When is P256 comming out?

[Sandog]

I'm waiting for the Parhelia 256MB RAM board to come out. Not because I want that much memory but for the reason it may be clocked higher. At least that is what one of the head honcho's at Matrox said when I read the interview. Want to know how long I am going to have to wait.

[xortam]

You'll have to check the crystal ball.

[Liquid Snake]

Haig has said the 256MB version will have the same clock speed.

[dneal]

www.newegg.com has the 128mb oem in stock

[borat]

well id take haigs word for it maybe a reuction in the 128 price when the 256 is out could be on the cards especially with radeon 9700 also appearing

[xortam]

I believe it was a VP of sales or marketing that indicated that the 256 MB version would be clocked at a higher rate. Haig may not have quite the insight that the VP has.

[Wombat]

Generally speaking, it's more likely that a sales department is yet again committing the engineering department to something without prior consultation. That's the kind of crap that happens in companies all the time. "But you <I>have</I> to have that ready by then, we told customer X so."

Don't confuse insight with overcommitment.

[xortam]

Originally posted by Wombat
... Don't confuse insight with overcommitment.

I know all about that. I've been engineering professionally since the 70's. I still think it was our group which coined the term "Marchitecture" eons ago. The public will just have to wait and see if Matrox will be able to deliver a higher clocked P or not.