This may be a dumb question...

[Yohhan]

but what exactly is nVidia? All I know is it relates somehow to video cards.

[Beefy]

nVidia is the company which make the main chipset for the Geforce line of video cards, plus many others as well.

[Mr. C]

There is a well written 2-page article at Slate about the decline of 3DFX/rise of nVidia .

Lots of good background info there! Well worth the reading.

[Yohhan]

Thanks, appreciate it.