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PNY Technologies Ships First GeForce 6800 Ultra Graphics Cards

Posted on: Saturday, 12 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

PARSIPPANY, N.Y., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PNY Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce its Verto (R) GeForce(TM) 6800 Ultra Graphics Cards, powered by NVIDIA Corporation's hottest graphics processing unit (GPU), have shipped to customers.

"PNY is committed to providing our customers with state-of-the-art, high quality graphics cards, and our relationship with NVIDIA enables us to deliver next-generation cards quickly," said Anthony Gomez, vice president, channel sales and marketing for PNY. "PNY is accustomed to the dynamic nature of the technology marketplace, so we are building our brand by providing unparalleled value to our customers," he said.

As an added bonus, the PNY Technologies, Inc. Verto GeForce 6800 Ultra Graphics Card comes packed inside a custom silk screened, soft-sided beach cooler bag designed to drench the senses of enthusiastic gamers. The special cooler promotion is available while supplies last.

According to Craig Wiener, PNY's product manager for graphics cards, the Verto GeForce 6800 Ultra delivers superior visual quality at optimum performance for the mainstream and hard-core gamer. "The GeForce 6800 Ultra allows the user to really see more detail in the game environment bringing the player much closer to a totally immersive, sensory gaming experience."

The PNY Technologies Verto 6800 Ultra's NVIDIA CineFX(TM) 3.0 engine delivers up to 8x the shading power of previous generation products for ultra-realistic game play. Visual quality is taken to new heights through NVIDIA's enhanced, Intellisample(TM) 3.0 technology, rotated grid antialiasing sampling pattern. Moreover, the second-generation NVIDIA UltraShadow II technology delivers more than 4x the shadow processing power. With a 400MHz GPU clock, a 550MHz memory clock (1.2GHz memory data rate) and 256-bit memory interface, the PNY Technology's Verto GeForce 6800 Ultra delivers the power to run the latest games and applications at blazing speeds. The GeForce 6800 Ultra includes advanced technology such as:

* 16-pipe GPU Superscalar architecture

* High-speed graphics DDR3 memory

* An on-chip video processor for unmatched video functionality

* NVIDIA high-precision dynamic-range (HPDR) technology for more vibrant

and lifelike graphics and

* Renowned NVIDIA compatibility and reliability to ensure a no-compromise

experience.

PNY Technologies provides a comprehensive retail line of Verto graphics cards powered by cutting-edge, NVIDIA graphics technology. With multiple AGP bus (Accelerated Graphic Port) cards and numerous PCI bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect) compatible cards, the Verto line contains a top-to-bottom ideal graphic card solution including hi-speed Verto memory and heat sinks and Verto USB flash drives for virtually any application, computer configuration or budget. PNY Technologies offers a comprehensive warranty and toll-free tech support. For more information, technical product support, FAQs and the latest up-to-date drivers, please visit PNY's Web site at http://www.pny.com/.

About PNY Technologies, Inc.

Established in 1985, PNY Technologies, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of its Verto-brand consumer graphics cards and NVIDIA Quadro(R) by PNY professional workstation graphics boards. The company also offers a full line of high-end memory upgrade modules, flash memory and flash peripherals. Its memory products currently account for a majority share of all retail sales in the U.S. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara, Calif. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (France, United Kingdom, Germany) and Asia (Taiwan). For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.pny.com/. The PNY logo is a registered trademark of PNY Technologies, Inc. All registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:

Nancy Larson

Manager, Marketing Communications

PNY Technologies, Inc.

973.560.5512

nlarson@pny.com

PNY Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Nancy Larson, Manager, Marketing Communications of PNYTechnologies, Inc., +1-973-560-5512, or nlarson@pny.com

Web site: http://www.pny.com/

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