Ah, back in town after a great biennial meeting of the CYM in norway...
Now i'm just waiting for the Parhelia to arrive...
I pre-ordered quite early (nr 87 in Europe I think), as i think it's going to be worth it... (Besides, my pre-order price is 299$
)
Originally posted by Top_gun
Arnt there like 2 versions of the P-152, an 128DDRRam and a 256DDRRAM....who needs 256DDR-RAM when we have been using 64DDRRAM for like 1.5 years (Geforce2 Ultra+) and 128DDRRAM for like 6 months?
Ok... Where to start with that statement...
First off, who cares about what has gone before?!? Why would you want to compare a brand new card with a 1.5 year old card? That's like me wondering why GPU's started using DDR instead of PC-66 RAM, considering there wasn't any card that had DDR 4 years ago!
And there is a
big difference between what Nvidia offeres compared to Matrox... Matrox is a name that says Quality, whereas Nvidia says Speed...
The Parhelia has been created to handle games with all eyecandy on, with reasonable speed, whereas the GF series has gone for highest speed, thinking if it's fast enough, it doesn't matter that it loose much speed with anisotropic filtering, FSAA etc...
Lastly, there isn't two versions like what you're describing...
The
databus is 256 bit wide, which with DDR-RAM gives you a 512bit throughput...
There will be a difference between the OEM ver of the card, and the retail, and between the 128mb and 256mb version...
Dan Woods PR dept. Matrox
The Parhelia will ship in a number of configurations. The 128MB retail product ("R" version) will have core clocks of 220MHz and memory clocks running at 275MHz. The 128MB bulk product will have core clocks of 200MHz and memory clocks at 250MHz ("B" version). Later in the summer, Matrox will be releasing 64MB and 256MB versions of the card, which will also be speed-binned, and it is likely that the 256MB version of the board will offer the highest clocks.
(Full interview
here)
JAV> Well, considering the
3dlabs Wildcat is going to be priced above the Parhelia (£385 for 64MB, £480 for 128MB) I'd say it's an entry to the game arena...
And Matrox is quite likely to do that same that Nvidia and ATI does with a product launch...
They launch the product with a high pricetag, then just before they release the product, slashes the price...
And yes, it is targeted towards gamers, but also proffesional use... Read the full interview for more info..
Lokem> Yes, Nvidia will announce a new chip... They allways do... But mostly that's just a tweak of the prev core with a higher clockspeed... It's been quite some time since Nvidia announced any new tech... (Not counting new FSAA algorithm's)
So I wouldn't worry too much about that... Besides, what do you want mostly:
1. Over 200 fps in Q3 with medium to low quality
or
2. Around 70-80 fps with all eyecandy on in new games
I know what I want......
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