New Issue of Max. PC has Parhelia Article

[TdB]

Im surprised they were allowed to benchmark a "beta"-board.

but these benchmarks looks promising to me, *IF* the final boards are somewhat faster of course, and I bet they will be.

BTW what is the performance-drop with both fsaa and anisotropic filtering enabled on other gpus, compared to the 28% on the parhelia?

[DPGX]

Not really sure, they didnt run any settings like that on the Geforce4 they reviewed,

[DPGX]

Actually here ya go, this should be what you were looking for, remember the maximum pc demo they benchmark with for Quake 3 stresses the system a ton more than the standard Quake III Benchmarks most reviewers use, these benchmarks are just good for the % of performance drop with the settings you mentioned: http://www.3dgpu.com/reviews/xtasy4600_4.php

Mike

[Electric Amish]

What's with Quake not running with AA enabled??

amish

[TdB]

so the gf4ti performance is pratically cut in half, with 8tap-aniso + 4fsaa.
that makes the parhelia look pretty good in comparison.

[TdB]

Originally posted by Electric Amish
What's with Quake not running with AA enabled??

there could be 2 reasons:
1. crappy beta drivers
2. quake3 not 16xfaa compatible

[Dr Mordrid]

Gawd....I hate NDA's

Dr. Mordrid

[TdB]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
Gawd....I hate NDA's :P

Dr. Mordrid

must be frustrating.

[DPGX]

lol, think maximum pc got their nda lifted earlier or did they violate it?

Mike

[[GDI]Raptor]

I think I'll pick up this magazine at my local newsagent tomorow afternoon..... Now I have a biger problem... Math examination tomorow morning

[maharajah]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
Gawd....I hate NDA's

Dr. Mordrid

While I do not know you Dr Mordrid, I am deeply concerned about your emotional state.
Based on the advice of my imaginary psychiatrist, I recommend that you violate your NDA, and spill the beans.
I'm sure Matrox would understand. No NDA is worth your mental health.

[[GDI]Raptor]

Originally posted by maharajah

I recommend that you violate your NDA, and spill the beans.
I'm sure Matrox would understand. No NDA is worth your mental health.

Well, I guess he is used to it!!!!

[Jon P. Inghram]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
Gawd....I hate NDA's

Dr. Mordrid

Lets taunt him, perhaps he'll become so cross he'll make a mistake (I.E. spill the beans!)

Wow, those benchmarks SUCK! I bet the Parhelia is gonna be a pile of rancid whale turds! My Geforce 256 is better than that Matrox junk! Hahahah! You sux0rz!

[Jazzz]

when they said they ain't gonna get 250 fps in quake 3 i didn't expect 72 hehe im jk. Those results are not bad for an alpha/beta board, should be alot better for the final board

Man why haven't no websites posted Parhelia reviews, been waiting for soooooooooo long now, they said early-mid june it is june 12th ffs (which in my mind is early-mid june )

[MadScot]

Mmmmm... beans....

MadScot