April 1st, 2010

PNY Officially Launches GeForce GTX 480 and 470 Graphics Cards

PNY Officially Launches GeForce GTX 480 and 470 Graphics Cards

PARSIPPANY, NJ–(Marketwire – March 26, 2010) – PNY Technologies®, Inc. (“PNY”), a global leader in flash memory, USB flash drives, solid state drives, computer memory upgrade modules, as well as consumer and professional graphics cards, introduced today two new NVIDIA® graphics cards while on-site at PAX East: the XLR8™ GeForce® GTX 480 1536MB and XLR8 GeForce GTX 470 1280MB.

PNY’s new GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 combine the power of DirectX® 11, CUDA™, and NVIDIA PhysX® technologies to deliver stunning cinematic visuals and adrenaline pumping performance. Users can fully immerse themselves in a world class gaming experience featuring eye-popping stereoscopic 3D and groundbreaking graphics performance. These next-generation graphics cards are built for the ultimate gamer with double the CUDA cores of previous GPUs and a high speed GDDR5 memory interface. NVIDIA 3D Vision™ Surround technology gives users the power to expand their field of view across three HD displays for total immersion. With an extensive list of features, PNY’s GTX 480 and 470 allow gamers to get one step closer to witnessing ultra-realistic gaming interaction.

PNY has teamed up with e-tail partner Newegg.com® to exhibit at PAX East, currently being held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA until Sunday, March 28. Over 60,000 attendees are expected to participate in this 3-day gaming festival. Visitors to PNY’s booth will be offered the opportunity to take part in live tournaments, contests, prize giveaways, and more. The booth features free play and organized tournaments, with the chance to win a PNY GeForce GT 240 512 MB GDDR5 graphics card or 4GB Attaché USB flash drive. Additionally, booth visitors can take an electronic survey for a chance to win exclusive, not yet available in stores, PNY high-speed Active HDMI cables — 1.4 certified, 3D ready, and guaranteed at 10.2Gbps. PNY is also the exclusive PC memory sponsor for NVIDIA’s GeForce LAN.

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