Press Voices about the ELSA WINNER 2000PRO/X
PC Graphics & Video 5/96
"ELSA is still a relatively new name in the U.S. graphics card market, but the company - based in
Germany - is not a newcomer. It's made a solid name for itself throughout the world with high-performance
graphics cards designed for CAD applications."
"ELSA doesn't make low-end cards, and its high-end focus shows in the solid construction,
well-tuned drivers, and excellent performance."
"It also has the widest range of available drivers for just about any platform you can think of ..."
"... the support electronics and drivers are well-tuned. You can get 16.7 million colors at 1280 x
1024 at refresh rates up to 83 Hz. Performance of the review board was excellent, delivering an average
of 9 megapixels per second. Of the three boards tested here, ELSA has the easiest-to-use utility for
fine-tuning the card to your monitor. WINman wrings the best refresh rate from your monitor."
The WINNER 2000PRO/X also has a number of intriguing features, such as support for
multiple monitors."
"Summary: The WINNER 2000PRO/X is built like a tank and is obviously designed
for heavy-duty graphics work. It comes with drivers for virtually all operating systems and specialized
graphics software."
Rating: 7 out of 10, RECOMMENDED
CADALYST 5/96
In a review of Pentium Pro vs. Pentium systems, three systems were equipped with a WINNER 2000PRO/X
graphics board. All of these three systems were highly recommended!
BYTE 2/96
From the NSTL Lab Report "18 Graphics Cards Quick on the Draw":
"For that razor-sharp look..."
"The WINNER 2000PRO/X is ideal for desktop publishing, image processing, and
photo-realistic rendering where 1600- by 1200-pixel resolutions are a must."
Winner in the High Resolution category
Overall score: 9.49
CADENCE 2/96
"The software comes on either nine floppy disks, a CD-ROM, or both, which right away
tells you that this is not a basement graphics board using generic drivers."
"Installation is straightforward in the Windows® environment"
"On the CAD side, the number and range of utilities provided is equally impressive. The
package includes POWERdraft, a powerful set of utilities for AutoCAD®..."
"The list of utilities, modes, and functions is impressive, but it all means nothing if the
board doesn't do its job. We found that ELSA engineers took as much care on the hardware as
they did on the bundled software. The graphics output is, to put it simply, very impressive.
We tested its 2000PRO/X-PCI-4 board and could not find fault. Installation went smoothly
and setup was a snap. Once we had everything running, we were very impressed with the
speed."
"If you are looking for a high-end, professional-quality graphics accelerator for your
AutoCAD® workstation (or want the highest quality graphics accelerator for all your Windows®
applications), the ELSA WINNER 2000PRO/X series performs like a well-tuned German
sports car."
NewMedia 10/95
Review of nine AVI video-accelerating graphics boards:
"Not only do the boards excel at video playback, but they also are better at interpolating
video than most of the competition."
"... video played back on ELSA's WINNERs looks smooth and has significantly more
colors than other S3 and MGA-powered boards. If this is where digital video playback is headed,
we can all breathe a sigh of relief."
"The board's basic configuration tool, WINman, is similarly impressive, offering profiles
for an astonishing 350 monitors."
Ratings (WINNER 2000PRO/X-4):
AVI playback performance: Awesome
Graphics performance: Thumbs Up
Interpolation quality: Thumbs Up
Monitor support/ergonomics: Awesome
Included utilities/software: Thumbs Up
Overall Value: Awesome