU.
  • Participants can enter the giveaway by commenting #GeForceGreats on Nvidia's posts on X, with one GPU unveiled each day leading up to CES.
  • The GeForce 256, released in 1999, introduced features like a Transform and Lighting Engine, revolutionizing 3D rendering by offloading tasks from CPUs.
  • The 2007 GeForce 8800 Ultra marked a shift to CUDA technology, enabling GPUs to perform general-purpose computing tasks beyond graphics acceleration.
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