Taipei, Taiwan (September 24, 2003) -- COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2003 today presented Micro-Star International Corporation, LTD. (MSI™) the "Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2003" award for the company's FX5800 series graphics cards in the Multimedia Products Category.

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2003 gave out 20 Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI Award right after the International Press Conference. According to organizers, there were 249 products which were entered in this year's award competition, a 25 percent increase over the previous year. Awards are presented in 10 categories including PC/Server systems, Mobile Products, LSI/ Peripherals/ Accessories, Motherboards, Communication Products, Multimedia Products, IA Products, Software, IPC, and Innovative Technology. The award has received great attention and acknowledgement from IT companies since it was first held at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2002.

Since its founding in 1986, MSI™ has remained at the forefront in providing easy-to-implement, state-of-the-art products and robust computing solutions for our customers. "It is our honor to receive this Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2003 award from President and it represents that MSI™ is dedicated to provide the most superior performance products to computer users." said Vincent Lai, Marketing Manager of Micro-Star International Corporation, LTD.. "Technical leadership and innovation are the pillars behind MSI's effort to maintain its momentum. MSI™'s R&D engineers are dedicated to product research, development, and design, aiming to bring high quality products to our customers. It's not surprising that our products have gained favor in comparison with competing brands, and have won the trust of customers in all market segments. "

MSI™ is currently one of the top five motherboard manufacturers in the world and became No.1 in making nVIDIA® chipset based graphics cards since year 2001. MSI products are developed utilizing advanced technology and with user-friendly design in mind. MSI™ is strongly aware that the best way to gain the confidence of the customers is to constantly challenge ourselves. Enhancing high quality assurance and customer trust has always been MSI™'s foremost goal.

Today we are pressing forward with the development of new products, such as Optical Storage Devices, Server/Workstation products, Mega PC, Mega Stick 5-in-1 MP3 Player, IA and Communication products. Looking ahead to the 21st century, we are making steady progress towards our goal of becoming one of the star performers in the high-tech industry, and hope to propel MSI™ and the industry in general to even more lofty height in the years to come. For details about MSI™, please visit MSI™ website at www.msi.com.tw.

About MSI™
Micro-Star International Corporation, Ltd. (TSEC: MSI™) is one of the information technology industry's leading manufacturers of personal computer hardware products and solutions including the number one VGA graphics card manufacturer and one of the top five motherboard manufacturers in the world today. Through world class engineering, manufacturing & design innovation, MSI™ is dedicated to providing leading-edge hardware products and robust solutions that are easy to implement and integrate while also enhancing overall performance, value and ultimately the individual end user's personal computing experience. With annual worldwide sales of US $1.7 Billion in 2002, MSI™ ranks 85th in the world in BusinessWeek's "Information Technology 100" for 2003 as well as 21st in the Taiwan Top 1000 Companies for 2002. For more information and product details please visit www.msi.com.tw.