In an effort to help feed the hungry this holiday season, NVIDIA Corporation, along with Advanced Micro Devices, Falcon Northwest, Logitech, Samsung Semiconductor Inc, and other generous partners, has created and built an extraordinarily fast, custom-designed gaming PC that will be auctioned off on eBay to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Bidding for the PC, which features special, ultra-high performance technology components, will commence on December 4, 2003 and run through December 13, 2003.
Our goal at NVIDIA is to build products and technologies that touch people's lives, said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. I would like to thank our friends who have helped create this very special opportunity. With their generous support, we hope we can make a small difference this holiday season.
The Second Harvest Food Bank Holiday Food Drive Auction on eBay is a unique fundraising effort with the goal of raising USD 100,000 to benefit the hunger efforts of Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, which conducts the largest holiday food drive in the nation. Companies throughout Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Peninsula have come together to support this online auction by donating fun, extraordinary, and one-of-a kind items or experiences. Bidding on items will start on November 26, 2003 and run through December 14, 2003.
The NVIDIA Ultimate Dream PC features a what's what of leading technology products, including a 10-layer, custom-painted, aluminum case provided by Falcon Northwest. This dream PC is outfitted with the most advanced components:
- A special NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra graphics processing unit (GPU) running at overclocked frequencies.
- A special, overclocked AMD Athlon 64 FX 51 processor with an NVIDIA nForce3-based motherboard.
- A Samsung SyncMaster 211MP 21-inch, high-resolution LCD/TV monitor.
- A Logitech Z-680 Dolby Digital 5.1 speaker system.
- A Logitech Cordless MX Duo keyboard, mouse, and gaming controllers, including a 2.4GHz cordless joystick, Cordless RumblePad gamepad, and Momo Racing Force Feedback Wheel.
- Four Hitachi 7K2 250GB hard drives for a total of one terabyte of storage capacity.
This is just one more way that the high-tech community is demonstrating its generosity. We are proud to be partnering with NVIDIA and raising hunger awareness with the gaming community. The value of this computer would provide the equivalent of 32,000 meals to our hungry friends and neighbors, which is a very generous gift, said Second Harvest Executive Director, David A. Sandretto.
The winning bidder will also receive a cornucopia of this year's hottest PC games, including: Call of Duty, Command &Conquer: Generals, Halo PC, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, Madden NFL 2004, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, NBA Live 2004, NASCAR Thunder 2004, Star Wars: An Empire Divided, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition, Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, Tron 2.0, Unreal Tournament 2003, and more.
In addition, the winning bidder will receive five hours of a personal gaming tutorial by a member of the NVIDIA-sponsored professional PC gaming team, Team 3D. Recently, Team 3D took second place in the World Cyber Games Championship (WCG) in Seoul, Korea.
The retail cost of the PC could be estimated at USD 16,000, if standard processors were used instead of the specially selected ultra-high performance parts provided by NVIDIA and AMD. It is hoped that the winning bid for the PC-which is signed by NVIDIA and AMD presidents Jen-Hsun Huang and Hector Ruiz respectively-will be enough to feed more than 32,000 people this holiday season.
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