NVIDIA GAMING WITH MICROSOFT AND HCL

NVIDIA Advances PC Gaming with World’s First Certified Support for Microsoft DirectX 10

NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today released the world’s first WHQL-certified drivers for Microsoft DirectX 10, coinciding with the release of the first DirectX 10 test kit from Microsoft, which allows other hardware vendors to test their graphics processors using the DirectX 10 WHQL tests. Microsoft DirectX 10 is included with Windows Vista and delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects for games, all rendered in real-time on NVIDIA GeForce 8-series GPUs. GeForce 8-series GPUs are the first and only Microsoft DirectX 10-capable GPUs currently available.

The new ForceWare 100.65 drivers support GeForce 6-, 7-, and 8-series NVIDIA GPUs. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GPUs now meet the Vista Premium Device Logo requirements, in addition to GeForce 6- and 7-series GPUs which previously met the requirements. The new drivers can be downloaded from: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GPUs are the reference GPUs of DirectX 10 application developers as they create and test groundbreaking next-generation content. Several of the most anticipated titles for 2007—including Crysis (published by Electronic Arts), Hellgate London (EA/Namco), World in Conflict (Sierra Entertainment), and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom)—are designed on NVIDIA hardware to exploit the new features of DirectX 10. Several other titles are being adapted to support DirectX10 features, including Company of Heroes, Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X.



NVIDIA Advances PC Gaming with World’s First Certified Support for Microsoft DirectX 10

NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today released the world’s first WHQL-certified drivers for Microsoft DirectX 10, coinciding with the release of the first DirectX 10 test kit from Microsoft, which allows other hardware vendors to test their graphics processors using the DirectX 10 WHQL tests. Microsoft DirectX 10 is included with Windows Vista and delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects for games, all rendered in real-time on NVIDIA GeForce 8-series GPUs. GeForce 8-series GPUs are the first and only Microsoft DirectX 10-capable GPUs currently available.

The new ForceWare 100.65 drivers support GeForce 6-, 7-, and 8-series NVIDIA GPUs. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GPUs now meet the Vista Premium Device Logo requirements, in addition to GeForce 6- and 7-series GPUs which previously met the requirements. The new drivers can be downloaded from: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GPUs are the reference GPUs of DirectX 10 application developers as they create and test groundbreaking next-generation content. Several of the most anticipated titles for 2007—including Crysis (published by Electronic Arts), Hellgate London (EA/Namco), World in Conflict (Sierra Entertainment), and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom)—are designed on NVIDIA hardware to exploit the new features of DirectX 10. Several other titles are being adapted to support DirectX10 features, including Company of Heroes, Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X.


NVIDIA Powers India's Latest Gaming PC by HCL

HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC combines NVIDIA® SLI technology with Intel® Core 2™ Extreme X6800 processor to create one the fastest gaming machines available in India

Gaming PC by HCLBANGALORE, INDIA-30TH SEPTEMBER 2006-NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, announces that India's leading information enabling & integration major HCL has selected NVIDIA technology to drive its latest gaming PC. The HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate will be based on the NVIDIA nForce® 5 chipset and features two NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics processing units (GPUs). Combined with the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X6800 processor, this configuration is widely recognised as the ultimate gaming platform.

This awesome HCL system will include:

* nForce-Intel edition chipset
* 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 7900GT GPUs
* Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor (2.93 GHz clock speed, 4 MB cache, 1066 MHz front side bus)
* Two GB DDR2 RAM
* Microsoft Windows Media Centre edition

"The equation is simple: NVIDIA SLI technology + Intel Core 2 Extreme = unbeatable gaming performance," said Alain Tiquet, NVIDIA Group Director for Marketing Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. "All over the world reviewers are coming to this same conclusion and now we're very excited to be working with HCL in bringing this system to the Indian market."

"With NVIDIA powering the HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate it's the ultimate PC gaming machine," continued Rajender Kumar, Executive Vice President of HCL. "HCL is passionate about creating products which meet the evolving needs of our customers. By anticipating how the PC will develop, the company is maintaining its leadership with a range of technology solutions for the Indian market. Now we have created the HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate by blending together the world's fastest processor, richest graphics capabilities and most engaging gaming content to deliver one of the fastest PCs available presently in India."

"The Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor provides the best gaming performance known to mankind!" explained Prakash Bagri, Director, OEM Business at Intel. "We are delighted to be part of the new HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate and confident that the Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor will bring in new levels of excitement, helping to spearhead India's gaming revolution."

Rishi Srivastava, Director of Windows Client Business Group, Microsoft India, agrees. "India has today emerged as a booming gaming market - NASSCOM estimates that this market will grow at a significant CAGR of 89.1 percent to touch $205 million in 2009. This Windows Media Centre powered HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate provides consumers with the ultimate gaming experience. We are very excited about this launch and are sure that Indian consumers will see immense value in the offering."

HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate availability
Available ex-stock through HCL Digilife and HCL key Channel partners. For more information or to order, please contact Mohammed Danish at +91-9818567868 or email at mdanish@hcl.in. The HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate retails at around Rupees 149,990 plus taxes.

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. The Company creates innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and has offices throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. For more information, visit www.nvidia.co.in.

About HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems, with an annual revenue of US$ 2.6 Billion, is India's premier information enabling and system integration company. HCL offers products and infrastructure solutions in the fields of computing, communication, networking, office automation, broadcasting and imaging. It has partnerships with leading global players like Intel, AMD, Toshiba, Bull, Ericsson, Cisco, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple, Computer Associates, Symantec and Konica Minolta among others.

HCL has a direct sales, channel sales and retail sales network pan India. HCL has a support of 300+ customer service centers and four ISO 9001 certified state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. HCL Infosystems has pan India presence across metros and non-metros. With a mission to provide world-class information technology solutions and services to enable its customers to serve their customers better, HCL Infosystems is forever setting new standards of IT in the country. For more information please visit www.hclinfosystems.in.