Brute force is the name of the game, and nVidia is the main player behind this game. Since their incorporation in 1993 nVidia has been the primary force behind revolutionizing the graphics card industry. Even though nVidia released their GeForce 4 GPU only 2 months ago, it is claimed that they had already been ready to launch the NV25 in December 2001. However due to the tremendous success of their GeForce 3 line of GPU's delayed the initial launch of the GeForce 4. The only notable threat to nVidia today is posed by ATI technologies and for some reason they seem to be managing to go head to head with nVidia in almost every aspect.
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