Parhelia!!!

[NetDisruptor]

What's with this guy ^ ???

don't count on keeping that forum account to long.

[Lorne Trottier]

What's with this guy ^ ???

don't count on keeping that forum account to long.

Why in heavens not? Parhelia.. nice name.. hmmm

[Ant]

Forget all this Botboys stuff. This is pure Matrox, they have some of the best R&D by far and their goals remain firmly set on producing quality not just something that can get the best 3DMark score although in this case they probably have both. Some of the claims made may seem a little far fetched for Parhelia but I say just have a little faith this time. Where they have gone wrong recently is translating what they have had in R&D to a retail product but from what I hear this time they'll get it right, but we still have to be cautious.

[KeiFront]

Thank god, I don't want a ****ing 3DMark score killer, I want that exellent Matrox quality and decent speed .

[Greebe]

Lordee people read between the lines!!!

...and what if it does all of the above and then some? Are your feelings gonna be hurt?

[Marshmallowman]

of course since parhelia is a pro card it will have dual head...not your garden variety dual head but dual head that can be used to provde true stereoscopic 3d (100+fps for each eye).

two primary displays...not a primary and a secondary

so now you will have true 3d headcasting, not to mention the best nurbs in the business...

and when the say not 256 bit or 128 bit, it will be 64 bit....16x pumped of course.....


and it will not have a cooling fan,,,,because they are for wusses

and knowing matrox design cycle...it will start off faster than 3 geforce 4's, and by the end of the production series it will have the speed of a s3 805..

oh..and it won't plug into your agp slot....it plugs into your cpu socket, and if it finds a agp video card in your agp slot it will slap it around a bit then toss it out of your case....don't even ask what it will do to video chips embedded on your motherboard.

[KvHagedorn]

oh..and it won't plug into your agp slot....it plugs into your cpu socket, and if it finds a agp video card in your agp slot it will slap it around a bit then toss it out of your case....don't even ask what it will do to video chips embedded on your motherboard.

ROFLMAO

[RichL]

Originally posted by Ant
This is pure Matrox, they have some of the best R&D by far and their goals remain firmly set on producing quality not just something that can get the best 3DMark score although in this case they probably have both. Some of the claims made may seem a little far fetched for Parhelia but I say just have a little faith this time. Where they have gone wrong recently is translating what they have had in R&D to a retail product but from what I hear this time they'll get it right, but we still have to be cautious.

Well I hope this time they get the OpenGL drivers to run at a decent speed first off. I remember the constant fiddling with ICDs and TurboGL etc etc to try and get a decent FPS out of my G400 for they first few months playing.

[PAugustin]

I have it, I have it !!! The Parhelia is mine, let's open the PC and stuff it in !!!! Drriiiiiiiing ! ??? Doh time to wake up and go to work...

Too bad it felt real

[chaoliang]

I have no idea about RAMs, just a curious question: Can Rambus be used on the card? Because of the bandwith, I mean.

[DuRaNgO]

is it time to close down the crystal ball yet

[Sasq]

Naaaa, we still have to start speculating about the next next card yet

Dan

[GT98]

Originally posted by RichL

Well I hope this time they get the OpenGL drivers to run at a decent speed first off. I remember the constant fiddling with ICDs and TurboGL etc etc to try and get a decent FPS out of my G400 for they first few months playing.

Hmm maybe they outsourced them to a third party...like SGI? wink wink


Scott

[Ant]

Yes maybe they did

[Gix]

Who knows?

There are some guys outside Matrox who definitely know about this chip. I mean the manufacturers... Who are they?