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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: Monday 7th August 1995 Force 2 to distribute ELSA graphics cards and monitors Force 2 International Ltd has been appointed by ELSA GmbH as its exclusive distributor in the UK for the ELSA range of high performance graphics cards and monitors for Windows, multi- media, CAD and DTP applications. "Despite the fierce competition in the UK for graphics cards and monitors, this is a market that we know intimately," says Hugh Bishop, managing director of Force 2, and former European managing director of Spea Graphics. "After careful consideration of the market potential and thorough technical evaluation of the product range, we are very excited by the many significant and unique benefits that ELSA's products can bring to professionals working with Windows applications, CAD or computer animation." Commenting on the new agreement, Theo Beisch managing director of ELSA GmbH, says, "We at ELSA are very happy to have a partner in the UK that has both the market knowledge and the technical expertise necessary to distribute our leading edge products. ELSA is the market leader for Cad graphics cards in Germany. And, we believe the combination of ELSA products and Force 2 can make ELSA the market leader in the UK also." The flagship graphics card is the ELSA GLoria which puts workstation 3D graphics performance into the humble PC. Available with different amounts of on board memory, the highest specification ELSA GLoria is the world's first graphics card to have up to 8 Mb VRAM and 8 Mb DRAM. The ELSA GLoria employs the GLINT 300SX 3D graphics processor in addition to the Vision968 64-bit graphics controller to give the ultimate in 3D model rotations and real time walk throughs. Displays at even high resolutions and depths of colour are achieved without compromising ergonomic refresh rates. The ELSA GLoria supports the OpenGL 3D standard implemented in Windows NT, and is just perfect for designers working with demanding 2D and 3D applications such as AutoCAD or MicroStation. The ELSA WINNER 2000PRO/X combines powerful Windows graphics response for DTP applications such as CorelDraw and Photoshop and CAD applications such as AutoCAD and MicroStation. The 8 Mb version can display up to 1600 x 1280 pixels in 16.7 million colours at 80 Hz. The WINNER 2000PRO/X can also accelerate digital video playback (e.g. AVI) to provide a smooth full- screen display. The ELSA WINNER 1000AVI gives a flicker free display of 65,536 colours with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels at over 100 Hz. It accelerates Video for Windows clips and improves operations enormously in AutoCAD LT and MicroStation PowerDraft. Each ELSA graphics card comes with a CD-ROM of ELSA's Windows utilities and application drivers. Force 2 International Ltd is a specialist Cad distributor for Autodesk retail products, Genius the mechanical application for AutoCAD, Symbol Libraries for AutoCAD and Aristo mouse/board digitisers. ELSA GmbH, which is based in Aachen Germany, specialises in the design and manufacture of graphics cards, monitors and ISDN cards. ELSA is a pioneer of display list technology with dedicated software teams developing drivers for most popular applications such as AutoCAD and MicroStation. ELSA is the first company in the world to develop a display list driver for MicroStation, and also offers powerful multi-screen solutions for CAD and DTP professionals. For further information, please contact: Force 2 International Ltd, Bridge House, Thame Station Industrial Park, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 3JA, United Kingdom, Phone: +44-1844-261872, Fax: +44-1844-216737; ELSA GmbH, Sonnenweg 11, 52070 Aachen, Germany, Phone: +49-241- 9177-0, Fax: +49-241-9177-600