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Get Assassin’s Creed FREE from XFX
Get Assassin’s Creed FREE when you buy a qualifying NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics card from XFX.

Palit NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT SONIC 1GB & new Palit ® GeForce® 9600 GSO SONIC 768MB These graphics cards feature Palit’s SONIC Cooling System, combining dual heat pipes, and a fan to maintain a cooler GPU temperature (up to 20° C cooler – even when overclocking!) The 3-Phase Power Supply System ensures a cooler GPU through a more stable power distribution system than standard 2-phase power supply systems. Palit’s SONIC graphics cards will remain at a lower operating temperatures, extending the life of the graphics card and enabling better overclocking. Check out these SLI™-Ready Palit SONIC graphics cards today

ASUS brings you the ultimate NVIDIA® SLI™ platform Choosing the right motherboard and video card configuration is critical to creating the best gaming experience – and all platforms are not created equal. ASUS’ award-winning Striker II Extreme Republic of Gamers motherboard (nForce® 790i Ultra) paired with two new ENGTX280/HTDP/1G graphics cards (GeForce® GTX 280) in SLI mode burns down the benchmarks and offers a treasure trove of unique features that serious gamers will love.

Limitied Time Only – HP Blackbird 002 Exhilaration Edition The hottest rig featuring GeForce GTX 280 and nForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard for reliable high-performance gaming. Each Exhilaration Edition system includes a Voodoo keyboard and mouse.

Special Offer – 10% OFF on MALIBAL Satori Series notebook The Satori Series features GeForce 8800M GTX 512MB GPUs w/ MXM technology, Intel Core 2 extreme mobile processors, up to 320GB HDD storage, 8GB of RAM and Blu-ray drives for ultra high performance computing on the go. Offer Code (expires 6/30/2008): DSC574839282

Silent. Efficient. Powerful? You Bet! Future-Proof your SLI or SLI-Ready PC with a new SLI-Ready ES-800 PSU from BFG Technologies. This groundbreaking PSU features: – “80 Plus” Certified – Best-in-class efficiency – Near-silent operation – Frequency Conversion Technology emulates virtually any size power supply – Multi-award winning history Pick up yours today at Newegg.com

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – new Variety Map Pack! With the release of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack, Infinity Ward expands the online experience of 2007’s top-selling game by providing fans with four new multiplayer maps featuring a variety of locations, while supporting split-screen and system link play. Club SLI members got to download this 24 hours before it was public – one of many perks to being a Club SLI member. For everyone else, download here. NOTE: Full version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare required – to purchase, visit nZone.

Acer Predator – A New Kind of Beast Launching its first gaming PC – the Acer Aspire Predator G7700 has a radical PC design, created for the gamer in mind, this rig is equipped with the latest technology to help rip through the most extreme applications.

SLI Rig of the Month – April Check out Ton’s Iron Man Mark 1 Case Mod! A super gaming rig themed after the Iron Man movie, complete with a handmade Iron Man mask, UV reactive layer Iron Man text, coolant level window, top exhaust vents, dual fill ports, “radioactive” reservoir, case lighting, and to finish it off two BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 in Quad SLI.

May Game of the Month Age of Conan™: Hyborian Adventures As a galley slave you land on the burning beaches of Tortage. With no memory of your past, a broken ore and tattered clothes you enter a fantastic journey where you will define your destiny. In a world filled with cruel gods, mythical creatures and a struggling human race, Conan the mighty barbarian has finally seized the throne. As king of Aquilonia, his rule begins to spiral toward the doom of ancient evils as his enemies resurrect from the darkest corners of Hyboria.

Get Frontlines: Fuel of War FREE from PNY! Get Frontlines: Fuel of War FREE when you buy a qualifying SLI-Ready graphics card from PNY. Visit nZone.com to learn where you can take advantage of this great combination deal!

ONLY 10 in the world: GeForce 9800 GX2 Autographed by NVIDIA founder & CEO: GET YOURS! BFG and NVIDIA teamed up to create a very limited run of 10 retail boxes featuring an action shot of NVIDIA’s founder and CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang – the very same one that appears on the cover of Forbes magazine’s Jauary 2008 issue. Enthusiasts can get these 10 cards through very special contests, promotions and charity auctions – but time is limited!

SLI Rig of the Month – March Kelly is not only a hardware enthusiast and gamer, he is an avid PC Pilot too! His latest rig features three overclocked EVGA GeForce® 8800 GTX GPUs an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 CPU and numerous flight simulator peripherals.

GeForce LAN @ NVISION 08 The Event of the Summer for Gamers and Enthusiasts.

Save up to $230 on PNY SLI-Ready components! Score big when you bundle SLI-Ready components from PNY. Save hundreds of dollars by purchasing SLI-Ready graphics cards, memory and more from PNY. Plug in the power of PNY and optimize your PC today with SLI-Ready components.

April Game of the Month: Assassin’s Creed Assassin’s Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that will redefine the action genre. The setting is 1191 AD. The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You are an Assassin, a warrior shrouded in secrecy and feared for your ruthlessness. Assassin’s Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of change.

Get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare FREE! For a limited time and while supplies last, buy a qualifying XFX GeForce SLI-Ready graphics card, and get a full retail copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare…absolutely FREE!

PalitLAN.com Calls All Gamers! PalitLAN.Com is a new community space with tools, forums, and event listings to help LAN party hosts and gamers connect. After event organizers enter event details via an online form, PalitLan.com then populates a dynamic set of resources including a unique event-specific page and calendar. These event pages will include details like the games to be played, number of seats, event costs, dates and location. Organizers using PalitLan.com can include pictures of past events showing gamers competing, winning prizes, and just about everything else that happens at a LAN Party. Get started with PalitLAN today!

SLI Rig of the Month – February Alex has been a PC enthusiast, overclocker, and gamer from an incredibly young age. He has been overclocking literally anything he can get his hands on from CPUs to GPUs to even wireless routers.

Dell XPS 630 – ESA-Certified and SLI-Ready The gaming system that delivers awesome gaming power for an outstanding price. Starting with the GeForce 8800 GT, the XPS 630 is prepared to play, and can easily scale when you’re ready to upgrade and uplevel your gameplay.

Get smart with BFG ThermoIntelligence™ If you’re building a new SLI PC and want to exploit the benefits of water cooling, BFG offers a great solution. Featuring the new ThermoIntelligence™ custom copper water block co-developed by BFG and Danger Den™, the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTS OC2™ 512MB Water Cooled Edition graphics card offers exceptional thermal performance in a single slot design freeing up valuable space in your PC.

January – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™, the new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower, transporting them to the most treacherous hotspots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy group threatening the world.

Win $1,000 with EVGA EVGA gives you the chance to show the world your SLI gaming rig! Post up your rig and earn bragging rights plus the opportunity to win a $1,000 dollar sponsorship – direct from EVGA! Show off your system(s) with pictures, specifications, SuperPI 1M time, and your 3dmark06 score. Comment on other users’ rigs, or sift through the hundreds of already posted systems!

Case Modding Guide: Part 2 In part 2 of this 4-part series, Ton Khowdee provides expert tips for applying a custom paint job to a case mod. Ton describes his methodology for selecting color schemes, preparing case parts, applying a clear coat and more!

Check out our How-To DIY Guides Never installed a graphics card? Afraid of building your first PC? Don’t think you have what it takes to create a personalized “Modded” case? Fear no more! NVIDIA has put together a growing resource for the DIY in all of us – check out our how-to guides!

Case Modding Guide: Part 1 Ton Khowdee, a member of CLUB SLI, has made quite a reputation as both an overclocked and a case modder, garnering “Rig of the Month” status both here at SLIZONE, as well as in the popular DIY magazine, Maximum PC. Ton takes us through the step-by-step process of modding a PC, in this 4-part series.

Ultimate Gaming on the Go: SLI Technology on Notebook PCs Notebooks featuring NVIDIA® GeForce® GPUs and NVIDIA SLI™ technology deliver ultra-high performance for games and other graphics or video intensive applications.

Learn how to build an SLI PC! Part II Check out the second installment of our multi-part series about how to build your very own SLI PC.

Learn About ‘Designed by NVIDIA’ Motherboards Did you know that NVIDIA nForce and GeForce engineers worked together to create motherboards? Learn about the new nForce 680i LT SLI motherboard, and the new “Designed by NVIDIA” line of products – listen to the podcast hosted here at SLIZONE.

Download the new SLI Wallpapers! NVIDIA has just posted even more new SLI wallpaper designs, available for FREE download today! Each design will fit most 4:3 and widescreen monitor formats. Visit the DOWNLOADS section today!

Learn how to build an SLI PC! Check out the first installment of our multi-part series about how to build your very own SLI PC.

The Most Extreme HD Gaming Experience Is Here Taking the acclaimed NVIDIA® SLI™ technology to the next level, Quad NVIDIA SLI technology delivers the most extreme HD gaming experience available on the PC.

Building an SLI PC on a Budget Everyone knows that if you want a true gaming PC, you get an NVIDIA SLI PC. But not everyone knows that building or buying an NVIDIA SLI PC doesn’t have to put a major hurt on your wallet.