When it launched, the Nvidia GeForce 256 was not only the first GeForce branded GPU from the company, but it was also the first card to fully support DirectX 7. DirectX is Microsoft API application programming interface that handles a lot of the multimedia end of things, particularly with 3D graphics in games. Were currently on DirectX 12, but 7 was a major leap in terms of what PCs could do at the time. According to Phil Scott, Nvidia director of EMEA developer relations, in a 2022 Digital...
