NVIDIA Maintain Lead In UK Retail Market Share Throughout 2003

NVIDIA Maintain Clear Lead In UK Retail Market Share Throughout 2003
NVIDIA-Based Solutions Enjoy Immense Success On UK Retail Shelves

LONDON - SEPTEMBER 15th, 2003 - NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced that it achieved an unprecedented level of retail market share in the UK during 2003 to date.

The company has now accounted for the largest portion of graphics card retail sales for eight consecutive months. Strong sales of products based on its chipsets saw NVIDIA’s market share grow from 62 per cent in January to an unparalleled 84 per cent in August for the Top 30 graphics cards sold through UK retail.

PNY Technologies accounted for a majority of the total sales and occupied three of the top five positions for the most popular hardware sold every month. The latest figures from August show PNY’s 128MB Verto GeForce FX 5200 board holding the prestigious top position.

"As the only company offering a top to bottom range of DirectX 9.0 desktop solutions to market, we are giving consumers greater choice and, as a result, they are choosing GeForce FX," said Roy Taylor, sales director EME at NVIDIA. "These figures clearly show that there is a considerable demand for affordable DirectX 9.0-capable graphics hardware."