Volgens het Duitse Chip.de zal de opvolger van de GeForce2 GTS, codenamed NV20, in februari aangekondigd worden. Het is aannemelijk dat de eerste fabrikanten in maart tijdens de CeBIT beurs hun nieuwe videokaarten zullen tonen:
The distribution of the GeForce 2-Nachfolgers, that at present under the code name „nv20“ one develops, is to only begin in February 2001Originally Nvidia had planned to present the 3D-Beschleuniger at the beginning of January next yearly. Now the conception of the NV20 is to have been shifted on at the end of of February.
As reason Nvidia indicates extra large stocks of the current GeForce 2-Chips. Besides consist no mandatory reason to devalue at present in GeForce 2-Chips leading regarding performance by competition of own house.
If one believes the predicates of Nvidia, then the NV20 is to offer max. the sevenfold performance of the GeForce 2 GTS Grafikchips. The first diagram cards which are based on the NV20-Chip are expected on the CeBIT 2001.
Volgens X-Bit Labs zijn er overigens geruchten die een release datum van 27 februari beweren.