Advanced Graphics Capabilities Redefine Visual Quality and Application Performance for the Mac Community

LAS VEGAS, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAB 2009 -- NVIDIA today brings to Mac Pro users its award-winning NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) FX 4800, the market's most advanced professional graphics card.

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With its sophisticated GPU architecture and industry leading features, the Quadro FX 4800 delivers a substantial boost in graphics performance and capabilities, allowing users to continue to push the boundaries of realism and performance in markets such as: architecture, content creation, science and medicine.

The new Quadro FX 4800 GPU for Mac is on display at the NVIDIA NAB 2009 booth: SL 7906, lower South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 20-23, 2009.

"Some of the world's most challenging visual computing problems are solved on the Mac platform," said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions, NVIDIA. "The Quadro FX 4800 provides the power and speed to meet these demanding requirements."

To address the direct needs of the Mac user, the new Quadro FX 4800 GPU for Mac features a standard 3-pin stereo connector for true 3D stereoscopic imaging; critical to many core professional Mac applications. Designed, tested and built by NVIDIA to meet the ultra-high standards of the Mac community, the Quadro FX 4800 GPU dynamically allocates compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power.

Other key features in the Quadro FX 4800 GPU for Mac include:

    --  Interactive Visualization of Large Models - Offers a massive 1.5GB frame
        buffer and memory bandwidth up to 76.8 GB/sec. to deliver high
        throughput for interactive visualization of large models;
        high-performance for real time processing of large textures and frames;
        and the highest quality and resolution with full-scene antialiasing
        (FSAA)
    --  High-performance Visualization - NVIDIA's(R) CUDA(TM) parallel computing
        architecture for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs enables breakthrough application
        performance to enhance creative expression in areas such as video,
        animation, photography and production
    --  Dual Dual Link DVI and Stereo Connectors - Outfitted with a dedicated 3
        pin min-din connector for stereo glasses support and up to two dual-link
        DVI digital connectors to drive the highest resolution digital displays
        available on the market


    --  Boot Camp Support - Access to native Quadro GPU accelerated professional
        Windows 3D graphics performance and features when using Apple Boot Camp

Pricing and Availability

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 GPU for Mac has a MSRP of $1,799 USD, and will be available starting May 2009 through Apple.com and select Apple resellers and workstation integrators. The Quadro FX 4800 for Mac will also be available through NVIDIA channel partners PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadteck (APAC) and Elsa (Japan). For more information on NVIDIA professional technologies and products, please visit: www.nvidia.com/quadro.

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(R) 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. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com.

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to: the benefits, features, impact, and capabilities of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 for Mac 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: development of more efficient or faster technology; adoption of the CPU for parallel processing; design, manufacturing or software defects; the impact of technological development and competition; changes in consumer preferences and demands; customer adoption of different standards or our competitor's products; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems 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-K for the fiscal period ended January 25, 2009. 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.

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