Log onto www.evga.com/chat at 3pm PST today!

Tom Peterson - Director of Technical Marketing, Manju Hegde - Vice President of PhysX and CUDA Marketing, Michael Steele - General Manager of Visual Consumer Solutions, Patrick Beaulieu - CUDA Business Development Manager, Nadeem Mohammad - Director of Product Management. Also joining us: Monier Maher.

You read that correctly, two days of chatting with NVIDIA. On day one, we'll be going over PhysX and its future. Day two we'll be going over CUDA and all the possibilies it has. Talk directly to the engineers and techs at NVIDIA!

What better way to wow your loved one than with a blazing fast notebook for the holidays.

The ASUS® G50VT-X1 featuring NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GS with CUDA™ technology delivers GPU-accelerated PhysX™ gaming effects, incredible video transcoding speed, and smoother image editing process.

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"We've all heard 'desktop supercomputer' claims in the past, but this time it's for real," said Burton Smith, Microsoft Technical Fellow. "NVIDIA and its partners will be delivering outstanding performance and broad applicability to the mainstream marketplace. Heterogeneous computing, where GPUs work in tandem with CPUs, is what makes such a breakthrough possible."

Priced like a conventional PC workstation, yet delivering 250 times the processing power, researchers now have the horsepower to perform complex, data-intensive computations right at their desk, processing more data faster and cutting time to discovery.

"GPUs have evolved to the point where many real world applications are easily implemented on them and run significantly faster than on multi-core systems," said Prof. Jack Dongarra, director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory at the University of Tennessee and author of LINPACK. "Future computing architectures will be hybrid systems with parallel-core GPUs working in tandem with multi-core CPUs."

Leading institutions including MIT, the Max Planck Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cambridge University, and others are already advancing their research using GPU-based personal supercomputers.

"GPU based systems enable us to run life science codes in minutes rather than the hours it took earlier. This exceptional speedup has the ability to accelerate the discovery of potentially life-saving anti-cancer drugs," said Jack Collins, manager of scientific computing and program development at the Advanced Biomedical Computing Center in Frederick Md., operated by SAIC-Frederick, Inc.

At the core of the GPU-based Tesla Personal Supercomputer is the Tesla C1060 GPU Computing Processor which is based on the NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel computing architecture. CUDA enables developers and researchers to harness the massively parallel computational power of Tesla through industry standard C.

"Dell has led the workstation category for almost a decade and GPU computing represents a massive leap forward in performance that will bring supercomputer power to the masses," said Antonio Julio, director, Dell Product Group. "The Dell Precision R5400 and T7400 will allow the scientific community to harness the capabilities of the NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU with up to two teraflops of computational power."

As well as Dell, GPU-based Tesla Personal Supercomputers are available today from the following leading HPC OEMs, Systems Builders and Resellers: AMAX (US), Armari (UK), Asus (WW), Azken Muga (ES), Boxx (US), CAD2 (UK), CADnetwork (DE), Carri (FR), Colfax (US), Comptronic (DE), Concordia (IT), Connoisseur (IN), Dell (WW), Dospara (JP), E-Quattro (IT), JRTI (US), Lenovo (WW), Littlebit (CH), Meijin (RU), Microway (US), Sprinx (CZ), Sysgen (DE), Transtec (DE),Tycrid (US), Unitcom (JP), Ustar (UKR),Viglen (UK), Western Scientific (US)

To learn more about the industry-changing applications benefitting from NVIDIA GPU Computing technology, visit www.nvidia.com/cuda and for more information on the GPU-based NVIDIA Tesla Personal Supercomputer, please visit www.nvidia.com/personal_supercomputing.

This first-of-its-kind mega-event takes you behind the scenes of the visual revolution.

Featuring over 55 hours of jaw-dropping visual wonderment - from today's hottest games and movies, video, science, mobile and computer technologies - you will get to experience, touch and feel the latest visual technologies that will change your life.  And let you see into the future.

You'll also get to meet the inventors and the celebrities who are leading the revolution!

Join Now!  Attend NVISION 08.

August 25-27 San Jose, CA.

Sign up to attend!

http://www.nvision2008.com

Ms. Helfer, who plays the part of a beautiful but ruthless humanoid Cylon, will discuss her experience on the hit TV show, which makes extensive use of computer graphics technology to create stunning special effects.

"We are very excited to have Tricia Helfer speak at NVISION 08," said Rob Csongor, vice president of corporate marketing, NVIDIA. "As an actress in the 21st century, she is an iconic example of how visual computing is transforming the television, film, and entertainment industries. She interacts with both real and virtual characters, and real and virtual sets, in award-winning television dramas as well as video games. Our NVISION 08 attendees will have the special opportunity to hear and see through the eyes of Tricia how story making and entertainment have become stunningly realistic and engaging through the use of visual computing technology."

Not only is Tricia Helfer in one of the most highly-acclaimed drama series on television today, she is also known in the world of video game entertainment, having played the role of General Kilian Qatar in Electronic Arts' Command and Conquer 3.

NVISION 08 attendees will have the chance to hear Tricia Helfer talk about what it's like to work on Battlestar Galactica as well as the opportunity to meet her at the NVISION 08 GeForce LAN event.

Tricia Helfer's achievements include winning the "Ford Supermodel of the World Contest" and working for magazines such as "Elle," "Vogue," and "Cosmopolitan." While modeling, Ms. Helfer realized she had a passion for acting, leading her to Los Angeles where she earned a starring role on Battlestar Galactica.

Taking place on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, NVISION 08 is a three-day mega-event for professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about visual computing. Thousands of engineers, designers, developers, researchers, artists, enthusiasts, gamers, film makers, business professionals, and consumers from around the world are expected to attend.

Registration for NVISION 08 is now open at: www.amireg.com/nvision08/intro.html.

Hundreds of Thousands in Cash and Prizes Up For Grabs at NVISION 08!

End the summer with a bang and some serious cash in your pockets!

NVIDIA ups the ante at NVISION 08 by throwing down hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and hardware and giving you a chance to win part of the largest prize package in North America this year. All you need to do for your chance to win is participate in one of NVISION's marquee consumer events: GeForce LAN and NVScene. And you can watch the best video game players in the world battle it out for their share of the prize money at the Electronic Sports World Cup. All this happens this August in San Jose, California. Sign up to attend now!

GeForce LAN
GeForce LAN, the legendary LAN party that has been five years in the making, features three days of non-stop, adrenaline-pumping, Guinness World Record-setting, fun. For the first time ever, GeForce LAN will be offering over $40,000 in cash in addition to hardware prizes for its tournaments and case-mod competition. Another $60,000 in sponsor prizes is up for grabs in its competitions, raffles, and contests within the BYOC.

NVScene
NVScene will be the largest-ever US gathering of creative minds in demoscene, machinima, and digital art. Over $40,000 in cash and hardware will be awarded to the best artists and coders as they compete to wow the world with their mind-blowing masterpieces.

Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup, the world's most exciting electronic sports competition, will be hosting its world finals at NVISION 08. Watch the nail-biting competition as the world's best video game players, representing 53 countries, battle it out for glory and a cash pot worth $200,000.

You can also attend the NVISION 08 keynotes to hear about the state and future of visual computing from leaders and celebrities in the industry, including NASA astronaut and space shuttle commander Eileen Collins, "Battlestar Galactica" star Tricia Helfer, and more to be announced.

And you can learn practical tips and tricks on everything from photo and video editing to building and optimizing PCs at the NVISION 08 workshops. Visit leading companies in the expo hall and witness how they are advancing visual computing. Experience amazing 3D films and video in the HD theater.

Sign Up to Attend
Taking place on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, NVISION 08 is a three-day mega-event for professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about visual computing. Thousands of engineers, designers, developers, researchers, artists, enthusiasts, gamers, film makers, business professionals, and consumers from around the world are expected to attend.

For your chance to win these great prize packages, you must sign up for a GeForce LAN or NVScene ticket at NVISION 08. For more information, including the prize breakdown, visit www.nvision2008.com. With the biggest prize package announced in North America to date on the line, you can be sure the tickets will go fast. Sign up now!

With the release of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack, Infinity Ward expands the online experience of 2007's top-selling game by providing fans with four new multiplayer maps featuring a variety of locations, while supporting split-screen and system link play.

Club SLI members get to download this map pack 24 hours before it's public, starting June 4th at 12:01 AM (Club SLI members: Look for the link in your Club SLI email!).

For everyone else, keep checking www.nzone.com for a link on June 5th at 12:01 AM!

NOTE: Full version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare required – to purchase, visit nZone.

**** UPDATED on 6/6 ****  Everyone can now download the Map Pack free here http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_callofduty4_downloads.html

The ONE thing you must do this summer is to attend NVISION 08-August 25-27 in San Jose, California. NVISION 08 is a 55-hour, jaw-dropping, soul-jolting, visual feast that will overwhelm your senses and leave you wanting more.

Sign up to attend >> http://www.nvision2008.com/Enthusiasts/index.cfm

If you salivate over the latest video games; love blowing minds with your latest demo, art or machinima masterpiece; and want to have a great time hanging and learning from those who share your passion, you MUST attend NVISION 08. Here are just a few of the juicy morsels for the senses that you will experience at NVISION:

GeForce LAN — Gamers worldwide will converge at this legendary LAN party for three days of non-stop, adrenaline-pumping, Guinness World Record-setting, fun. Participate in contests, raffles, and tournaments with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes at stake.

NVScene — Share with, learn from, and compete against the world's best in the largest-ever US gathering of creative minds in demoscene, game modding, machinima, and digital art.

Electronic Sports World Cup — Watch the nail-biting finals of the world's most exciting electronic sports competition, where teams representing 53 countries battle it out for glory and honor in many of today's most popular video games.

Free Workshops — Learn practical (and not-so-practical) tips and tricks on everything from introductory photo and video editing to building a PC from scratch to tricking out your old household appliances in true "MacGyver" fashion.

Expo — Discover how leading companies are advancing the future of visual computing. Get ready to be wowed!

HD Theater — Experience the latest content from the world of visual computing, including stereoscopic 3D, from digital film to medical imaging, gaming, and science, and education, served up by the world's most advanced digital projection systems.

It will be an experience like no other. Technology. Art. Passion. All in the heart of Silicon Valley. Tickets are limited. Sign up now!

Sign up to attend >>  http://www.nvision2008.com/Enthusiasts/index.cfm