October 05, 1998 - ELSA's latest consumer graphics boards, the ELSA ERAZOR II, positioned at the high end with the RIVA TNT graphics chip from NVIDIA, and the ELSA VICTORY II featuring the new Banshee 2D/3D graphics processor, the answer for 3Dfx fans, will be bundled with two exciting, full-version 3D games.

The latest of the famous the asphalt thrillers Need For Speed III from Electronic Arts is included. The story is simple: be faster than the rest. And the rest can be the police or the elite of the American motor-racing scene on one of many highly detailed circuits. Spellbinding are the new 3D effects which the programmers have implemented. Nothing less than fascinating is the reflection mapping. The surrounding trees, buildings and competitors appear as reflections in the back window and in the highly polished bodywork of the speeding vehicles. For fans of action-packed racing games, Need For Speed III is most definitely a favorite, and thus a real "goody in the bag" with the ERAZOR II and VICTORY II.

The second game, Recoil from Virgin Interactive, is an action game with a science-fiction setting. Here as well, the game play and content - the merciless destruction of the minions of evil - let the player get it on quickly and easily. The creepy atmosphere is aided by the latest 3D features which make a big contribution to the gaming entertainment. ELSA ERAZOR II is optimized for Direct3D and OpenGL, as is the ELSA VICTORY II which additionally supports 3Dfx Glide. All of this brings you the features used in many of the latest games such as multi-pass rendering, bump mapping and alpha blending. For a stunning image quality , you couldn’t want more.

And, additional to all of that, ELSA supplies the graphics boards with over a dozen playable 3D demos of more of the very latest games.

Further information from the ELSA Service Line +49-(0)241-606-5112

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