NVIDIA releases free GeForce Trading Cards Series 1

NVIDIA has launched a free series of collectible trading cards celebrating its history in PC gaming, a move seen as an effort to reconnect with its core gaming audience. The GeForce Trading Cards Series 1, announced this week, features 14 distinct designs highlighting iconic graphics hardware, classic tech demos, and landmark games from the company's past.

The physical cards are being distributed at no cost through the company's "Summer of RTX" promotional campaign. They are available via giveaways on NVIDIA's social media channels and at several major gaming events this summer, including Bilibili World 2026, QuakeCon 2026, and Gamescom 2026. The company has indicated this is just the first series, suggesting more may follow.

The collection serves as a tangible retrospective of NVIDIA's technological evolution. It includes cards dedicated to seminal products like the NV1 multimedia processor from 1995 and the GeForce 256 from 1999, which the company bills as the world's first graphics processing unit. Other featured hardware includes the GeForce 3, GeForce 7800 GTX, and the GeForce 10 series architecture. Beyond hardware, the series pays tribute to influential software with...