Attack Out Of The Blind Spot: Matrox Parhelia-512
Maximum Quality: Anisotropic + Anti-Aliasing
In the last section of the quality comparison, the focus is on maximum possible image quality, which means anti-aliasing plus antisotropic filtering.
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Parhelia makes a very good impression here. Unfortunately, the ground texture is still a bit unclear, which is evident when compared to NVIDIA's GeForce 4.
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The quality of the textures is much better with the GeForce 4. Surprisingly, there's very little difference between Quincunx and 4x.
Parhelia is better at anti-aliasing, while GeForce 4 offers the better texture filtering. We won't attempt to say which aspect holds more weight in an evaluation - this is best determined for yourself. Don't forget, however, that, in practice, you seldom take a close look at the individual parts of the scene when a game is running.
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