Nvidia has a glut of GeForce GTX 1060,1070, and 1070 Ti GPUs, and it’s trying to sell through them so it can move on to RTX. Maybe Fortnite can help.<\/b>
\nNvidia is getting in on the Fortnite partnership just like Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and Samsung. The graphics-hardware company revealed that it is now selling Fortnite Bundles of its GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 1070, and 1060 GPUs. Each one of these packages include the Founder\u2019s Edition Nvidia video cards and a code for digital goods in Epic\u2019s battle royale shooter.
Whether you get the GTX 1070 Ti, 1070, or 1060, you\u2019ll get the same Fortnite goodies in each box. When you redeem the code, it will instantly add 2,000 V-Bucks (the in-game currency) to your account. The Nvidia bundle also unlocks the rare Reflect outfit and Pivot glider, the uncommon Angular pickax, and the Response Unit back bling.
Of course, you still have to buy the graphics card to get those Fortnite items, and that means spending a few hundred dollars.
It\u2019s worth noting that those prices are slightly discounted from their launch prices, but they\u2019re more expensive than deals from the black Friday shopping weekend. The 1070 Ti, for example, was selling for $350.
So you may want to wait to see if prices drop even further.
It\u2019s not unheard of for a company to continue marketing its last-generation products after introducing a successor. Ideally, Nvidia would want to wind down its last-gen cards as it launches its 20-series RTX models. But Nvidia has an oversupply of cards like the 1060,1070, and 1070 Ti. The company built a ton of extra cards to meet crypto-mining demand, which has evaporated quickly alongside the falling value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
So with a glut of GTX 10-series cards in the supply chain, Nvidia is focusing on selling those. In August, it made Gigabyte and EVGA buy a large order of those old cards as part of their RTX deals. But Nvidia apparently still has plenty of cards of its own to sell. And if supply remains high, we could see prices continue to fall into the end of this year.
The good news here is that cards like the 1070 and 1070 Ti are excellent. So if you need a new GPU, now is the time to start looking for deals.<\/p>\n