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We collect NV video card hardware information here.

• envytools: THE repository of reverse engineered documentation and RE tools

• Block Architecture Diagram for the GeForce series

• block diagrams for the nouveau series 40 instruction format

• The the freenv project has some techical code in it's SVN (only for experts, not much useable)

• Shading FAQ for GeForce

• Texture formats supported by NVidia GPUs.

• Guard band clipping used to clip rendering output to viewport.

• names given to 3D objects on different cards :
  • nv10 - celsius
  • nv20 - kelvin
  • nv30 - rankine
  • nv40 - curie
  • nv50 - tesla

• MMIO register database (RulesNG)

• RivaTV (particularly see the "rules" file)

• Nvidia bioses for TNT2 -> Geforce 4

• More Nvidia bioses

• Output load detection on nvidia hardware

• Surface layout details

Vertex Shading info

• http://icps.u-strasbg.fr/~marchesin/perso/extensions/NV/vertex_program2.html Explanation of NV_vertex_program2 vertex shading extension

• http://www.pny.com/support/downloads/vertoTech/CineFXShaders.pdf Page 7 has a list of all vertex shading instructions it seems

Want to know more about Nvidia chips?

• The nVidia card range in Wikipedia

• Review links

General, not related to NV cards

• Know your AGP card