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Synergy III and Gloria III.(from ELSA and Nvidia)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Elsa's Nvidia-based cards
Elsa has been in the workstation graphics market for a number of years now. Historically, the company has provided excellent cards at affordable prices. Elsa's latest line represents its association with Nvidia, the new darling of the graphics card business, and these cards include the Synergy III, a mid-range accelerator, and the Gloria III, a high-end card.
Elsa's Synergy III is based on the Quadro2 MXR chip and includes 32MB of SDR memory and a 350MHZ RAMDAC. The card supports both analog and digital monitors. One big advantage of the Synergy III is its ability to support dual monitors through the one card, with the second monitor attached through the digital port (Elsa provides an adapter for an analog monitor to attach to this port.)
Dual monitors are ideal for anyone who uses applications that contain a large number of floating palettes, such as Adobe Systems' Photoshop or Alter Effects. The second monitor gives you the ability to place your palettes on one screen, allowing for an unobstructed view of the image on the other screen. A problem with this configuration could be one of memory. Since the Synergy III only has 32MB of RAM, you may have to sacrifice some texture memory to accommodate the second monitor.
The Gloria III, the high-end card, contains the Quadro2 Pro chip, along with a full 64MB of DDR frame buffer memory, and a 350MHZ RAMDAC. The DDR memory operates at twice the speed of conventional memory, giving the card a performance boost. Like the Synergy III, the Gloria III also supports both digital and analog monitors. Unlike its little brother, however, the Gloria III does not support dual monitors, which seems like an odd omission.
For users of Discreet's 3D Studio Max, Elsa provides custom drivers, dubbed Elsa Maxtreme, for Max 3.x. These drivers are simply the best I've seen for this application. They support a wide range of options for tweaking your environment for maximum speed or maximum quality. In terms of quality, the drivers support three levels of quality for transparency, and five levels for texture mapping. The coolest feature is the ability to display accurate fog in the viewports. This enables you to fine-tune your fog and animation before you render.
At the time I was reviewing the cards, Elsa had not yet ported the Maxtreme drivers to3ds max 4, ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 25, 2000 700+ words
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...discount). Good until Dec. 31, 2002, the offer extends to the following ELSA cards under warranty: ELSA Gloria III, ELSA Synergy III, ELSA Gloria II and Synergy II, ELSA Gloria XXL, ELSA Gloria XL, ELSA Gloria MX, and others, including...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire July 22, 2002 700+ words
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- BUSINESS.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: CADalyst February 1, 2002 700+ words
...accelerators based on the nVIDIA Quadro line of chips. ELSA's current workstation products include the Synergy 2000, Synergy III, GLoria III, and GLoria DCC. ELSA will no longer sell its Gladiac and Erazer consumer products in North America. Multigen...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 19, 2000 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 25, 2000 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: EDN Dipert, Brian October 12, 2000 700+ words
...hardware-accelerated anti-aliased lines. Elsa's Synergy III board mates Quadro2 MXR with 32 Mbytes of single...and costs less than $500, whereas the company's Gloria III hooks Quadro2 Pro to 64 Mbytes of DDR SDRAM and costs...
