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Sep 25, 2002, 06:39 AM
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Bouncy BOUNCY!
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Parhelia???
Maybe I'm asking the wrong ppl...lol as this is the Parhelia section, but I' am intersted in the card. As a work card but how does it fair for gaming? as I know it is only partial Dx 9 ? as I was hoping to use it as a dual purpose card.
Would it be wiser to go for a Radeon 9700 ? or ideally both ...lol  |
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Sep 26, 2002, 08:03 PM
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...really depends on what you're looking for....let us know....
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Sep 27, 2002, 08:22 AM
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Well what I mean is I know this card is great in 2d so I can use it for work but how it is in games like unreal 2003?
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Sep 28, 2002, 03:56 PM
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I'm playing it beautifully at 1024x768 with everything cranked with 16XFAA and Trilinear....fast enough...by alot...
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Sep 28, 2002, 07:05 PM
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So if someone offered you a nice new ATI RADEON 9700 for your Parhelia would you accept...lol |
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Sep 29, 2002, 09:54 AM
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For my purposes....I wouldn't even condsider it!!!
I am an engineering student and the Heidi AutoCAD drivers make this card a keeper.
The fact that it has excellent multimonitor support, 2D image quality, and still has the ability to play games.....I find it to be the best-rounded card on the market...and I shall keep it for years to come (that's how most Matrox cards are)...
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Sep 30, 2002, 08:32 AM
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Re:
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So if someone offered you a nice new ATI RADEON 9700 for your Parhelia would you accept...lol
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Yes
But, then I'd have to sell it after I realised that I have no use for it  |
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Sep 30, 2002, 10:12 AM
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The only worry I have about the Parhelia is that I have heard that it gives bad performance in game based on the half life engine, the main being CS and in general it ony runs around 60 fps. Atleast this is what I have heard in the matrox forums Do the latest drivers fix this problem ?
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Sep 30, 2002, 10:45 AM
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Re:
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Do the latest drivers fix this problem ?
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I don't play CS.
But I hear the framerate takes a serious hit when any player/hostage model is displayed. This is a bug and is being looked into. |
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Sep 30, 2002, 11:39 AM
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its still early days for such a new product, I think matrox will come out with a killer driver soon. I have certainly not seen a better graphics card than the Parhelia for 2d work.
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Oct 1, 2002, 01:05 PM
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Re:
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Originally posted by gibbon565
The only worry I have about the Parhelia is that I have heard that it gives bad performance in game based on the half life engine, the main being CS and in general it ony runs around 60 fps. Atleast this is what I have heard in the matrox forums Do the latest drivers fix this problem ?
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This is currently a bug with all Quake2-based games. It should be fixed in the next driver release... |
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Oct 1, 2002, 02:02 PM
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well that is good news, would it be possible for some ppl to post some pics of in-game or benchmark results
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Oct 6, 2002, 05:36 PM
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Just hop on over to the forums http://www.matroxusers.com
You should be able to find what you're looking for there in the benchmarks forum... |
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Oct 7, 2002, 06:36 AM
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Re:
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well that is good news, would it be possible for some ppl to post some pics of in-game or benchmark results
Cheers
Andy
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Parhelia is not good in benchmarks, but this is not real world preformerance. So it is not good question. But, it is an excellent card.
Have you got yours? |
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