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AppCentral for Partners Program

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New to PartnerForce - bundle exciting new application trials free with AppCentral for Partners! Select from some of the hottest GPU-accelerated multimedia apps available today including Cyberlink’s PowerDVD 9, MotionDSP’s vReveal, and much more! And to help you market your custom bundle, the trials come with automatic discounts of up to 30% off the upgrade to full version.

This program is available at no cost to the Partner with no need for distribution contracts. Simply download the assets and bundle great content with NVIDIA products.

To get started, log in to the PartnerForce Portal and click on the "AppCentral for Partners" tab on the Portal Navigation bar above. Remember to check back frequently – new bundle opportunities will be added monthly!

Exclusively available for NVIDIA GeForce or ION GPUs.

10/15/2009 | Direct link

Announcing the 10th Generation of Quadro Professional Graphics Solutions!

NVIDIA® Quadro® professional graphics solutions – built for professionals from designers, digital artists, to scientists

Building on a decade of innovation, NVIDIA is introducing the 10th generation of Quadro professional graphics solutions. The unrivaled professional graphics choice among Fortune 1,000 companies, the latest Quadro solutions feature the NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel computing architecture and automatic configuration of application display settings, delivering a power efficient, full-featured, ultimate performance experience.

The 10th Generation Quadro professional graphics lineup:

  • The Quadro FX 380 entry graphics solution is offered at the most affordable price and delivers a 50% pure performance boost over previous generations.
  • The Quadro FX 580 entry graphics solution delivers 30% better performance than the Quadro FX 380, as well as offering 30-bit color over display port, while still going easy on the budget.
  • The Quadro FX 1800 mid-range graphics solution provides 25% better performance then Quadro FX 580, sets the standard for power efficiency, and delivers a balanced price and performance combination enabling professionals to create innovative designs.
  • The Quadro FX 3800 high-end graphics solution delivers a power efficient, ultimate performance experience from a single slot form factor.  With 30-bit color fidelity and SDI and stereoscopic 3D support, Quadro FX 3800 enables professionals to take their inspiration even further.
  • The Quadro FX 4800 high-end graphics solution, which was launched back in December, offers professionals an advanced feature set with even better performance and additional capabilities like Quadro G-Sync.
  • The Quadro FX 5800, ultra-high-end graphics solution, which was launched in November, delivers the ultimate in terms of performance and features delivering results that push visualization beyond traditional 3D.


Learn more:
Visit the workstation microsite on nvidia.com
Log in to the PartnerForce Portal to view the Quadro Power of 10 webinar replay or download the sales marketing tools

03/30/2009 | Direct link

Give NVIDIA 60 minutes in 60 days and get rewarded!

In a challenging business environment, knowledge is a competitive advantage that helps you drive sales and discover new revenue opportunities for your business. We know your time is valuable, so give NVIDIA 60 minutes in 60 days to complete online training and receive a $20 Amazon.com® Gift Card*.

To participate, simply follow these steps:

  • Login to the PartnerForce Portal
  • Click on the Training & Events navigation tab and select "On-Demand Trainings" from the drop down menu
  • View any three available focus trainings and successfully pass the module by completing a brief quiz at the end of each training
  • Complete three modules by April 11th, 2009 and receive a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card**!

Get Started Today!

Learn more:
View the promotion FAQ or the full terms and conditions for the promotion.

*Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion. Amazon, Amazon.com, and the Amazon.com logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon.com Gift Cards (“GCs”) may be used only for purchases of eligible goods on Amazon.com. GCs cannot be redeemed for purchases of gift certificates or cards, or items from some third party sellers. GCs cannot be reloaded, resold, transferred for value, redeemed for cash or applied to any account. Amazon.com is not responsible if a GC is lost, stolen, destroyed or used without permission. See www.amazon.com/gc-legal for complete terms, restrictions and exceptions. GCs are issued and © 2008 by ACI Gift Cards, Inc., a Washington corporation.

** $20 Amazon.com Gift Cards will be sent by NVIDIA via email to qualifying recipients within two weeks of the end of the promotion period.

02/11/2009 | Direct link

Introducing the most powerful dual chip graphics card on the planet!

The NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 is the most powerful dual chip graphics card on the planet for gaming and beyond.   Experience the hottest games such as Far Cry 2, Mirror’s Edge, and Call of Duty 5: World at War at mind blowing frame rates, or go beyond traditional 3D graphics with Graphics Plus™ and experience GPU-accelerated NVIDIA® PhysX™ gaming effects, Stereoscopic 3D, and lightning fast video and image processing.

Learn more:

01/08/2009 | Direct link

NVIDIA® SLI® with CUDA™

The best gaming platform in the world just got better.  The newest generation of SLI® technology brings multi-monitor support for gaming immersion along with new NVIDIA® CUDA™-enabled applications like NVIDIA® PhysX™ technology.  What’s more, SLI® supports all major CPUs, including AMD, Intel Core 2, and now Intel Core i7.  Surround yourself with amazing graphics, breathtaking physical effects, and accelerate your most performance hungry games and applications. 

  • Experience heart-stopping realism with exciting new multi-GPU configurations for NVIDIA® PhysX™ technology
  • Multi-monitor support lets you seamlessly switch between multi-display desktop mode and full screen 3D gaming.
  • Bring your competition to its knees with 3-way NVIDIA® SLI® with three NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280 GPUs on an Intel X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7 processors.

Learn more:
View a brief On-Demand Training for PartnerForce members on SLI with CUDA
Download the sales and marketing tools from the PartnerForce Portal

11/19/2008 | Direct link

Just Graphics Isn’t Enough Anymore - GeForce® with CUDA™ is Graphics Plus™


Consumers are demanding more from their PCs and laptops. They want great graphics plus additional features that allow them to interact with photos, games, images, and videos in a more natural way. NVIDIA® GeForce® GPUs allows you to deliver all this with NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology.

  • Graphics Plus NVIDIA® PhysX™
  • Graphics Plus Video Processing
  • Graphics Plus Image Processing
  • Graphics Plus 3D STEREO


Deliver world-class graphics on today's hottest games, bring games to life with GPU accelerated PhysX gaming effects, offer immersive Stereoscopic 3D game play, accelerate video transcoding for portable devices up to 20x faster and offer faster and smoother digital image editing. 


Learn More:
View the Graphics Plus On-Demand Training
Download sales & marketing tools, including banner ads and the Graphics Plus web module from the PartnerForce Portal

11/19/2008 | Direct link

The Tesla Personal Supercomputer

By combining 3 or 4 NVIDIA® Tesla™ C1060 Computing Processors into a single system, you can now enable your customers to experience cluster level computing performance – up to 250 times faster than standard PCs and workstations—right at their desk.

Why Do Computational Researchers, Graduate Students and Scientists Need a Tesla Personal Supercomputer?

1. It offers true cluster performance.

  • Four Tesla GPU computing processors deliver nearly 4 Teraflops of performance and 16GB of dedicated compute memory in a desktop system - the computing equivalent of two racks of clustered Quad core servers.
  • Powered by up to 960 parallel processing cores, the massively parallel GPU architecture can execute thousands of concurrent threads, and is up to 250 times faster than a multi-CPU core PC or workstation using traditional serial computing.
  • Double and single IEEE 754 Floating Point Precision provides results that are consistent across platforms and meet industry standards.

2. It’s a dedicated supercomputing resource.

  • With never-before-possible compute performance at the desktop, researchers can conduct complex computations at their desks, without the cost and difficulty associated with using a shared supercomputer.
  • A Tesla Personal Supercomputer takes advantage of the revolutionary compute density of GPU computing, providing cluster performance with 15 times the power efficiency.
  • It plugs into a standard power strip and operates quietly so your customers can take advantage of cluster level performance anytime they want, right from their desk.

3. It’s easy to use.

  • The NVIDIA® CUDA® architecture and C programming environment is widely accepted, easy to learn and simplifies programming parallel applications.

Your Recipe to Build A Personal Supercomputer

  • 3 or 4 Tesla C1060 Computing Processors with 4GB of dedicated memory per GPU
  • 2.33 GHz+ Quad-core AMD Phenom or Opteron-- OR --   Quad-core Intel Core 2 or Xeon Processor
  • Quadro NVS or NVIDIA motherboard graphics*
  • 12GB+ system memory (at least 4GB per Tesla C1060)
  • 1200-1350 Watt Power supply
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP 64-bit and 32-bit (64-bit recommended)
  • Linux® 64-bit and 32-bit (64-bit recommended)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
  • SUSE 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3


*Current recommended motherboards include:

  • Foxconn Destroyer 780a:  On-board NVIDIA GPU + 4 Tesla C1060s
  • MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX:  3 Tesla C1060s + 1 Quadro FX
  • Intel SkullTrail D5400XS :  3 Tesla C1060s + 1 Quadro FX3700

NVIDIA licenses the official NVIDIA Tesla Personal Supercomputer badge to those system builders who meet minimum system specs, successfully pass the system self-validation process, and meet branding requirements.  System test documentation and instructions are available on the PartnerForce Portal

Start building, testing and branding your Tesla Personal Supercomputers today!

NVIDIA Tesla solutions are available now at Synnex. Contact sales at Synnex at (800) 756-9888.

Learn more:
Visit the NVIDIA Tesla Supercomputer Web site

11/18/2008 | Direct link

Quadro FX 370 Low Profile - Unprecedented Performance. Breakthrough Price.

NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 370 Low Profile solution allows you to provide professional workstation graphics in small form factor desktop systems at a breakthrough price. Featuring NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel computing capabilities and certified on leading professional applications, the Quadro FX 370 Low Profile is designed to meet stringent performance and reliability requirements while staying within your customer's budget.

Learn more:
Visit the Quadro FX 370 Low Profile Product Page
Login to the PartnerForce Portal to download copy blocks and product images

11/06/2008 | Direct link

Now Available - Elemental Technologies' Badaboom™ media converter

BadaBoomElemental Technologies’ Badaboom™ is an easy to use, ultra-fast media converter that takes a  fundamentally different approach to video format conversion from other solutions. Instead of performing format conversion on the CPU, it harnesses massively parallel GPUs from NVIDIA. By using the power of the GPU*, the time required for video conversion is reduced. As an added bonus, your customers can still use their CPU for normal everyday tasks such as email and internet browsing.  Anyone can now painlessly convert video between formats including AVCHD, leaving more time to enjoy the video and eliminating the frustration of video conversion delays. The Badaboom™ Media Converter provides a fast and simple to use tool for media conversion.

Offer your customers a high-quality, ultra-fast media transcoding solution that leverages NVIDIA CUDA technology to tap into the processing horsepower of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs!

Learn more, visit the Badaboom™ page on nZone.com or download a free 30-day trial version.

For volume purchases or bundle inquiries, contact your NVIDIA sales rep or the NVIDIA Sales Center.

*GeForce 8 series or later card required

11/04/2008 | Direct link

New! NVIDIA® Quadro® CX —The Accelerator for Adobe CS4!

Now that Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 is fully accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs, professional videographers, digital artists, and graphic designers have the performance, tools and reliability needed to create cutting edge content.

With 6 million creative professionals* in the marketplace, the ability to offer systems uniquely suited to this key audience represents a significant market expansion opportunity.

Why Does an Adobe User need Quadro?
Creativity is not just their passion, it’s their business.  With NVIDIA Quadro you can provide value that is essential to your professional customer’s success:

A Faster Way to Work – Time is Money
Quadro graphics solutions deliver GPU-accelerated rendering time for rich visual effects in Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4 and Adobe® After Effects® CS4. Plus, Quadro CX delivers up to 4x faster H.264 video encoding speeds** with the NVIDIA® CUDA™-enabled plug-in for Premiere Pro CS4. With no need for an additional discrete encoder card, Quadro CX offers maximum performance at a lower total cost of ownership.

A Better Way to Work - Tools are the key to success
Fluid, real-time interactions with the Adobe Photoshop® canvas allow for smoother zooming and image rotation. Workflows can be spread across multiple displays using nView® desktop and application management features. Accurately see deliverables on an extensive selection of displays with output choices including dual-link DVI.  Also, with Quadro CX, choices include DisplayPort or optional uncompressed 10-bit and 12-bit SDI***.

A More Reliable Way to Work – Minimize system downtime
NVIDIA and Adobe together invest significant engineering hours to test and optimize Quadro solutions, so there is less likelihood of an issue that can interrupt a workflow.  Quadro graphics solutions are designed and optimized by NVIDIA to ensure your customer’s system works when they need it.     The NVIDIA® Quadro® CX is the accelerator for Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 

Available now from PNY through NVIDIA Authorized Distributors D&H, Ingram Micro,and TechData.

Learn more about Quadro CX
See why Quadro is Built for Professionals - visit the micro-site
Download sales & marketing tools now available on the PartnerForce Portal

* Source: Adobe Investor Presentation Handout 6/08
**Performance measured by NVIDIA performance lab compared to encoding h.264 content  using native Premier Pro encoder on dual core CPU system. Actual performance is dependant on system configuration and scene composition.
*** SDI output only available with NVIDIA Quadro CX via optional Quadro SDI board and application plug-ins.

10/16/2008 | Direct link