THEALE, BERKSHIRE — OCTOBER 25, 2004 — NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced the immediate availability of the NVIDIA DVD Decoder. Designed to take advantage of NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), the NVIDIA DVD Decoder enables the highest-quality DVD and MPEG-2 playback with unmatched colour fidelity and ultra-smooth performance. The NVIDIA DVD Decoder can be purchased online at http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/dvd_decoder.html.

Featuring Dolby Digital surround sound audio and hardware acceleration for compatible graphics processors, the NVIDIA DVD Decoder also delivers features and capabilities found only in expensive, high-end consumer electronics devices, including adaptive de-interlacing and high quality filtering.

Additional key features of the NVIDIA DVD Decoder include:

1. Enables highest-quality DVD playback with Media Player and Media Center Edition;
2. Enables viewing recorded TV and time-shifted TV in Media Center Edition with compatible TV Tuners;
3. Decodes High Definition Digital transport streams in Windows Media Player;
4. MPEG-2 decoder supports third-party software applications;
5. Minimises CPU utilisation by offloading the video playback onto GPUs for better performance and smooth playback;
6. Dolby® Digital surround sound (down-mixes 5.1 into stereo sound);
7. Compatible with Portable Media Centers;
8. S/PDIF pass through for DTS and Dolby Digital.

For more information on this product, visit http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/dvd_decoder.html.