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NVIDIA Showcases Graphics Technology at E3

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SANTA CLARA, CA USA
 Experience the Technologies Powering the Next-Generation Console, Handheld,
                 and PC Gaming Platforms at NVIDIA Booth #346

LOS ANGELES, ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3) 2005, May 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E3 2005 promises to be another exciting show for the
interactive entertainment industry and there is no better place to play the
hottest titles, see the latest industry developments and trends, or experience
next-generation technology than at the NVIDIA booth. At E3, NVIDIA Corporation
(Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors,
will be showing:
    (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020613/NVDALOGO )

     --   Revolutionary NVIDIA(R) SLI(TM) technology and GeForce(TM) 6 Series
          of graphics processing units (GPUs)
     --   Leading-edge handheld graphics technology, such as the graphics chip
          powering the new Gizmondo mobile game console
     --   Over 40 of the  hottest PC gaming titles

    NVIDIA technology will be on display in booth 346, South Hall at E3, being
held at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 18 - 20.
    "With thousands of products on display, it is clear that E3 is the place
to be for gaming innovation and creativity," said Dan Vivoli, executive vice
president of worldwide marketing at NVIDIA. "Gamers are excited about NVIDIA
technologies, such as the GeForce 6-series of GPUs, NVIDIA nForce(TM)4
core-logic solutions, and our SLI multi-GPU technology-and it is easy to see
why when you look at all of the hot titles developed on our hardware."

    NVIDIA Partner Demonstrations
    A key component of the NVIDIA booth is the NVIDIA Showcase Stage, where
hot new games will be presented by their creators. Showcase Stage highlights
include:

     --   Appearances by superstar game developer Bruce Shelley presenting Age
          of Empires III
     --   Appearances by Tim Shafer, creator of many award-winning games
          including Grim Fandango and Full Throttle, presenting his new title
          Psychonauts
     --   Appearance by Richard Dean Anderson (of TV's MacGyver) to promote
          the upcoming Stargate SC-1 game
     --   A sneak peek of Timeshift from Atari
     --   A demonstration of Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games

    The NVIDIA booth at E3 will provide conference attendees with a first-hand
look at over 40 of the latest games taking advantage of NVIDIA GeForce 6
Series GPUs, including Battlefield 2, Bet on Soldier, Boiling Point, City of
Villains, Fable:  The Lost Chapters, Hellgate:  London, LEGO(R) Star Wars(TM):
The Video Game, Pyschonauts, RoboBlitz, Starship Troopers, The Matrix:  Path
of Neo, The Sims 2:  Nightlife, Serious Sam II, Trackmania:  Sunrise, You are
Empty, and many more.
    Additionally, NVIDIA and Intel have joined forces to bring attendees the
ultimate SLI Gaming "Rig", a 30-foot RV with a custom paint scheme that you
won't be able to miss-and decked out inside with the latest in computer gaming
technology. NVIDIA nForce(TM) 4 SLI for Intel-based PCs running a pair of
GeForce 6800 GPUs and dual-core Intel(R) Pentium(R) Extreme Edition(TM)
processors will be on board to demo the latest games as the "Rig" makes it's
way from E3 (parked between the South and West Halls during show hours) to a
number of E3-related events in the evening.

    NVIDIA technologies on display at E3 include:

     --   NVIDIA GoForce(TM) 3D wireless media processors (WMP), the first 3D
          core with programmable shader technology for handheld devices;
     --   NVIDIA GeForce(TM) 6 Series of GPUs, the latest-generation of the
          Company's flagship product line of award-winning GPUs for desktop
          and notebook PCs;
     --   NVIDIA TurboCache(TM) technology, a new patent-pending hardware and
          software technology which allows a GPU to render directly to system
          memory leveraging the high transfer rate of PCI Express, instead of
          using local memory on the graphics card;
     --   NVIDIA SLI technology, which allows users to combine the power of
          two graphics processing units (GPUs) in a single PC system for
          scalable graphics performance, enabling a new class of PCs called
          Gaming Supercomputers;

    For more information on NVIDIA at E3, visit http://www.nvidia.com.

    About NVIDIA
    NVIDIA Corporation is a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media
processors.  The Company's products enhance the end-user experience on
consumer and professional computing devices. NVIDIA graphics processing units
(GPUs), media and communications processors (MCPs), and wireless media
processors (WMPs) have broad market reach and are incorporated into a variety
of platforms, including consumer and enterprise PCs, notebooks, workstations,
PDAs, mobile phones, and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa
Clara, California and employs more than 2,100 people worldwide.  For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.nvidia.com.

    Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to the
adoption of our SLI technology, expansion of the NVIDIA SLI certification
program, use of resources and the features, benefits, capabilities and
performance of our products and technology, are forward-looking statements
that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be
materially different than expectations.  Such risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, delays in ramping new products into production,
acceptance of new products and technologies by the PC enthusiast and the
market, development of new technologies, demand for more speed and
manufacturing or software defects, incompatibility of technologies, general
industry trends including cyclical trends in the semiconductor industry, the
impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives, changes in industry
standards and interfaces, and other risks detailed from time to time in the
NVIDIA reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2005. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date hereof. NVIDIA disclaims any obligation
to update these forward-looking statements.

    NOTE:  All company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are
associated.  Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject
to change without notice.


SOURCE NVIDIA Corporation




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