The digital world comes to you NOW! From close-to-real 3D games to editing home movies, to burning a collection of music MP3s, today’s PCs are faced with the challenge of keeping up with life’s digital demands.

MSI, a leading motherboard and graphics card manufacturer, is teaming up with NVIDIA (NasdaqNM: NVDA), to bring a new level of performance and functionality to home and office desktop PCs using NVIDIA’s nForce2 Platform Processors as the foundation for exciting new digital media platforms. The MSI nForce2-based motherboards include: the Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP), System Platform Processor (SPP) and Media and Communications Processor (MCP/MCP-T), all of which give AMD® Athlon™ XP-based computers an amazing digital boost.

MSI nForce2-based motherboards have the capability to deliver an amazing digital media experience. The boards are powered by a new Dual 400MHz DDR memory controller, which delivers twice the bandwidth of typical DDR chipsets, and an optimized 128-bit architecture that reduces overall system memory latency. With its efficient memory design, and support for a staggering 3GB of high-speed 400 MHz DDR memory, the nForce2 IGP and SPP Platform Processors eliminate system bottlenecks and speed up everyday media-rich applications to help you work and play faster.

The nForce2 IGP combines GeForce4 MX graphics with a powerful system architecture to deliver the industry's first graphics motherboard solutions. These new motherboard designs join together the features of a high performance graphics add-in card with a powerful PC motherboard to deliver add-in card graphics performance with the most comprehensive set of features: Accuview Antialiasing(tm) (AA) engine, a new patent-pending technology delivering the best performance, compatibility, and visual quality at all native resolutions; Video Processing Engine (VPE) providing the highest quality, full-frame rate DVD playback; nView(tm) hardware and software delivering multi-display functionality, allowing for the connection of multiple configurations of CRTs and TVs, without requiring any additional hardware; and an AGP 8X slot, the fastest graphics interface available today.

A full range of audio solutions are also provided by nForce2 including the value-conscious integrated AC’97 audio, the mainstream nForce Audio Processing Unit (APU) or the state-of-the –art NVIDIA SoundStorm™ audio solution. The integrated nForce APU performs the most advanced 3D positional audio functions and delivers cutting-edge audio features normally associate with costly add-in sound cards, without consuming CPU resources. In addition, the NVIDIA APU play back 64 3D and 192 2D simultaneous audio streams and fully supports the latest 3D audio standards. For digital music enthusiasts the NVIDIA SoundStorm audio solution also incorporates the industry’s only real-time Dolby® Digital encoder that can take any 2D or 3D audio source and output it digitally, through a single cable, to your home theater system, providing flexible connectivity to a variety of digital audio devices including speakers, headphones, Mini-Disc players, and home theater systems.

The nForce2 MCP also delivers the industry’s fastest and most versatile suite of networking and connectivity solutions. With support for up to six USB2.0ports, Ultra ATA/133 for ultra-fast hard drive throughput, and FireWire (IEEE-1394a) for super fast digital video and editing capabilities, nForce2 offers the most complete digital device support available today. From digital video cameras, to scanners, to optical keyboards and mice, only nForce2 provides dedicated pipelines for the ultimate in digital connectivity. nForce2 also features NVIDIA’s DualNet™ technology. DualNet integrates both the industry-standard 3Com® networking and NVIDIA networking technologies – that can be accessed independently or simultaneously for the fastest networking experience possible- creating the ultimate home or office gateway.

MSI nForce2-based motherboards provide a resoundingly fast, more efficient, and more robust digital media experience-without sacrificing the latest features, affordablility, or future upgradeability. MSI nForce2 motherboards provide the best PC value and deliver stunning levels of system performance and features today’s users demand. It would be like a green flash to light up your digital world.