Next Version Of Parhelia Revisited

[Lukappaseidue]

Originally posted by VigilAnt

Yes

many thanks VigilAnt.
only the last thing, if U can. As I'm gonna buying my P128 Retail within 10 days (here in Italy we have to wait about 2 mouth before U can buy a new hardware) do U know when the revision could be out? At least b4 Christmas?
So i wait for new, obviuslly!!!!!
Thank U again

[candyman]

Lukappaseidue, can't you buy Matrox products directly from www.shopmatrox.com? Seems like there is that option, and price are not too high.

Actually, it's the chippest alternative for us (in Sweden) since resellers have P128 for ~€500 instead of 399 at the shopmatrox.com.

/ candyman

[Nite]

candyman, I hope you noticed that the 399€ is _without_ VAT...
(I had my hopes up too, but...)

[K6-III]

I'll probably skip the revision, seeing as I already have the P128, but withe Parhelia2....it may be too damn tempting not to....especially with Doom3 then available.....

My upgrades for next summer:

AMD Clawhammer/motherboard (if too expensive, I'll at least upgrade to Barton)

Matrox Parhelia2....

[candyman]

Originally posted by Nite
candyman, I hope you noticed that the 399€ is _without_ VAT...
(I had my hopes up too, but...)

Well, it sure is exkl. VAT, but last time I purchased from shopmatrox.com I did not notice any additional fee, it was pretty much (the price + shipping fee) * rate.

Hope I did not miss any radical changes in shopmatrox.com in the last 2 years...

/ candyman

[candyman]

THE TIME HAS COME MY FRIENDS
THE 256MB CARD IS ANNOUNCED

[candyman]

But WTF?!
Do I see €599??? No, I must have worked too much today.
So I expect to see some really different number when I wake up tomorrow

/ candyman

[jswcpm]

$600 - you gotta be kidding - would someone please post some benchmarks between the new 256k, the 128k, and the G400max - i really would like to know if you can see the difference between the G400 max and the 128k or 256k - if you donna have/want 3 monitors - does the new card put the G400max to shame???....i could easily tell the difference between earlier generations of cards - which i now have in boxes, i.e. mystique, etc.


looks like i will continue to save my pennies for the P2 - unless, the benchmarks that are posted make me drool, looks like i stay with G400max - only video game i play is Links - and the 2003 version is pretty good - i am not sure the new card would make a difference....does it?? - although, come to think of it - i do have two spare monitors (argh, i am weakening - but $600 really - i would paid $350 and Matrox should have reduced the 128 to $250 - are you listening Marox marketing??)

oh, thanks to everybody - i got my rainbow runner working as suggested on annother forum in XP - only problem is i lost some software dvd programs (like the Matrox one) but i do have a Dr3 card so i still can get 5.1 sound with the DVD - figured out the spdf by-pass ok. would like to get screen capture like i had with powerdvd2.0 but would have to buy the 4.0 to work with xp...oh, well....

[Wombat]

You're not the market for a 256MB card.

[CaineTanathos]

just wondering why people are still whining about the price...
if its too expensive for you then don't buy it ...

interesting stuff about the Parhelia 2
if its coming summer 2003 , I will buy it

[[GDI]Raptor]

$599...........
That's...... to much for me.......

[FormerEx-SalesSoup]

Parhelia 256MB = US$599
TripleHead, DH-HF, FAA-16x, Dual-DVI, CAD drivers, AEC|VIZ

3DLabs WildCat II 5110 144MB = US$799
3DLabs WildCat VP870 128MB = US$699
Quadro 900XGL 128MB = US$900+
FireGL4 128MB = US$1000+

price look any better now?

[K6-III]

Does the 256mb bring any benfits over the 128mb other than the extra memory???

[thop]

other than a lower clock speed? i think not, maybe the core was a bit updated (=fixed?). we will see.
but seriously, this card is clearly marketed for users of high-end apps and so called "professionals" and not for gamers or semi-professional users. so lets just skip that one, hope matrox makes some nice money with it, and wait for p2 next year

[K6-III]

Nothing worth upgrading to until P2...