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NVIDIA Quadro By PNY Technologies, POWERdraft 2007 and MAXtreme 9 D3D Showcased at Autodesk University 2007

Posted on: Monday, 27 November 2006, 09:00 CST

As Silver Sponsors of Autodesk® University in Las Vegas, PNY Technologies®, Inc. and NVIDIA® Corporation will demonstrate innovative NVIDIA® Quadro® by PNY professional graphics boards and application-specific drivers that dramatically enhance the performance of popular Autodesk software such as AutoCAD® and 3ds max® (November 28 -- December 1, Booth # 133).

AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor will be demonstrated on the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 and FX 1500 by PNY alongside POWERdraft 2007 -- the latest version of NVIDIA's highly optimized plug-in AutoCAD graphics driver that delivers Quadro features and display quality to AutoCAD design professionals along with performance boosts up to 70 percent.

Autodesk 3ds max and Maya® will be teamed with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 and FX 3500 by PNY -- ideal choices for demanding 3D design or DCC professionals -- and enhanced by NVIDIA's innovative MAXtreme 9 D3D software which delivers photorealistic image quality and performance gains up to 103 percent when used in conjunction with 3ds max 9.

According to Carl Flygare, Quadro Product Marketing Manager for PNY Technologies, "NVIDIA POWERdraft 2007 and MAXtreme 9 D3D close the solutions loop by delivering Quadro-specific display quality and performance boosts for AutoCAD and 3ds max. Over 7 million AutoCAD and sixty thousand 3ds max professionals could benefit from Quadro professional graphics and NVIDIA's unique performance-enhancing tools."

The following NVIDIA Quadro by PNY professional graphics boards will be demonstrated at AutoDesk University on state-of-the-art workstations from BOXX® Technologies, Polywell® Systems, NextComputing®, and LTI®.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 by PNY ultra high-end graphics solutions shatters performance limits facing CAD, DCC, and visualization applications. Armed with a radically new graphics architecture engineered to address the most demanding challenges, this board delivers up to 33.6GB/sec memory bandwidth, 1GB GDDR2 frame buffer memory, 256-bit memory interface and support for 2 ultra high resolution (3840 x 2400) digital panels.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY is an industry-leading high-end workstation graphics solution for CAD, DCC, and visualization applications. Featuring outstanding performance and quality, this board delivers 256MB frame buffer memory, up to 42.2GB/sec memory bandwidth, 256-bit memory interface and support for ultra high resolution panels up to 3840 x 2400 for ultimate productivity.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 by PNY offers outstanding price/performance workstation graphics and delivers the optimal blend of quality, precision, performance, and programmability for all professional 3D applications. Featuring a 256-bit memory interface, and up to 40GB/sec memory bandwidth, this mid-range board delivers unprecedented segment-leading performance and quality.

PNY Technologies provides a comprehensive line of professional graphics boards powered by cutting-edge NVIDIA Quadro graphics technology, including the innovative new Quadro Plex Visual Computing System (VCS). With multiple PCIe and AGP compatible cards, PNY's broad Quadro FX product line provides an ideal graphics card solution tailored for the needs of demanding design or DCC professionals.

About PNY Technologies, Inc.

Established in 1985, PNY Technologies®, Inc. is a leading supplier and marketer of NVIDIA® Quadro® by PNY Technologies professional graphics boards and XLR8™ and Verto® brand consumer graphics cards. The company also offers a full line of high-end memory upgrade modules, flash media, USB flash drives, portable hard drives and flash peripherals. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara and Orange County, Calif., Miami, Fla. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom,) and Asia (Taiwan and China). For more information, please visit http://www.pny.com.

The PNY logo is a registered trademark of PNY Technologies, Inc. NVIDIA and NVIDIA QUADRO are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the Unites States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright © 2006 PNY Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved

Source: Business Wire

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