[Dave Baumann]

Nvidia Geforce4 Ti4600 Unleashes Power Of Compaq Presario Pcs

Compaq Selects NVIDIA's High-Performance GPU as Integral Part of Presario Range of Desktop PCs

LONDON - March 14TH, 2002 - Adding to the tremendous momentum created by its latest product launch, NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that its revolutionary GeForceÔ4 family of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) will be featured in Compaq Computer Corporation's award-winning line of PresarioÔ desktop PCs, unleashing a new level of high performance never before seen on mainstream desktop PCs.

Compaq is offering the award-winning GeForce4 Ti 4600 GPU in its Presario 8000 desktop PCs designed for the richest digital media and gameplay experiences, with an additional offering from the GeForce4 product family available in the coming months. Compaq Presario desktop PCs featuring GeForce4 Ti 4600 GPUs are available now and can be purchased online at www.compaq.co.uk/ukstore/families.asp.

"There is a growing demand among our customer base for desktop PCs that provide powerful graphics, superior image quality and flexible display options," said Brett Faulk, director of Home and Small Office Desktop Marketing in Compaq Computer Corporation's Access Business Group. "The GeForce4 family provides Presario customers with powerful technology for today's most demanding digital media applications and brings a host of new innovations to the table that will enhance the everyday computing experience."

"GeForce4 products offer Presario customers best-in class performance, superior antialiasing technology and unmatched multi-display capabilities," said Jeff Fisher, executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. "We're pleased to be working with a technology leader such as Compaq to rollout the GeForce4 family of GPUs."

The GeForce4 Ti 4600 delivers 136M vertices per second of vertex processing power to drive incredibly sophisticated character animation in unbelievably detailed worlds. With its advanced nfiniteFX(tm) Engine, superior Accuview
Antialiasing(tm) (AA) Technology and versatile nView(tm) Multi-display Technology, the GeForce4 Ti GPU allows end users to experience immersive graphical environments, complete with radical visual effects and realistic, life-like images.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq - NVDA), located in Santa Clara, CA, is the global leader in advanced graphics and multimedia processing technology for the consumer and professional computing markets. Its 2D, 3D, video and multimedia capabilities make NVIDIA one of the premier semiconductor companies in the world. NVIDIA offers a wide range of products and services, delivering superior performance and crisp visual quality for PC-based applications such as manufacturing, science, e-business, entertainment and education.

Certain statements in this press release, including the statements relating to the Company's performance expectations for NVIDIA's family of products and expectations of continued revenue growth, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, manufacturing and other delays relating to new products, difficulties in the fabrication process and dependence of the Company on third-party manufacturers, general industry trends including cyclical trends in the PC and semiconductor industries, the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives , market acceptance of the Company's new products, and the Company's dependence on third-party developers and publishers. Investors are advised to read the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Certain Business Risks," for a fuller discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.