What's New at ASUS (May 2000)

ASUS Announces New AGP-V7700 3D Graphics Card Powered By NVIDIA's New GeForce2 GTSTM GPU
Taiwan, Taipei April 27, 2000: ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. announces its next generation graphics card - AGP-V7700. The new graphics card is powered with the world's first gigatexel shading graphics processor unit (GPU) - NVIDIA's GeForce2 GTSTM. "NVIDIATM sets a new milestone for 3D graphics realism again!" said Jonathan Tsang, vice president of Marketing and Sales Division of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. "Based on the successful experience of ASUS' award-winning AGP-V6600 / 6800, ASUS's new AGP-V7700 completely exerts the power of NVIDIA's GeForce2 GTSTM GPU. It does not only provide desktop end users with interactive, real-time, and photo-realistic graphics experiences, but also provide a best safety for users' valuable system with ASUS's innovative SmartDoctorTM technologies."

ASUS AGP-V7700 GeForce2 GTS Advanced Visual Realism beyond Current Texture Mapping Techniques
 Featured with new powerful techniques like NVIDIA® Shading Rasterizer (NSR) and advanced per-pixel shading capabilities, ASUS's AGP-V7700 allows per-pixel control of color, shadow, light, reflectivity, emissivity, specularity, gloss, dirt, and other visual and material components used to more accurately model complex environments. AGP-V7700 delivers the next generation of visual realism by going beyond the texture mapping techniques of previous graphics processors.

8-texel-per-clock Delivers the Industry's Best 3D Performance
 Utilizing the technology of four pixels per clock (dual-textured) or eight texels per clock. This new AGP-V7700 delivers more than twice the performance of the award-winning AGP-V6600 (powered by GeForce256). And the new AGP-V7700 can achieve the most extreme resolutions and color depths: up to 2048 x 1536 x 32 at 75 MHz.

SmartDoctorTM Technologies Prove the Best Safety for Your Valuable System
 AGP-V7700 is also featured with ASUS's innovative SmartDoctorTM technologies including Fan RPM Monitoring, AGP Power Level Monitoring, SmartCooling technology, OverHeat Protection, and Dynamic OverClocking. These innovative designs in ASUS AGP-V7700 will prevent lots of dangerous conditions when enjoying the world's most powerful graphics card.

Shipping Date and Pricing
 The ASUS AGP-V7700 is scheduled for release at the end of week 2 in May, with a retailing price of USD349.-. ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe (with TV-out, Digital VCR, video editing, and 3D VR glasses) is scheduled in week 1 of June, with a retailing price of USD398.- Price and release date may change as time goes by. (2000/05/01)

ABOUT ASUS
ASUS Headquarter ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) has been devoting since 1989 in providing leading edge technologies and best value solutions in motherboards and add-on cards at the highest quality to its various clienteles. It was ranked No.1 in business performance among the top 500 manufacturers in Taiwan in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, ASUS ranked No.1 in the Far East and No.18 worldwide for "The World's Best-Performance Information Technology Companies" by BusinessWeek in its November 1998 issue. It has its headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and sales offices in California, USA and Dusseldorf, Germany. Additional information is made available at http://www.asus.com.tw .

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