Attack Out Of The Blind Spot: Matrox Parhelia-512

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Anisotropic + Anti-Aliasing Performance

Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Photos: The Board
Page 3: The Driver
Page 4: Matrox Demo Software
Page 5: Surround Gaming
Page 6: Benchmarks
Page 7: Max Payne
Page 8: Aquanox
Page 9: Comanche 4
Page 10: Dungeon Siege
Page 11: Star Wars: Jedi Knight II
Page 12: Quake 3
Page 13: 3D Mark 2001 SE (330)
Page 14: Quality Comparison
Page 15: Anisotropische Filtering - Without Anti-Aliasing
Page 16: Anisotropic Filering Performance
Page 17: Anisotropic Filering Performance, Continued
Page 18: FSAA Rendering Quality
Page 19: Anti-aliasing Performance
Page 20: Anti-aliasing Performance, Continued
Page 21: Maximum Quality: Anisotropic + Anti-Aliasing
Page 22: Anisotropic + Anti-Aliasing Performance
Page 23: Anisotropic + Anti-Aliasing Performance, Continued
Page 24: 3D Mark 2001 SE Details
Page 25: High Polygon Count
Page 26: Pixel Shader Speed
Page 27: Vertex Shader Speed
Page 28: Matrox SharkMark
Page 29: Conclusion

Anisotropic + Anti-Aliasing Performance

If you're satisfied with the Quincunx mode, then Parhelia has no chance in terms of performance. Moreover, the disadvantage of unclear textures in Quincunx mode is compensated for by anisotropic filtering. If you run the GeForce 4 with 4x at the same level of quality (LV2), then this card is significantly better than Parhelia. Parhelia only gains a slight advantage starting with the higher resolutions.