PNY Technologies launches GeForce® 8500 GT 256MB
 

Mérignac (France), May 9th 2007 - PNY Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of the new GeForce® 8500 GT 256MB!

First real affordable DirectX®10.0 compatible graphic card, it represents a new step in the conquest of the Microsoft® Windows Vista™ experience,

Suggested retail price: 8500GT 256MB: 89€ inc. local VAT

“Part of the GeForce® 8 range, this new graphic card will enable people to accelerate their Windows Vista™ experience and to run new games with DirectX®10.0 “ said Jonathan Filleau, PNY Technologies Category Manager for consumer graphics cards. “Redefining reality thanks to the alliance of DirectX10.0 to the lumenex™ Engine and the NVIDIA Quantum effects™ will enable the gamer to reach incredible realistic effects and accuracy of characters.”

Technical information: 8500GT 256MB

BUS Technology PCI Express
Memory Amount 256MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 12,8
Fill Rate (billion pixels/sec.) 3,2
Core Clock (MHz) 450 MHz
Memory Frequency (effective) 400MHz

PNY BOX Contains:

Driver CD;
DVI to VGA adapter;
HDTV Break Out Box adapter;
Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Vegas

Warranty:

PNY Technologies offers a 3 years replacement warranty. For more information, technical product support, FAQs and the latest up-to-date drivers, please visit PNY’s Web site at http://www.pny.eu

About PNY Technologies:

PNY Technologies started its activity in 1985 in New Jersey manufacturing and marketing a complete range of Memory products.

To expand its business the company acquired a facility in France in 1994 to supply to the European market. PNY has several sales offices in Europe (Germany – France – UK). PNY’s partnerships with major OEM’s (Brother, Cisco, Dell, Epson, HP, IBM, Kyocera, QMS, Sony, Toshiba,…) bring constant improvements in all the latest technologies, guaranteeing quality and service.

PNY has established long-standing relationships with a number of major retail channel partners where the company has earned its reputation as a supplier of top quality, innovative solutions for everything in and around the computer. PNY’s memory products currently account for a majority share of all retail sales in the US and Europe. PNY has significantly expanded its consumer line in recent years with the introduction of a full range of Flash Media (Memory cards and peripherals).

Since 2000 PNY has also been a leading supplier not only of consumer graphics cards with its GeForce brand, but also of professional workstation graphics boards with NVIDIA Quadro® by PNY.

For additional information, please visit the company Website at http://www.pny.eu