NVIDIA
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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Product Updates

Who offers the most awe-inspiring, screaming fast PC gaming platform on the planet?

You do. With NVIDIA® Quad SLI® technology.

A pair of über-powered, dual GPU GeForce® 9800 GX2-based graphics cards running in NVIDIA Quad SLI® mode -- combined with the speed, overclockability, and next generation features of an NVIDIA nForce® 790i Ultra SLI motherboard -- is The New Ultimate Gaming Platform for your customers.

  • Unmatched Frame-Pumping Gaming Performance:  Four 9800 series GPUs  working simultaneously in Quad SLI mode offer a 3.6x* performance increase over a single GeForce 8800 GT
  • Revolutionary Gaming Technology: 512 cores and 2GB of high speed graphics memory to power through the latest DirectX 10 games in Extreme HD resolutions
  • World Record Setting Memory Speeds: the only platform to support DDR3-2GHz
  • Certified Platform for Unmatched Stability, Reliability, and Performance

NVIDIA nForce 790i MCPs and GeForce 9800 GX2 GPUs are available now from NVIDIA Authorized Board Partners at your local NVIDIA Authorized Distributor.

Visit the NVIDIA PartnerForce Portal to download sales and marketing tools for both the GeForce 9800 GX2 and nForce 790i motherboards.

*Performance numbers tested using a GeForce 8800 GT



NVIDIA Quadro Built For Professionals Campaign

Leverage NVIDIA's first global Quadro marketing campaign to expand your market for NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions and differentiate yourself as a provider of custom workstation solutions in order to deliver better profits for your business. Offer your customers unprecedented performance and quality to fit any budget and advanced multi-display support for Windows Vista all while maximizing system uptime with a certified NVIDIA Quadro graphics solution.

To learn more about the NVIDIA Built For Professionals Campaign, view the on-demand training.

Visit the PartnerForce Portal to download the Built for Professionals sales and marketing tools or view the archived Built for Professionals webinar.


More Updates

March Software & Driver News

NVIDIA® System Monitor
NVIDIA System Monitor is a new 3D application for seamless monitoring of PC component characteristics. Its unique and intuitive architecture is the ultimate foundation for delivering optimized system, thermal, and acoustic performance of your NVIDIA nForce® based PC and ESA certified components. Learn more.

Driver Releases
Ensure optimal performance from your NVIDIA products by using the latest driver releases:

174.53 WHQL release - Supports all GeForce 9 series products including the new GeForce 9800 GX2

Windows Vista® Service Pack 1
Microsoft recently made service pack 1 available to Windows Vista customers. This service pack contains all previously recommended hotfixes and is recommended for GeForce customers running Windows Vista.

Vista Service Pack 1 FAQ's:

  • Why is SP1 important for GeForce customers?
    SP1 includes ALL of the hotfixes that NVIDIA has recommended for Vista over the past year. SP1 also includes a year's worth of more general improvements for Vista.
  • Do I need a new graphics driver for SP1?
    No, however, NVIDIA recommends using the latest WHQL drivers.
  • Does SP1 offer any gaming performance improvements?
    There are no significant gaming performance differences between SP1 and the previously recommended group of hotfixes.

More Information:


Sales Webinar

Optimized PC Live Webinar

Join us for a live webinar with Ujesh Desai, General Manager of Desktop GPUs at NVIDIA, on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008, at 11am PST to learn how the evolution of the PC market and the rise of visual computing is creating demand for the Optimized PC.

You'll learn how the Optimized PC approach to designing and building PC's differs from the traditional approach to platform development, how to deliver the Optimized PC message to differentiate your products and earn more margin, and what sales tools are available to help you deliver this message to your end customer.

Register Now!


Quadro Built for Professionals On-Demand Training

View this brief flash-based online training to learn more about the Quadro Built For Professionals campaign and how to leverage this global marketing campaign to drive new sales of Quadro professional graphics solutions in the AutoCAD market.

View the Training


Pricing Update

March Channel Promotions

Take advantage of these March channel promotions available at your local NVIDIA Authorized Distributor from Authorized Board Partners:

  • Buy 10 GeForce 8600 GT graphics cards from PNY and get 1 free!
  • Buy 3 and save up to $9 on select GeForce 7 and 8 series graphics cards from ASUS!
  • Up to $5 savings on popular GeForce 7 and 8 series graphics cards from Gigabyte!
  • $2 off M2N-VM DVI motherboards from ASUS!
  • Instant rebates of up to $5 on ECS motherboards, including GeForce 7 series motherboards for Intel!
  • $10 off barebone systems featuring GeForce 6100 motherboards from ASUS!

For full promotion details, including where to buy, visit the PartnerForce Portal.


NVIDIA Partners

NVIDIA Authorized Partners

NVIDIA Authorized Distributors


ASI D&H Ingram MALabs 

Supercom Synnex   


NVIDIA Authorized Board Partners
ASUS BFG Biostar ECS EVGA
Gigabyte MSI Palit PNY
Point of View XFX Zogis

 
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at channelpartners@nsc-nvidia.com or 1-877-NVIDIA1 (1-877-684-3421)

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