By Hassan Mujtaba
Publication Date: 2026-05-06 16:00:00
Before RTX, there was GTX, and the last GTX family, the GeForce 10 “Pascal” series, has its own fan base to this day, as it offered one of the biggest GPU performance jumps.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 “Pascal” GPU Was Solid, But The 1080 Ti Killed AMD’s Vega A Year Later And Retained Dominance For Years
In May 2016, NVIDIA unveiled its first Pascal GPUs to the world, the GeForce GTX 10 series. Today marks 10 years since the iconic launch, and while a lot has changed in the gaming graphics segment, we all still have beloved memories of the GTX 10 days.
A Recap of The First Few Hours of the Pascal Unveil
Remember when the GTX 1080 was demoed in DOOM 2016, breaking past 200 FPS. We also remember how Witcher III was boosted to the next level with Pascal GPUs, offering specialized features such as Fur and Hairworks. The Pascal GeForce GTX 10 series also delivered over 2 GHz clock speeds and overclocked superbly, all the while bringing unmatched levels of power efficiency, outclassing the already strong GTX 900 “Maxwell” GPUs.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 series was launched right around the time when AMD was cooking its RX Vega series, and by the time the Vega series was ready, it wasn’t just behind the GTX 1080, but the 1080 Ti had entered the market, delivering an unexpected leap in performance that made the Radeon camp go back to the drawing boards.
NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 10 “Pascal” GPUs spanned multiple graphics cards, featuring the…
