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Is the price of the Parhelia going to go down at all over the next few months? After the 9700 comes out perhaps? If not. . .how long do you speculate that the refresh will be (ie with a larger increase in clock and mem speed)? All questions that I am contemplating for my next vid card. I SO want the Parhelia dispite it being slower than comparable priced cards. . .but its hard to swallow that I'm paying 400 dollars for a not top of the line card.
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Honestly, nobody knows that is allowed to tell us right now. Don't expect the clocks to rise much, unless they add a molex connector on the card. Which they won't because they will only use the current board layout, redesigning the board costs way too much. -
Matrox cards dont seem to drop in price. I remember buying my G400 MAX for $500 AU a couple of years ago..
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This was on ReactorCritical, June 17th, but I've seen nothing to corroberate it on any other site nor any mention since.
We also need to mention that Matrox Graphics has got another star to make us amaze: they will offer a product that will support all DirectX 9 features sometimes in the Spring 2003. We assume this to be manufactured using advanced 0.13 microns process and clocked a bit higher than the current Parhelia.
Mmkay, I'm only the messenger...
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Last edited by MWM; 23 July 2002, 04:46.Comment
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ReactorCritical? They post just about anything...Comment
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I would say there is a possibility of the 256MB Parhelia being a AGP pro card, therefore having more power to play with, and thus possibly a clock bump. I doubt they will re-spin the chip any time soon though.
Just a though, no facts.
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Just noticed a little price drop on shopmatrox. Its down to €399.
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