PNY Technologies^{, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the Verto™ GeForce 9600 GT 512MB graphics card. Based on the NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series of GPUs, this card is designed to support Microsoft Windows Vista. Premium as well as Microsoft DirectX 9 (DX9) and DirectX 10 (DX10) for current and next-generation PC gaming.}

“For under $200, this graphics card is easy on the wallet but really performs,” said Nicholas Mauro, senior marketing manager for PNY Technologies, pc components. “With double the memory capacity and bandwidth compared to previous generation cards, the Verto 9600 GT is an attractive addition for high-resolution graphics and playing 3D games. And when you add 2GB or 4GB PNY gamer memory, systems can run the latest DX 10 games at the fastest frame rates, smoothly and without issue.”

PNY’s Verto GeForce 9600 GT features 512MB of GDDR3 frame buffer memory and a 650 MHz core clock; a memory bandwidth of 57.6 GB/s and texture fill rate of 20.8 Bil/sec. The PNY Verto GeForce 9600 GT is designed to run with the PCI Express^® bus architecture and support NVIDIA SLI^™ technology for up to 2x the performance of a single graphics card.

Other features include:

• NVIDIA^® unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Shader Model 4.0 support
• 16x full-screen anti-aliasing
• True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting
• NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ physics processing technology
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology^*
• OpenGL® 2.1 support
• NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
• Two dual-link DVI outputs support 2560x1600 resolution displays (at 60Hz)

The PNY Verto 9600 GT is available now from major retailers, including Fry’s and MicroCenter as well as e-tailers, including NewEgg.com, TigerDirect.com, Amazon.com and Buy.com for an MSRP of $199.99. The company offers a three year warranty (one year standard with two-year upgrade upon completion of registration form on PNY Web site) for its Verto 9600 GT 512MB.

PNY Technologies provides a comprehensive line of consumer graphics cards powered by cutting-edge, NVIDIA GeForce graphics technology, marketed under the XLR8 and Verto^® brands. With multiple PCIe, AGP and PCI compatible cards, PNY’s broad product line provides an ideal graphics card solution for amateurs to enthusiasts. PNY Technologies also offers hi-speed Verto memory upgrade modules. For more information on product bundles, technical product support, FAQs and the latest up-to-date drivers, please visit PNY’s Web site at http://www.pny.com. For the enthusiast product info, bundles, tournaments and other special offers, please visit PNY’s new on-line gaming portal at http://www.xlr8gaming.net