Evolution of NVIDIA Tech Demos 1998-2025

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This is the complete evolution of NVIDIA graphics demos — from the very first 3D tech demo in 1998 to the RTX 5090 in 2025. Covering nearly 30 years, these demos revealed the future potential of PC graphics: shaders, per-pixel lighting, PhysX, tessellation, mesh shaders, G-SYNC, ray tracing, DLSS (2/3/4), RTXDI, SER, and full path tracing — plus rare GeForce logo intros, remastered in HD and 4K for the very first time.

Whether you’re a hardware enthusiast, a lifelong GeForce fan, or simply curious how far graphics have come, this is the definitive history of NVIDIA tech demos and benchmarks.

📌 NVIDIA Tech Demos by GPU Generation
0:00 [RIVA TNT Series]
Principles of 3D (1998)

0:36 [GeForce 256 Series]
Bubble (1999)
Grass (2000)
Crystal Ball (2000)
Wanda (2000)

1:46 [GeForce 2 Series]
Lightning (2000)
Small Pond (2000)
Toy Soldier (2000)
Grove (2000)
Reflection Pool (2000)
Creature (2001)

3:23 [GeForce 3 Series]
Principles of Shading (2001)
Bumpy-Shiny-Patch (2001)
Blobby Dinosaur (2001)
Gothic Chapel (2001)
Cave (2001)
Guts (2001)
Zoltar the Magnificent (2001)
Inferno (2001)
X-Isle: Dinosaur Island (2001)
Hair (2002)
Chameleon (2002)

6:05 [GeForce 4 Series]
Wolfman (2002)
Twister (2002)
Bugs (2002)
Tidepool (2002)
Squid (2002)
Grace (2002)

7:42 [GeForce FX Series]
Toys (2003)
Last Chance Gas (2003)
Dawn (2003)
Time Machine (2003)
Ogre (2003)
Vulcan (2003)
Dusk (2003)

9:53 [GeForce 6 Series]
Timbury (2004)
Nalu (2004)
Clear Sailing (2004)
Blobby Dancer (2004)

11:17 [GeForce 7 Series]
Luna (2005)
Mad Mod Mike (2005)
GeoForms (2006)

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14:00 [GeForce 8 Series]
Froggy (2006)
Box of Smoke (2006)
Cascades (2007)
Adrianne (2007)
Human Head (2007)

15:26 [GeForce 9 Series]
PhysX Fluids (2008)
Nurien (2008)
The Great Kulu (2008)
Cryostasis (2008)

16:36 [GTX 200 Series]
Medusa (2008)

17:14 [GTX 400 Series]
Stone Giant (2010)
Supersonic Sled (2010)
Nvidia Hair (2010)
Nvidia Island (2010)
Unigine Heaven Benchmark (2010)

18:45 [GTX 500 Series]
Alien vs. Triangles (2010)
Endless City (2010)

19:26 [GTX 600 Series]
A New Dawn (2012)

19:59 [GTX TITAN]
G-SYNC Pendulum Demo (2013)
Ira (2013)

20:33 [GTX 700 Series]
FlameWorks (2014)
PhysX: Flex (2014)
Turf Effects (2014)

21:16 [GTX 900 Series]
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing (2015)

21:49 GTX 10 Series]
VR Funhouse (2016)

22:16 [RTX 20 Series]
Justice (2019)
Atomic Heart (2019)
Reflections (2019)

23:08 [RTX 30 Series]
Marbles (2020)
The Attic (2021)

23:47 [RTX 40 Series]
Racer RTX (2022)
Da Vinci Workshop (2024)

24:27 [RTX 50 Series]
Amusement Park (2025)
Zorah (2025)

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