Parhelia in the house!

[Cheesekeeper]

Before we all get caught up in the frenzy of a new Matrox release, we should all stop for a moment, and consider that there are more important things in life. Many more important things. Offhand I can't think of what they are, but I'm sure there must be something......

[newguy]

Cheesekeeper:

surely, it must be, the odor of the cheese, the age of the cheese, the tasting of the cheese, and last but not least, THE QUALITY OF THE CHEESE.

Now, there must be some quality cheese buyers out there, who will take the brunt of the market calculation, and buy enough Parhelia boards so as to offset the wait, and therefore, refinement of said board.

[Cheesekeeper]

This is true - it is also worth noting that when conisours evaluate fine cheeses, they never discuss the frame-rate of the cheese. As any conisour knows, the quality of video is not strained. Man cannot live on frame-rates alone.

And, regarding the odor of the cheese, I shall paraphrase Roman Senator Valerius Vespasianus: "Parhelia non olet" - Parhelia doesn't smell...........

[Goc]

LOL

This is hilarious!

[OZZIE_NO_GOOD]

uuhhmm is it alowed to post some beer jokes over the time lets say 10 post one beer joke ???

is it alloud hehe

now there are not many beer jokes because still saving money for the big P hehe


but a serious questoin when we can play triple head is it possible to play dualhead suroundgaming ?? lets say only the left side ore right sight because when you use your croshair in the middle off the two sreens it will not work

[DukeP]

Re: ANT! you there?

Originally posted by Jake
Refresh my memory... we all had to reregister back in sep. '99, cause you upgraded the server or sumtin'.... right? Do you still have the OLD database lying around?

Heh. I cant remember when I started visiting. Think I lurked a bit around. Been on the 'net since 1993..
ANT, when did the forum open first time around?

~~DukeP~~

[iampedro]

I am so, glad that matrox is taking there time because they are keeping a good reputation up by making sure that they develop a product that which will last quite some time and eventually everybody will be happy because of there products lasting them over the years.. Example I am still using A G100 AGP 8 meg card at my work and it is running fine and in good working order and that is becuase matrox uses quality in all there products....

[iampedro]

Originally posted by iampedro
Well.... This card is going to be really interesting once I see the reviews... Dose anybody know if the 8500 had overlay in the second monitor in the hardware or was it just software?

What about the GF4 4600 Ti?

[Joel]

As one of the three oldest members of this forum, I was around when this baby was conceived, Flangor and Ant being the other two, I think you should all pipe down and get back to the subject of the thread.

Joel

BTW Mine's in the house also.

[stmok]

This is my first post in these forums and its been a long time since I've actively used a Matrox product. My first was the Millenium 1
w/ 2MB WRAM on my old Pentium 150Mhz.
(Its now in my Firewall PC)

Anyhow, the Parhelia seems to be a good excuse to go back to
using a Matrox product. I'm waiting for the high-end model...
256MB version. I plan to install it in my Dual PIII 1Ghz
Workstation. (CAD, Engineering Apps, watching DVD and video)

I'm just wondering...

If an LCD had only the standard VGA connection (not DVI), such
as a low-end Hercules ProphetView 720 (15inch LCD), can you
still use that "triple head" (or Surround gaming) feature?

[Fenrir(AVA)]

stmok, from my understanding of the card yes you can. You can use only one DVI in surround gaming, and the other two would have to be VGA. however luck fellas like me with a large desk can have 3 19" CRT's with no problem, plus they are cheapier.

[Pace]

Duke: Don't you attack someone 2 ranks higher or I'll lower you down the ranks Just think, you've contributed a tenth of what I have, but only have a few months more experience

I remember the old site, but never used the forums till they were the UBB at this url. Wasn't the old forum still up on gagames.com until recently?

Does anyone still have the old site saved in their cache? Gotta love the big header image

P.

[Novdid]

Seems the new card is well on the way and thanks to the BB's for the info and offcourse thanks for people asking them the Q, cause now I know all that I need to know!

[DukeP]

Originally posted by Pace
Duke: Don't you attack someone 2 ranks higher or I'll lower you down the ranks Just think, you've contributed a tenth of what I have, but only have a few months more experience

Jabba jabba: Its not quantity, its quality that counts!



Alas, the internet is not an easy workfield for a historican; most things are only there for the moment. It would be quite hard (if not impossible) to find a cache of the old sites as of now.



~~DukeP~~

[stmok]

Fenrir(AVA), yeah, you're right about the LCD prices compared to
CRT...But LCDs don't burn as much power as their CRT cousins...

I think its more economical just to get 3x 17inch Sony E230
monitors. (There's no room for any sizes bigger on my "work"
desk at home. I took out a tape measure and did a quick check.)