NVIDIA Introduces New "RTX On" Keycaps as an Exclusive Social Media Giveaway

Raevenlord · Feb 14, 2022

NVIDIA today announced the latest in the trend of branded PC customization. Taking the form of the new "RTX On" keycaps, NVIDIA has brought brushed aluminium reflections outside the scope of virtual worlds, and straight towards gamer's (and fan's) keyboards. Built "exclusively for the NVIDIA community", the new "RTX On" keycaps don't require a powerful RTX 30-series graphics cards to enable any eye-candy, which will come as good news for the many users still looking to upgrade their GPUs in the current pricing climate.

NVIDIA's keycap is prominently shown as a replacement "Escape" key - the most common of keycap replacements. This seems like a wise decision, considering how the RTX logo is a textured affair that might otherwise interfere with frantic gaming, typing or programming scenarios. The keycaps, which NVIDIA has said won't make it into retail products, will solely be distributed via the company's social media channels throughout Spring and Summer this year. The company has seemingly been investing more and more in similar community and social-media based offers - perhaps because scalpers have a harder time running away with stocks of these limited distribution products.

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Shou Miko · Feb 14, 2022

Another thing user's won't be able to buy because of scalpers :rockout:

the54thvoid · Feb 14, 2022

Is this to smudge over their disastrous RTX3090ti launch?

This is quite a poor attempt at cashing in on the pointless peripheral market. Hopefully we'll get a scathing review from the guy who covers the Jelly keycaps artisan products.

Fluffmeister · Feb 14, 2022

What, it isn't April 1st?

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Feb 14, 2022

Do people really want this? And if so, why?

leppie · Feb 14, 2022

Fluffmeister said:
What, it isn't April 1st?

My first thought too

thesmokingman · Feb 14, 2022

They're just jealous of Tesla's CT Whistle.

DeeJay1001 · Feb 14, 2022

I think the shift + number 4 key does the same as this key.

Space Lynx · Feb 14, 2022

puma99dk| said:
Another thing user's won't be able to buy because of scalpers

I never thought I'd see the day where third party stores aka mom and pop shops, became the enemy of the free markets. I hate to say it, but if all third party stores were banned and ebay/craigslist, there would probably be 0 shortages. The existing monopolies would have a power forever though, but to be fair they already do.

redzo · Feb 14, 2022

This special keycap will transcend into an interweb meme in 5 4 3 2 1
What a great social experiment from their behalf.

bonehead123 · Feb 14, 2022

sOOOOO... instead of concentrating on increasing their capabilities to make moar GPU's, so that normal people (ie.. non-scalper schrumbags) could buy one (at normal MSRP for the 1st time in over 2 years) they have been wasting their time, money, and resources developing & marketing this worthless P.O.S....

go figure...

looniam · Feb 14, 2022

escape to [rtx on] or escape from [rtx on]? :confused:

phanbuey · Feb 14, 2022

looniam said:
escape to [rtx on] or escape from [rtx on]?

exactly my thought haha...

If they added the capability to map an F key to RTX on vs OFF this could make sense somewhat but just a random RTX on key on your keyboard is a little bizzare.

maxfly · Feb 14, 2022

And next up! A tiny leather jacket keycap(so you will forever remember who to despise)...just rot Nvidia.

micropage7 · Feb 14, 2022

Exclusive Social Media Giveaway,

So what's the point where consumers can't have it

Fourstaff · Feb 14, 2022

bonehead123 said:
sOOOOO... instead of concentrating on increasing their capabilities to make moar GPU's, so that normal people (ie.. non-scalper schrumbags) could buy one (at normal MSRP for the 1st time in over 2 years) they have been wasting their time, money, and resources developing & marketing this worthless P.O.S....

go figure...

The people making these will be in the marketing team, instead of engineering team.

DeathtoGnomes · Feb 15, 2022

looks like it would make a nice key chain charm. :shadedshu:

mechtech · Feb 15, 2022

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
Do people really want this? And if so, why?

Because fanbois??

Mussels · Feb 15, 2022

.... i want one of these

Rhein7 · Feb 15, 2022

Lol, I would put this on my F5 key so I could refresh the store page to buy some pc parts and feeling awesome at the same time. :rolleyes:

Mussels · Feb 15, 2022

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
Do people really want this? And if so, why?

Because part of my brain is crow

SHINY. WANT.

InVasMani · Feb 15, 2022

Jelly keycap of the Stargate portal would make a far better ESC key far as I'm concerned.

Mussels said:
Because part of my brain is crow

SHINY. WANT.

Not much shining...makes Jack a dull boy.

R0H1T · Feb 15, 2022

Is this what happens when megalomaniacs don't get their way & throw a fit after a botched multi billion dollar acquisition :slap:

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AusWolf · Feb 15, 2022

At nvidia HQ:
"How could we improve our public image?" :wtf:

"Let's focus on power efficiency and lower tier products!" "Nah." :shadedshu:

"Let's sign with multiple foundries and make more GPUs to ease the shortage!" "Pff, c'mon." :sleep:

"Let's make a collectible, but otherwise worthless keycap!" "Bloody brilliant!" :clap:

zlobby · Feb 15, 2022

Paganstomp said:
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That^

phanbuey said:
exactly my thought haha...

If they added the capability to map an F key to RTX on vs OFF this could make sense somewhat but just a random RTX on key on your keyboard is a little bizzare.

My favorite key combo for nvidia F+OFF

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