Michael Viramontes, Senior Product Marketing Manager
ELSA, Inc.
408-919-9100 ext. 105
michaelv@elsa.com

ELSA VICTORY II is Now Shipping

The Ultimate Gaming Card Bundled with Accolade's Test Drive 5

Las Vegas, NV (COMDEX L5640)- November 16, 1998 -- ELSA, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) today announced the extension of its product line of high-performance consumer graphics boards to include the new Voodoo Banshee 3D processor from 3Dfx. The target markets are entertainment and other performance-intensive PC fields. Retail shipments of ELSA VICTORY^™ II are available now.

The combination of ELSA's many years of experience in the development of high-end 3D graphics technologies and the extraordinary performance of the Voodoo Banshee from 3Dfx is the foundation of this powerful entertainment product for mainstream PC users and, above all, for 3D games fans.

The fully integrated 2D and 3D graphics processor consists of a completely new 2D engine and the 3D core technology of the leading 3D game processor, Voodoo 2 by 3Dfx, including Glide support. With 128-bit graphics technology and up to 16 MB frame buffer ELSA supplies a complete palette of high-performance drivers, including optimized drivers for Microsoft^® PC '98 and Direct3D with DirectX 6.0. The excellent DirectX support by ELSA guarantees top multimedia quality for a wide scope of graphic software, from 2D applications to 3D-hungry games. Besides the optimized support for DirectX 5.0, DirectX 6.0 and Windows^® 98, ELSA also offers a fully implemented OpenGL^® ICD (Installable Client Driver) for Windows^® 95 and Windows NT^®.

ELSA VICTORY II is bundled with Accolade's Test Drive 5^®. The Clash of Beauty v. Beast continues in the sequel to last year's smash hit racing game. Test Drive 5 pushes driving to new limits by adding high resolution graphics, branching roads, shortcuts, night driving, and photo-realistic graphics featuring Multi-Dynamic^™ Environment Mapping.

Customers will also receive 20 trial versions of leading arcade titles including: Forsaken^™ by Acclaim, Incoming^™ by Rage Software, Tomb Raider^™ by EIDOS Interactive, Monster Truck Madness^™ by Microsoft^®, MotoRacer^™ by Electronic Arts, and Terracide^™ by EIDOS Interactive.

ELSA Information

ELSA, Inc. is a subsidiary of ELSA AG, a Germany based publicly listed company, trading on the 'Neuer Markt' trading segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built a world-class reputation in high-performance 2D and 3D graphics solutions for professional workstations, commercial desktop and consumer PCs. In addition ELSA offers a wide range of communications products such as Modems, ISDN-internet access solutions and PC based videoconferencing products.

The ELSA logo is a registered trademark of ELSA AG. All names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.