SkyeHack Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Designed for demanding professional and business users, discerning PC enthusiasts and gaming connoisseurs, Matrox Parhelia? graphics accelerators combine unparalleled quality, excellent performance and innovative features to provide a completely immersive high-fidelity graphics experience. With an unprecedented number of revolutionary technologies, Matrox Parhelia cards take 2D quality, professional productivity and 3D realism to a new level. Key features: 512-bit GPU 256-bit DDR memory interface 128 MB DDR memory Advanced multi-display: Triple-RGB, Dual-DVI, TV output High performance 2D, 3D & video Surround Gaming 10-bit GigaColor AGP 4X Multi-Display configurations: Parhelia offers the most advanced multi-display support in the form of DualHead-HighFidelity, TripleHead Desktop, and Surround Gaming. This support is enabled through highly flexible output configuration options including dual-RGB, triple-RGB and dual-DVI. Matrox Parhelia cards feature two DVI-I connectors integrated on the bracket. The full flexibility of display configurations are offered to end users by the standard bundling of three cables/adaptors: One "Y-shaped" DVI-I to dual HD-15 cable One DVI-I to HD-15 adaptor One HD-15 to S-video and composite cable DualHead-HF (2 displays) Display 1 Display 2 Analog monitor (RGB) Analog flat panel (RGB) Digital flat panel (DVI) Analog monitor (RGB) Analog flat panel (RGB) Digital flat panel (DVI) NTSC / PAL TV TripleHead Desktop / Surround Gaming (3 displays) Left display Center display Right display Analog monitor (RGB) Analog flat panel (RGB) Analog monitor (RGB) Analog flat panel (RGB) Digital flat panel (DVI) Analog monitor (RGB) Analog flat panel (RGB) Resolution, color depth and refresh rates: To offer the ultimate in productivity, matrox Parhelia provides the industry?s most comprehensive resolution, color depth and refresh rate support. Max 2D/3D Max 2D/3D (primary display) Resolution Colors 2048 x 1536 Over one billion Resolution and refresh rates Resolution Vertical (Hz) Horizontal (kHz) 2048 x 1536 85 130 1920 x 1440 85 130 1600 x 1200 100 130 1280 x 1024 120 130 1152 x 864 140 130 1024 x 768 160 130 800 x 600 200 130 640 x 480 200 130 Minimum system requirements: AGP 2.0 compliant system 128 MB RAM 600 MHz CPU Microsoft? Windows? 2000 or Windows XP operating system (check regularly for updates on support for other operating systems) 300W system power supply CD-ROM Pricing: Available as of June 30th, the 128 MB retail version of the Matrox Parhelia will sell for $399 U.S. (estimated street price). Visit the Buy Matrox section for details on where to buy Parhelia. Customers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe are also invited to pre-order their Matrox Parhelia at Shopmatrox.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Is the "street" price the same as the suggested retail price? If it is, I'm sure that I'll be able to find it somewhere cheaper online. Otherwise, I'll stop waiting and just buy a Ti 4600. The Parhelia sounds great, but considering the price and the fact that it's not out yet, it's kinda iffy between that and the Ti 4600. The 256 meg version sounds sweet though. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iampedro Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 You really want to wait for matrox card if you have ever watched a dvd or use a tv card then you definalty want this card because it has features that no other consumer card even has... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I'm thinking of upgrading my GeForce2 MX400 (PCI) to a GeForce4 MX here pretty soon, and then moving to a Parhelia when the better ones (ie 256MB) become available. Does that sound good? :ponder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted June 22, 2002 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 22, 2002 sick: get ti4200 64Mb - cheap and MUCH MUCH better then MX GF4MX sux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Thanks for the reply sputnik. I'll try and get one of those soon. My GF2 fan just started making the most god-awful noise when I booted up this morning. I think it hates me. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 nvidia all the way.. geforce 4 is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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