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    Matrox announces new Parheliaâ„¢ APVe, a PCI Express graphics card designed for creative professionals - 08/12/04

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    • #3
      Dammit...I would have actually bought this card if it would have been DX9 (and thus Longhorn) compatible. The video input is very nice and I could finally make the transition to PCI Express...the price is not too awful either (350 USD).
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      • #4
        *yawn* another product that is a good example of what the Parhelia should have been 2 years ago.
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        • #5
          Just about when I was looking for a new card. I'd have to wait a little longer for the new dual Opteron m/b to arrive.

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          • #6
            same here... .... the price is not bad... P scores medium on combustion but it dosent burn a whole in my pocket as mutch as the highend cards listed... if it dose ogl and dx then it should be suficiant for my ocational 3dmax use...
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            • #7
              to bad it dosent have a plugin for avid... but i think it will still do 2 monitors and tv out... but i wish theyd make some sort of offical suport... at least for the Avid XpressPro software only users... in any event i will be getting my self a mojo soon... infacts i will be getting lots of new toys soon... will tell you all about it and post pics some time in february... part of my great exit plan....
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              • #8
                quote
                "The Parhelia APVe is OpenGL® and Microsoft® DirectX® compliant"

                version???

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                • #9
                  good question....
                  "They say that dreams are real only as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"

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                  • #10
                    Wonder what the clock rates are? Or how good the s-video capture is. Whether it supports DXVA or not.

                    The board design isn't as pretty as the old P from looking at that thumbnail.
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                    • #11
                      My guess is that it isn't DirectX9 compliant

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                      • #12
                        Well at least now you can have the good matrox multimonitor action, and have PCI-E 6800 as well in the same machine with a lot less hassles. Except the hassle of the exorbitant matrox pricing that is...

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                        • #13
                          The card they announced is PCIe 16x though. Were you thinking of a 6800 in a SLI slot with the Matrox board? I think the Matrox board has to be able to negotiate down to 8 lanes for that to work.

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                          • #14
                            This is the card I warned you about a while back.
                            It's built on the regular Parhelia chip, but it's crippled to software emulation for many of it's advanced hardware functions, because M doesn't have the staff or resources to write a proper set of drivers for the card.
                            This PCIe card WILL be slower than the AGP version...
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                            • #15
                              Is this the one thats supposed to be the PCIe version of the Parhelia? It sounds tailored more for video/photo editing than your normal graphics card.

                              Thats pretty darned scary having to ignore the hardware functions because they don't have people to write drivers... and its even scarier if thats their only new PCIe card.

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