Compaq's Presario 5600 Powered by NVIDIA's RIVA TNT; Presario PCs Offer World's Fastest 3D Graphics Processor.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--NVIDIA(tm) Corporation announced today that Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) is offering the RIVA TNT(tm) 3D graphics processor for its Presario 5600 series of PCs. The RIVA TNT is an upgrade option made available via the Viper V550 graphics board from Diamond Multimedia (Nasdaq:DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary ). The RIVA TNT, the world's fastest graphics processor(1), delivers a stunning visual experience for Compaq's home computing PC customers. "Compaq's `Built for you' program gives consumers access to the latest technologies and the option to configure the Presario PC that is perfect for them at a competitive price point," said Jeff Fisher, vice president of sales for NVIDIA. "By including the RIVA TNT in its Configure To Order (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ) program, Compaq is enabling its home consumers access to the best visual experience available for entertainment and forthcoming on-line 3D applications." Compaq Presario 5600 Series The ultimate PC for the digital future, the Presario 5600 Series features the latest in Intel(R) Pentium(R) II processors -- 333, 350 or 400 MHz -- a new 50 percent faster 100 MHz system bus(7); 512 KB L2 pipeline burst cache A common type of static RAM chip used for memory caches. After the first byte is accessed, access to subsequent memory locations takes fewer machine cycles than with previous designs. See L2 cache and static RAM. ; up to 384 MB SyncDRAM memory; hard drive sizes from 8 GB to 16.8 GB, including the fastest desktop drive in the industry, the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) 12.9 GB Deskstar 7200 RPM; and a 2nd-Generation DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. drive(5). In addition to the innovative Internet and digital technologies, the new Presario desktop lineup continues the Compaq tradition of delivering unprecedented value and performance in every product class. Prices range from $1,549 to $2,999(6) for base models. Information about Compaq and its products can be found at http://www.compaq.com or by calling 1-800-OK-COMPAQ in North America. NVIDIA RIVA Family NVIDIA's RIVA family of 3D processors, the RIVA TNT, RIVA 128ZX, and the RIVA 128 are the first 128-bit 3D processors to deliver leadership Direct3D performance to the mainstream PC market. By leveraging NVIDIA's graphics technology and massive gate counts, the RIVA processor family is designed to deliver stunningly realistic, high frame rate 3D, along with benchmark winning 2D, VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. and video acceleration all in single chip iterations. The RIVA processors are optimized for both Direct3D(tm) and OpenGL(tm). NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Corporation, rated the most influential 3D processor company in the PC industry by PC Magazine, designs, develops, markets and sells high-performance 3D processors for personal computers. Corporate headquarters are in California: NVIDIA Corporation, 3535 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, CA: 408-615-2500. http://www.nvidia.com. Note to Editors: Please note that the recommended way of writing NVIDIA, RIVA 128, RIVA 128ZX and RIVA TNT is all capitals. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo and RIVA TNT are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. RIVA, RIVA 128 and RIVA 128ZX are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation and SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics. Other notations of TM and (R) are trademarks of their respective firms. (1) Source: Mercury Research, Scottsdale AZ, Q3 supplement of PC Graphics Chip Sets and Technologies '98. |
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