NVIDIA Announces Immediate Availability of New GeForce FX GPUs

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation , the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced that the Company's new NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) FX 5700 Ultra and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra graphics processing units (GPUs) are available beginning October 26th, 2003-from leading add-in-card and PC partners worldwide.

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"The simultaneous introduction and availability of the GeForce FX 5700 Ultra and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra is an unprecedented achievement in the graphics industry," said Jeff Fisher executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. "With the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, and the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, NVIDIA has the premier GPU in every product segment, just in time for holiday shopping."

Leading PC providers, who have turned to the NVIDIA GeForce FX product family to drive their customer's cinematic computing experiences, include: ABS PC, Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Hewlett-Packard, Polywell Computers, Velocity Micro, and VoodooPC.

"NVIDIA has the best track record of any graphics company for rock solid drivers, the best performance, the most headroom for enthusiasts to push their cards and the best customer service," stated Kelt Reeves, President of Falcon Northwest.

Add-in cards based on the GeForce FX family of GPUs are available from the world's leading add-in card manufacturers, including: AOpen, Ask, ASUS Computer International, BFG Technologies, Inc., Creative Labs, eVGA.com Corporation, Gainward Co., Ltd., Gigabyte Technology, Co., Ltd., Leadtek Research, Inc., MSI, Pine XFX, and PNY Technologies, Inc.

For details on where to buy GeForce FX-based graphics cards, visit the NVIDIA Web site at http://www.nvidia.com/content/wheretobuy/consumer.asp.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer and professional computing platforms. Its graphics and communications processors have broad market reach and are incorporated into a wide variety of computing platforms, including consumer digital-media PCs, enterprise PCs, professional workstations, digital content creation systems, notebook PCs, military navigation systems, and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,700 people worldwide. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.nvidia.com/ .

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CONTACT: Brian Burke of NVIDIA Corporation, +1-512-401-4385, or
bburke@nvidia.com

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