digitalfoundry
patreon
DF Retro: Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX - 20th Anniversary Retrospective - A Generational Leap [Sponsored]
🕑 Added 2025-10-13 13:13:37 +0000 UTCContent sponsored by Nvidia. 2005: a pivotal year in gaming, with the arrival of a new generation of titles, enabled on PC with the arrival of Shader Model 3, supported by Nvidia's cutting-edge GeForce 7800 GTX. 20 years on, Alex powers up a period-appropriate PC equipped with the 7800 GTX, showcasing how the hardware delivered more performance and new features over its predecessors in a range of classic PC titles.
h.264: Download - Right Click and "Save As"
HEVC: Download - Right Click and "Save As"
![DF Retro: Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX - 20th Anniversary Retrospective - A Generational Leap [Sponsored]](https://img10.leaqio.com/storage/4/fi/xo/9e04c0-019e80ee-69a4-72a4-ac1a-c2a98be8b8d9.jpg)
Comments
Lucas C
I had just purchased 2 6800 Ultras and used SLI back in 2005. A few weeks later the 7800 came out and I was bummed because I just spent all that money and the upgrade came out soon after. Great video bringing back some memories
Pete Foley
This was such a fun period for PC gaming. I recall playing most of these games, tweaking the hell out of the settings to get a stable-ish frame rate. And then there was the joy of upgrading your video card a year or two later and playing the games again with most settings maxed out.
