VisionTek NV996.0 Rev B 32MB AGP Video Card NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 VGA USA 1999

VisionTek NV996.0 Rev B 32MB AGP Video Card NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 VGA USA 1999

The VisionTek NV996.0 Rev B is a 32MB AGP graphics card built around the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 GPU, manufactured in the United States in 1999. It provides VGA analog display output via a standard DB-15 connector and uses passive cooling — no fan required. This is a single-slot AGP card in standard ATX bracket form.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: VisionTek
• Model / Board Revision: NV996.0 Rev B
• GPU / Chipset: NVIDIA RIVA TNT2
• Video Memory: 32MB
• Bus Interface: AGP
• Display Output: VGA (DB-15 female)
• Cooling: Passive heatsink, fanless
• Bracket: Standard ATX full-height bracket
• Country of Manufacture: USA
• Year: 1999
• Card only — no driver disc or accessories included

Applications

The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 was a mainstream Direct3D and OpenGL GPU released in 1999, targeting the Windows 98/Me/2000 desktop PC market. The TNT2 family succeeded the original RIVA TNT and offered improved 32-bit color rendering, multi-texturing, and OpenGL ICD support — making it a popular choice for gaming and general desktop acceleration in the AGP era before GeForce took over. VisionTek was a prominent US-based add-in board (AIB) partner for NVIDIA during the late 1990s and early 2000s, known for building reliable retail and OEM AGP cards on NVIDIA reference designs. This card is suited for restoring or maintaining late-1990s AGP-based desktop PCs, vintage gaming rigs, and retro computing builds running Windows 95 through Windows XP. The AGP bus standard was the dominant discrete graphics interface from roughly 1997 through the mid-2000s before PCIe replaced it.