Pure Graphics and Video Power: ELSA ERAZOR III - Chapter Three of a Success Story

March 16, 1999 - At CeBIT '99 ELSA is introducing the ELSA ERAZOR III-the third generation of one of the most successful multimedia graphics boards. This gifted all-rounder provides demanding home users with high performance in 2D/3D and video.

Pure graphics power for multimedia applications, image- and video processing are the requirements of unhindered creativity at the PC. Just this is what this graphics accelerator offers the performance-hungry home user.

On the basis of the latest NVIDIA chip, the RIVA TNT2, the ELSA ERAZOR III promises to be a true highlight of the consumer graphics market, in the tradition of its predecessors. The combination of the high-power 2D/3D engine of the TNT2 with up to 32 MB video and texture memory and ELSA's optimized driver technology make for uncompromisingly effective 2D/3D scenes in games, in complex rendering programs and in high-resolution publishing applications. The TwiN rendering pipeline implemented on the chip and all of the latest 3D features provide brilliant pictures in high 3D display quality at resolutions of up to 1600 x 1200 pixels with a refresh rate of 85 Hz in TrueColor.

The ELSA ERAZOR III also produces top results for high-quality video editing. The integrated video-in/out equipment enables a variety of options such as using a television as a monitor or convenient video capture with a video camera in real time. The MainActor software included allows the editing of videos in many popular formats such as PAL/NTSC, MPEG1 or MPEG2.

Demanding users wanting a state-of-the-art graphics board for their home PCs will find the right solution in the ELSA ERAZOR III.

ELSA offers an the perfect addition for 3D freaks with the 3D shutter eyewear, ELSA 3D REVELATOR, a high-tech solution which uses the human binocular vision to make 3D games truly three-dimensional.

The ELSA ERAZOR III will be introduced at CeBIT in hall 9, booth A62 and will be shipping as of May.

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ELSA AG develops, manufactures and markets PC hardware and software components for the data communications and computer graphics sectors. Its product range includes modems, ISDN adapters, videoconferencing systems, ISDN routers, graphics boards and monitors. ELSA was founded in 1980 and today has more than 550 employees. In addition to its headquarters in Aachen, Germany, it also maintains subsidiaries in Santa Clara, California, as well as Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan. Since June 1998, ELSA AG shares are traded on the "Neuer Markt" trading segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange in Germany.

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