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Thank you for your support and commitment over
the past months. I am delighted to report that
NVIDIA's
new products - for both the consumer and the professional
market segments - are now shipping to customers
through our partners and receiving great reviews.
Together, we are moving closer to our vision of
making cinematic computing a reality for all.
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NVIDIA and our partners are helping
to drive the hottest games in the marketplace, as
NVIDIA is the only company to provide a complete
family of GPUs that support Microsoft DirectX® 9.0.
The NVIDIA GeForce FX family of GPUs offers the
top-performing products in each market segment,
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Maximum PC Magazine gave the GeForce FX
5900 Ultra its highest product award, saying,
"The GeForce FX 5900 Ultra returns the speed crown
to Santa Clara..." (July 2002, page 60)
Tom's
Hardware Guide: "The GeForce FX 5900
Ultra... can reclaim the performance throne for
NVIDIA."
FiringSquad:
"The GeForce FX 5600 Ultra is no slouch when it
comes to performance. Thanks to its revamped 400MHz
core and 800MHz memory, the GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
establishes new levels of performance for the
mainstream segment."
PC Gamer: Not to be
outdone by its higher-end counterparts, the entry-level
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra snared the prestigious PC
Gamer Editor's Choice award. PC Gamer says, "Want
affordable power? Here it is." (July 2002, page
102)
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NVIDIA nForce has completely redefined the performance
segment of the AMD platform market and is now universally
recognized as the best AMD platform in the world.
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AnandTech:
"The nForce2 Ultra 400 motherboard...brings
higher performance and better
FSB overclocking potential to
the table. In addition, a good
MCP-T powered nForce2 Ultra
400 motherboard, SPDIF-in/out
ports, and speakers with a receiver
will bring you the best onboard
sound out of any desktop motherboard
currently available on the market
for a fraction of the cost of
an add-in sound card."
Tom's
Hardware Guide: "Performance-hungry
users still can't bypass NVIDIA's
nForce2 chipset. Thanks to a
dual-channel memory interface,
it represents the best platform
for the Athlon XP."
AMD
Zone: "The
nForce3 Professional is an excellent
implementation of an Opteron
workstation chipset, and performance
is definitely impressive."
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NVIDIA Quadro FX continues to lead the professional
market with unrivaled workstation performance,
combining unprecedented precision and programmability.
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Millimeter
Magazine: "Achieving
this new level of visual realism
requires programmable chips
and a shading language written
to the chips. That's where the
industry has been heading, and
NVIDIA's Quadro FX is the most
advanced graphics board pushing
this agenda."
Post
Magazine: "Compared
with NVIDIA's popular Quadro4
980 XGL, the FX 2000 achieves
twice the performance and the
1000 is achieves 1.5 times the
performance… Software vendors
have taken advantage of the
power of the Quadro FX architecture
which enables sophisticated
real-time shaders to simulate
a virtually unlimited range
of physical characteristics."
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GeForce FX Go has revolutionized mobile
computing by driving top-to-bottom Microsoft DirectX®
9.0 in performance and mainstream notebooks. NVIDIA and
our partners have created a premier mobile entertainment
device by combining cinematic computing with high-powered
notebook computers.
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CNET:
"Dreams can come true. Toshiba takes harmonic
convergence to a new level today, with its
Media Center notebook. The Satellite 5205-S705
isn't just a typical desktop replacement with
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
thrown in. It is designed from the ground
up for digital entertainment, with a built-in
TV tuner, and a 15-inch UXGA display powered
by the new NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600."
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NVIDIA is working with our partners
to reach consumers through marketing programs,
events, advertising and Web promotions. A recent
IDC study on brand awareness among mainstream
consumers indicated that NVIDIA showed a 100%
increase over last year in name recognition across
Europe and the U.S. The marketplace is listening...
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The
Way It's Meant to Be PlayedTM
NVIDIA's The Way It's Meant to Be Played
program currently includes 80 titles
and is growing rapidly. The Way It's
Meant to Be Played seal of approval
on the hottest games and hardware denotes
the commitment of game developers and
NVIDIA to create a superb out-of-the-box
experience for consumers when they play
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Events
Recently, NVIDIA hit the road
with Lollapalooza, a 30-city music
festival in the U.S. The NVIDIA
PC Gaming Zone, located in the
GameRiot tent in the middle of
the festival grounds, includes
an open-play zone of more than
20 gaming PCs. Additionally, NVIDIA
is sponsoring the major summer
LAN tournaments in the U.S. and
Europe.
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Global
Advertising Campaign
NVIDIA has been running a series
of high-profile ads featuring
the characters from games in The
Way It's Meant to Be Played program.
Stay tuned for a new campaign
in the Fall.
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nZone
Enthusiast Web Site
NVIDIA's nZone Web ite was launched
at E3 in May. This dedicated site
for enthusiasts provides a central
area for product downloads, tutorials
and games.
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I would like to
thank each of you for your commitment.
As you know, we recently celebrated
the tenth anniversary of NVIDIA,
a decade that produced rapid technological
innovation and market-changing
products. I am equally excited
about the upcoming year, and look
forward to achieving even greater
milestones with you, the NVIDIA
partners.
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Jen-Hsun Huang President
and CEO NVIDIA Corporation
July 2003 |
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Copyright © 2003 NVIDIA®
Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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