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More info?)
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:42:24 +0100, "Doug Ramage"
<RamageXX@ukacccountant.net> wrote:
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>"nubis" <nubiss@iwonnn.nett> wrote in message
>news:gm8ii0tbr774n6c5fpfrqaj6vq8fjo2cev@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:45:28 -0400, "Arthur Hagen"
>> <art@broomstick.com> wrote:
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>> >nubis <nubiss@iwonnn.nett> wrote:
>> >> I'm considering purchasing the Parhelia, probably on ebay, and had a
>> >> couple of questions that I hoped could be answered here: What kind of
>> >> performance difference are we looking at when comparing the 128 mg
>> >> board with the 256 mg board? Currently I'm running a P3 with 1.5 gigs
>> >> of ram on a motherboard- Asus CUV4X- with AGP 4X- would it be a waste
>> >> to use the Parhelia with this board? Thank you.
>> >
>> >No, it would be a good match for your CPU/MB. The problem is that the
>> >Parhelia is so expensive that you can get a new motherboard, CPU *and*
>> >graphics card that significantly outperforms the Parhelia for the same
>price
>> >or less. The only reasons to get a Parhelia is if you either need
>> >triple-head 3D, or use two displays with occasional playing old 3D games.
>> >
>> >As for speed, the retail models are clocked faster than OEM models, and
>the
>> >128 MB models are clocked faster than the 256 MB models.
>> >Thus, the retail 128R model is the fastest. Unless you need to load up
>more
>> >textures than the 128 MB board can hold, the 256 MB board will be slower.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>>
>> Thank you for the reply. I'm really interested in 2d and I know the
>> Parhelia aces that department, but then again so do most of the Matrox
>> cards. Which other cards were you referring to when you said that I
>> can get a graphics card that outperforms the Parhelia? I've
>> considered the ATI cards, 9800 pro, but I'm not convinced I will get
>> the same 2d quality with ATI that I would with Matrox. Reading the
>> following review got me very interested in the Parhelia:
>>
>>
http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/matrox_parhelia/index.shtml
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>What do you need a Parhelia for?
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>I too was considering one, but decided I did not need the extras, so I
>bought a P650 instead. Very pleased with it so far.
Does the P650 have DVI?