ERAZOR III   Features & Benefits

State-of-the Art 3D Features:

The RIVA TNT2 3D pipeline maintains the highest vertex, Z-buffer, and texture filtering throughput to achieve visually stunning interactive 3D:
  • 100% hardware triangle setup
  • TwiN-Texel (TNT2) 32-bit graphics pipeline: Single pass multi-texturing support, square and non-square texture support
  • Texture Blend support examples: Multi-texture - bump map Texture modulation - light maps Reflection maps - detail textures Environmental maps - procedural textures Point sampled, bilinear, trilinear and 8-tap Anisotropic filtering (better than trilinear MIP mapping)
  • Per pixel perspective correct texture mapping: fog, light, MIP mapping
  • 24-bit or 16-bit Z-buffer (floating point or integer)
  • 8-bit stencil buffer
  • Anti-aliasing: full scene, order independent
2D Performance Optimized:
The ERAZOR III's 2D rendering engine exploits state-of-the-art technology to deliver industry-leading Windows acceleration performance. The 128-bit graphics engine is optimized for single cycle operation into the 128-bit memory interface supporting over 2GBytes/s throughput. Acceleration functions are optimized for the demands of DirectDraw in Windows® 95 and Windows® 98.

AGP 4X/2X Modes:
As the 3D demands of today's applications and entertainment programs continue to increase, the need for high performance transfer of large amounts of graphics information also increases. ERAZOR III provides the fastest PC interface available today. Whether your system is AGP 2X or 4X, ERAZOR III supports full sideband addressing with peak performance of 900MegaBytes/sec when in AGP 4X mode. For those cases when the graphics exceed the available local memory, the AGP capabilities of the ERAZOR III provide a seamless expansion of the local memory to system memory.

16MB or 32MB Memory:
Quality 2D/3D requires high quality, high speed memory and the ELSA ERAZOR III provides enough of both to give you the best performance whether you are working or playing.

ELSA Advanced Utilities:
ELSA ERAZOR III is equipped with ELSA's exclusive WINman graphics utility suite to provide you with the tools to custom configure your system's graphics to the settings optimal for your needs. ELSA WINman includes tools to adjust and set:

  • ELSASettings (Mode selection)ELSA uniquely provides you with the ability to select virtually any resolution and refresh rate combination Enter any resolution in 32-pixel steps Enter any refresh rate
  • Enhanced ELSA 3D-Settings Adjustable anti-aliasing Use video memory as texture memory setting There are many more options for the advanced user
  • Gamma Correction
  • ELSA 3D-Settings- allows custom/advanced 3D settings ELSA Info- provides useful display setup information ELSASuite- easy direct desktop access to specific ELSA tools ELSA VideoControl- complete control of video capture & output settings

    Video-In & Video-Out k (TV Display & Record):
    ERAZOR III 32MB Video Version Only

Video-In:
  • Record PAL/NTSC videos at full screen resolutions
  • Edit videos professionally with bundled Main Actor software,including animated GIF and MPEG2 export
  • Interact with people on the internet with bundled NetMeeting software
  • Three independent video inputs (1 x S-Video, 2 x composite) for VCR, satellite tuner and camera

Video-Out:

  • Play games on the big TV screen
  • Record games and applications to VCR
  • Render animation previews directly to the VCR
  • Edit video directly on the TV
  • High-quality output with 10bit DAC and flicker filter
  • Two simultaneous video outputs (1 x S-Video, 1 x composite)