2008 – An Extraordinarily Exciting Year! As the world leader in visual computing technologies, NVIDIA along with PNY are committed to continuing to create amazing, groundbreaking products that will surprise and delight you. 2008 was no exception, with the introduction of the world’s first 4GB graphics board the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 by PNY; the NVIDIA Quadro CX, an accelerator designed exclusively for Adobe Creative Suite 4 and the NVIDIA® Quadro® Plex 2200 D2, which brings the power of visual supercomputing to the desktop. In November, PNY and NVIDIA were proud to receive the Cadalyst All-Star 2008 Award for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 by PNY. This award honors the most outstanding hardware product that earned a Highly Recommended rating from Cadalyst Labs in 2008. Throughout the year PNY participated at many national events, which enabled us to meet with our clients directly and discuss their professional graphics needs. To learn more about the events we attended see below, or to keep abreast of the events we will be attending in 2009 bookmark this link. New Quadro Products Launched in 2008 NVIDIA Quadro® FX 5800 by PNY and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY - these new Ultra-High Performance Solutions booster workstation and cluster performance. Both of these highly scalable GPU accelerated solutions are also available in Genlock/Framelock and HD-SDI versions. » Learn more NVIDIA Quadro® Plex 2200 D2 Visual Computing System (VCS), available in deskside or rackmount configuration, is engineered to provide the most robust NVIDIA Quadro® GPU visualization performance to date. » Learn more NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4700 X2, the ultimate CAD, DCC, and visualization solution. Featuring a 2 GB frame buffer (1 GB per GPU), the Quadro FX 4700 X2 supports SLI® technology on any platform and its quad dual-link DVI drives maximum visual real-estate. » Learn more NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 Low Profile by PNY – PNY’s first entry-level, low profile professional graphics board is engineered to fit into a compact desktop system and offers professional workstation graphics performance combined with fanless cooling for a quieter work environment. » Learn more NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 450 business graphics solution delivers a reliable hardware and software platform for a stable business environment. Certified on leading business applications, Quadro NVS 450 is capable of driving up to four 30” displays and designed to meet the needs of today’s most demanding business user. » Learn more Related Press releases: PNY Delivers NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP by PNY, its First Entry-level, Low Profile Professional Graphics Board for CAD and DCC Applications NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 by PNY with 4GB of Frame Memory Delivers the Ultimate Graphics Technology for Workstation and Cluster Performance Read All Press releases here NVIDIA Quadro CX Makes it Debut in 2008 and Announces Special Introductory Offer NVIDIA® Quadro® CX is THE accelerator for Adobe® Creative Suite® 4—giving creative professionals the performance, tools, and reliability they need to maximize their creativity. With 4X the H.264 encoding performance of a dual core CPU, Quadro CX offers Adobe® Premiere Pro CS4 users maximum performance at a lower total cost of ownership than dedicated encoding solutions. NVIDIA Supercharges Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Software with Quadro CX Bundle Announcing NVIDIA Quadro CX and Adobe Premiere CS4 bundle. Purchase these two industry-leading products together and save up to $799. This new bundle is available today from leading resellers, system builders and education partners. Act now to take advantage of this offer! Read press release here NVIDIA Quadro CX Reviews PC Perspective - NVIDIA Quadro CX Review and Adobe CS4 GPU Acceleration Excerpt from review by Ryan Shrout, December 11, 2008 The NVIDIA Quadro CX is billed as "the accelerator for Adobe CS4 Suite" and it is in fact just that… Any professional user that depends on Adobe's suite of software for their work will see a dramatic improvement in efficiency and productivity with GPU-acceleration and video pros will definitely enjoy the 2x speed up in H.264 encode times provided by the Quadro CX hardware.” Read full review here Dave Helmly from Adobe on NVIDIA Quadro CX View a brief video of Quadro CX and the features it enables in Adobe CS4 applications given by Dave Helmly from Adobe. Learn more about how Quadro CX helps creative professionals maximize their productivity! View Dave Helmly on Adobe TV. DAV’s TechTable Dave Helmly reviews CS4 Production Premium & the NVIDIA Quadro CX Read full review here Adobe CS4 Production Premium Roadshow Visits West Coast Join Creative Suite video experts for a free, in-depth seminar that features the new Creative Suite 4 Production Premium. Stop by the NVIDIA booth in each city to see the Quadro CX graphics card in action with Adobe CS4 and be eligible to win a Quadro CX card. Register now for remaining training dates & locations at: http://www.adobecs4roadshow.com/ PNY and NVIDIA will demonstrate their latest NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions designed to get the best performance possible from your SolidWorks application. PNY’s participating workstation partners, Polywell, @XI Computer and Seneca Data will demonstrate their high performance workstations designed to maximize your SolidWorks productivity. See for yourself the power of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 by PNY, which has just won the Cadalyst All-Star Award 2008. Date: February 8 - 11, 2009 Location: Swan & Dolphin Hotel — Orlando, FL Booth: #700 For more information about PNY at SolidWorks World 2009 click here Learn more about SolidWorks World 2009. Revenge Advanced Composites (RAC) relies on latest NVIDIA® Quadro® by PNY graphics boards to design some of the world’s fastest and strongest boats. From sleek state-of-the-art Sport Fisherman Yachts to carbon fiber strength Special Operations Craft, Revenge Advanced Composites (RAC) takes marine design and manufacturing to new heights. Since its inception in 1982, RAC has used sophisticated CAD/CAM applications when designing and building their vessels. To take full advantage of the benefits offered by 3D vessel design applications, RAC relies on the outstanding performance of NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY graphics boards. Full Story >> “We need the fastest graphics board we can get – which is why we use the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 by PNY.” - Jonathan Sadowsky, CEO, RAC NVIDIA Quadro by PNY Professional Graphics Solutions in Action! Visualization · Scientific · HD Broadcast · CAD · 3D Stereoscopic Film Meeting the challenge of the 3D stereoscopic revolution… An Interview with Jeff Olm, Colorist Extraordinaire Full Story >> At The US Open®, IDS Serves Up Brainstorm and NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 5600 SDI by PNY to Deliver Real-Time HD Broadcast Graphics Full Story >> Full Mental Jacket takes CNBC’s virtual studio to new heights of realism using BRAINSTORM and the NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 5600 SDI by PNY Full Story >> Beyond the Cave®: An Interview with Jason Leigh, Ph.D., Director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago Full Story >> Obscura Digital launches “The Universe” in Dubai, using NVIDIA® Quadro® FX by PNY graphics solutions Full Story >> To read more case studies click here Images courtesy of RAC, Walden Media, EVL, Obscura Digital, CNBC and IDS 2008 Event Highlights To learn more about the NVIDIA Quadro professional solutions that PNY spotlighted at these major events click on the name of the event: HD World 2008 PNY and NVIDIA Exhibit Latest Technology for Virtual Graphics Broadcast Production at HD World 2008 NVISION 2008 From Vista™ to Visualization – PNY demonstrates latest Visual Computing Solutions Siggraph 2008 PNY unveils latest Visual Computing Solutions which can change your world… NAB 2008 | Partner Listings Industry Partners demonstrating the power of NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY at NAB 2008 For a list of events that PNY will be attending in 2009 click here. 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