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An Absolute Power to a Perfect Gaming-Mate
- Leadtek WinFast® PX9800 GX2

Taipei, Taiwan, March 18th, 2008-- Leadtek Research Inc., known globally for extreme visual graphics technology development, proudly announces the launch of a new high-end graphics card, WinFast® PX9800 GX2. Combining the power of two GeForce® 9800 GPUs in a single graphics solution and 256 screaming fast stream processors, it provides the world’s fastest graphics solution and a complete high definition gaming and entertainment experience for PC. And with NVIDIA HybridPower™ technology, PX9800 GX2 is quite simply the fastest graphics card available - up to 50% faster than GeForce® 8800 Ultra.

Powered by 65nm technology and NVIDIA® multi-GPU technology, the WinFast PX9800 GX2 comes with a 1GB 512bit GDDR3 memory. It is also designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications. At the same time it maintains backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.

With the latest Microsoft® DirectX® 10 with full Shader Model 4.0 support, PX9800 GX2 can deliver realistic film quality gaming effects, guaranteeing users the best possible performance in 3D graphics user interface under the Windows Vista™ operating system. Furthermore, PX9800 GX2 with NVIDIA HybridPower™ technology allows users to switch to the motherboard GeForce GPU when running non graphically-intensive applications for a silent, low power PC experience.

Featuring the second generation NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology engine, PX9800 GX2 enables smooth game play at extreme HD resolutions of up to 2560x1600 with all available in-game features turned on. Besides, the new card delivers hardware acceleration of HD movies and dual-stream picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience with spectacular picture clarity. Meanwhile, with an integrated HDMI™ connector, it allows users to send both high definition video and audio signals to their HDTV via a single cable.

PX9800 GX2, featuring NVIDIA® unified architecture, revolutionizes PC graphics performance through unprecedented processing power and efficiency. Also PX9800 GX2 supports industry leading Quad NVIDIA SLI® technology, providing amazing performance scaling by implementing 4-way AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering), for the world’s fastest gaming solution under Windows Vista™ with solid and state-of-the-art drivers. Add to all this the fact that the onboard NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ technology takes physics effects to a whole new level of simulation and rendering on the GPU and you have a graphics card that is unbeatable in its class.

What’s more, the new card is bundled with “Neverwinter Nights 2”, an award-winning adventure game in which every decision directly affects every character and the passage of time rendering a stunning realistic impact to game-play, PX9800 GX2 offers true-to-life imagery in a fantasy gaming environment.

Overall, beautifully designed and engineered for extreme graphics achievement, the dual-GPU based graphics card, PX9800 GX2, imparts more oomph to already dramatic graphics performance, absolutely exceeding the expectations of PC and console gamers alike!

For further information about Leadtek or our products, please visit our website at http://www.leadtek.com

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