NVIDIA supports AMD Athlon Processor

NVIDIA supports AMD Athlon Processor landed today, giving players another thing to circle on the calendar.

NVIDIA Corporation is behind the announcement. NVIDIA Corporation announced that the award-winning, RIVA TNT2 Ultra is optimized for AMD Athlon processor-based PCs.

Optimizations and support for AMD’s 3DNow! technology within NVIDIA’s Detonator software drivers enable an unparalleled 3D computing experience on systems powered by the RIVA TNT2 Ultra and AMD Athlon processor. The RIVA TNT2 Ultra, in combination with the AMD Athlon processor, provides a hardware platform capable of delivering an unprecedented 3D graphics experience for today’s high-end user.

PC hardware is moving stupid fast right now, and this is one more part of that arms race.