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  • Fluff
    Super MURCer
    • Apr 2002
    • 1522

    #1

    Banding parhelia

    Just a question, is the banding problem still present in cards that you would buy today? As there seems to be less posts about it. Or have people just learned to live with it???
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  • Novdid
    Super MURCer
    • Nov 2000
    • 2609

    #2
    Yes the "banding" is still present.

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    • GNEP
      Super MURCer
      • Feb 2002
      • 5241

      #3
      Matrox haven't come up with any solutions yet AFAIK.
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      • Fluff
        Super MURCer
        • Apr 2002
        • 1522

        #4
        thanks for the quick reply. Guess i'll have to wait a little longer. Before I splash out, and aquire a taste for older games

        Maybe the state of the stock market is severly affecting matrox's decisions, is all their money going into employee pension schemes?
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        • Pace
          Super MURCer
          • Feb 2000
          • 3414

          #5
          Is that definate? Has anyone bought a Parhelia recently?

          Matrox have no solutions for existing owners, but perhaps they might have made some minor revisions to lessen the effect.

          Holding out hope that they have sneaked out the Parhelia 1.1...
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          • VJ
            Moderator
            • Mar 2001
            • 9733

            #6
            Well, according to Haig nothing has happened...





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            • Fluff
              Super MURCer
              • Apr 2002
              • 1522

              #7
              yeah they must have revised loads of boards in the past and not publically announced it. My G200 for example. They have revision numbers in the corner of the boards don't they like A0 etc..
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              • [GDI]Raptor
                Super MURCer
                • Jan 2001
                • 1045

                #8
                We got five Parhelia 128Mb Retail cards at work today, and I have checked three og them, and I can't se any banding on any of those cards.

                But I got the Parhelia in my home computer in August, one of the first boards that appeard in Norway, and I have no banding at home either!

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                • Novdid
                  Super MURCer
                  • Nov 2000
                  • 2609

                  #9
                  Must be the norwegean wheather!

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                  • The PIT
                    Super MURCer
                    • Aug 1999
                    • 11901

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Novdid
                    Must be the norwegean wheather!
                    Could be poor eyesight.
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                    • Fluff
                      Super MURCer
                      • Apr 2002
                      • 1522

                      #11
                      Raptor are there any board revision numbers on your parhelias at work that don't display the banding, we could try and find out whether it was a large batch problem suppose a trend in serial numbers would prove that.
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                      • [GDI]Raptor
                        Super MURCer
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 1045

                        #12
                        Originally posted by The PIT
                        Could be poor eyesight.
                        I don't think so.....!
                        It's defindly bad english humor!

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                        • [GDI]Raptor
                          Super MURCer
                          • Jan 2001
                          • 1045

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Fluff
                          Raptor are there any board revision numbers on your parhelias at work that don't display the banding, we could try and find out whether it was a large batch problem suppose a trend in serial numbers would prove that.
                          I'm not shure if I can gice you any serial numbers, it's REV A on the boards, havent looked on the GPU's. The company we buy hardware from had just got them in a delivery from Matrox Europe the 27th of January.

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                          • Kruzin
                            Jeepin' to the grave
                            • Aug 1999
                            • 6527

                            #14
                            No board revision is going to fix it.
                            It is going to take a chip revision, and that isn't going to happen until they unload the current stock of chips they have.
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                            • Wombat
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 2000
                              • 9498

                              #15
                              Translation: Never. Unless they strike a deal:

                              Now in Happy Meals: Get a free Parhelia inside.
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