NVIDIA has unveiled its first physical collectible card project for the GeForce brand, called GeForce Trading Cards: Series 1. In an official announcement published on July 9, 2026, the company said the release is meant to celebrate the evolution of GeForce graphics cards and key moments in PC gaming history. The set includes 14 card designs, and fans can get them for free through Summer of RTX online and in-person activities.
Series 1 covers major GeForce milestones
The first series brings together several landmark products and technical moments from NVIDIA’s history. According to the announcement, the lineup starts with the 1995 NV1 blueprint, which helped lay the company’s foundation in PC graphics and multimedia, and the 1999 GeForce 256, described as the world’s first true GPU for integrating transform and lighting onto a single chip.
The collection also includes GeForce 3, noted for introducing programmable shaders, and the GeForce 7800 GTX, which NVIDIA tied to the PC gaming boom of the mid-2000s. The GeForce 10 Series is part of the set as well, with the announcement citing the Pascal-based GTX 1080 as an example of the performance jump that supported higher-resolution gaming and virtual reality.
NVIDIA did not limit the series to hardware. It also added classic real-time tech demos such as Bubble, Chameleon and Medusa. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition is included too.
Free distribution through Summer of RTX
NVIDIA said the cards will not be sold as a commercial product. Instead, they are being offered as free memorabilia for the community through the company’s Summer of RTX campaign.
The company plans to hand out card packs at global gaming and community events, including Bilibili World 2026, QuakeCon 2026 and gamescom 2026. Fans who visit NVIDIA or partner booths, follow the event instructions, and answer simple prompts such as which GeForce card and game started their PC gaming journey may receive a physical card.
NVIDIA added that giveaways will also appear from time to time on its official social media channels.
A checklist card is part of the set
Series 1 also comes with a dedicated checklist card, intended to help collectors track the full set and understand the hardware and gaming history behind each card.
The project name uses the label “Series 1.” The source article noted that this has prompted speculation about future follow-up sets, but the confirmed details from NVIDIA are limited to the current launch: 14 physical GeForce trading cards, distributed free through Summer of RTX.