When Nvidia released their GeForce 3 GPU, they had a winner in their hands. Gamers liked it. Developers liked it. The GeForce 3 was a great performer, and held it's spot as the fastest gaming card around. Earlier this month, companies started to release new products based on the new Nvidia chip - The GeForce 3 Ti500. The new Ti500 chips come at a standard clock of 240MHz Core/500MHz Memory, and also feature a new technology known as Shadow Buffers. So why should we be discussing the GeForce 3? Well the answer to that is simple: Price.