Handheld, and PC Gaming Platforms at NVIDIA Booth #346
ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3) 2005-LOS ANGELES, CA-MAY 17, 2005-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:
- 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 its 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.
