New GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs Bring Support for NVIDIA PhysX and CUDA Parallel Processing To All Price Segments SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 29
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation,
the world leader in visual computing technologies, today announced the
immediate availability of three new desktop GeForce(R) 9 Series graphics
processing units (GPUs) that bring support for NVIDIA(R) PhysX(TM) technology
and CUDA(TM) general-purpose parallel computing to mainstream PC computing
markets.
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The new GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and the 9500 GT GPUs deliver
exceptional graphics quality, performance, and application compatibility,
along with support for NVIDIA SLI(R) technology, the industry's leading
multi-GPU solution for gaming and enthusiast platforms across a wide variety
of price points, including under $100 USD.
"The addition of the new 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and the 9500 GT GPUs brings a
new level of visual computing capability to additional mainstream market
segments," said Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop GPUs at NVIDIA. "NVDIA
GPUs deliver the best bang for the buck in each price category, and with
support for CUDA, PhysX, and 3D stereoscopic technology, consumers can now
experience the unique, innovative, and immersive computing experience that
only NVIDIA can deliver."
As PC applications become increasingly visual, many ordinary tasks will
benefit from the graphics horsepower provided by the GeForce GPU, including
editing photos, running a new operating system such as Windows Vista, or
encoding and playing high-definition videos through the use of applications
like Elemental Technologies' Badaboom, which is scheduled for release in
August. In addition, the general-purpose computing architecture of the GeForce
9 Series GPUs lends itself to powering the increasing number of applications
that are being written to use the GPU -- and not the CPU -- for non-graphical
computational tasks. For example, consumers today can use their GeForce 9
Series GPUs to run applications such as Folding@home and join online protein
folding teams to help find cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's or
Parkinson's.
NVIDIA GPUs are also the only ones to support PhysX technology, the
world's most pervasive physics development platform that is already delivering
dynamic 3D realism to more than 140 games across multiple platforms and is in
use by more than 25,000 developers worldwide. With PhysX, developers can
incorporate effects such as rigid body dynamics, collision detection, and
cloth simulation that dramatically change the way the games are played and how
the on-screen stories unfold, and then accelerate those effects using the
processing power of the GeForce GPU.
Graphics cards featuring the new GeForce 9 Series GPUs are available now
from global leading add-in card manufacturers, such as: ASUS, BFG, Colorful,
Emtek, EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Innovision, Leadtek, MSI, Palit, PC
Partner/Zotac, PNY, Point of View, Unika, Unitek, and XFX. For specific
pricing information, please contact the add-in card manufacturers in your
region.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) is the world leader in visual computing technologies
and the inventor of the GPU, a high-performance processor which generates
breathtaking, interactive graphics on workstations, personal computers, game
consoles, and mobile devices. NVIDIA serves the entertainment and consumer
market with its GeForce graphics products, the professional design and
visualization market with its Quadro(R) graphics products, and the
high-performance computing market with its Tesla(TM) computing solutions
products. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and has offices
throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. NVIDIA's inaugural NVISION 08
conference will be held August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California. For more
information, visit http://www.nvidia.com and http://www.nvision08.com.
Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to,
statements as to: the benefits, features, power, performance, capabilities and
availability of NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series of GPUs, NVIDIA PhysX technology, CUDA
general-purpose parallel computing and SLI technology; future PC applications
and the availability of the new NVIDIA GeForce GPUs are forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially include: delays in ramping new
products into production; our reliance on third parties to manufacture,
assemble and test our products; design, manufacturing or software defects;
adoption of the CPU instead of the GPU for non-graphical computational tasks;
unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated
into systems; development of faster or more efficient GPUs; the impact of
technological development and competition; as well as other factors detailed
from time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission including its Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended April 27, 2008.
Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on our website and are
available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and,
except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these
forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
Copyright(R) 2008 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA, the
NVIDIA logo, GeForce, NVIDIA SLI, CUDA, and PhysX are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies
with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability, and
specifications are subject to change without notice.
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