Next-Generation Graphics Processing Units Will Be Available Beginning October 12th

SANTA CLARA, CA — OCTOBER 1, 2001 — NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) announced today that its GeForce(tm) Titanium series of graphics processing units (GPUs) has secured design wins with the industry's top suppliers. Starting October 12th, products based on these new NVIDIA GPUs will be introduced by the following add-in card companies in the next 45 days, including: ASUStek Computer, Inc., Creative Technology Ltd., ELSA, Leadtek Research, Inc., Gainward Co. Ltd., Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., MSI, PNY Technologies, and Visiontek, Inc.

In addition, the top global PC OEMs will be shipping GeForce Titanium Series PC's.  Manufacturers include Compaq Computer Corporation, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, Hewlett-Packard Company, MicroPC, and NEC Corporation. Other OEMs and partners will be announced in the coming months.

"With the new GeForce3 Titanium series, NVIDIA is able to deliver a DirectX 8-based graphics solution well beyond the enthusiast market," said Jeff Fisher, executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. "With these new GPUs, we've clearly accelerated our growing lead in the graphics market, and maintained our position as the technology leader for all of our partners."

By adding the GeForce Titanium GPUs to their already successful product line, the industry's top OEMs and add-in-card companies will be able to deliver more complex, cinematic images than ever before possible on a desktop PC.  With their unprecedented 3D and 2D performance and feature set, unmatched cinematic-quality, and support for the highly-anticipated Microsoft® Windows® XP support, the new GeForce3(tm) Ti 500, GeForce3 Ti 200 and GeForce2(tm) Ti provide unprecedented levels of performance and visual quality for their distinct markets. 

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