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Old 14-05-2002, 10:00 AM   #1
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Well - The NDA has been lifted, and some info is now available on Matrox's Parhelia-512 graphics card - the "GeForce 4 Killer"

You can see some pics here

and find out about the card from HardOCP
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Old 14-05-2002, 03:25 PM   #2
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That reminds me, must brush up on my Japanese

The size of that heatsink! An interesting development, Matrox used to lead the field but have been left trailing in recent years.

I wonder if this could revive their standing?
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Dont worry, that heatsink isnt standard

If this card is as good as it is supposed to be, then this could well place them ahead of the crowd. NVidia and ATI have some offerings not too far away though (again), and NVidia are soon to release new drivers for the GF4 series - possibly giving another performance boost.

Time will tell though!
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I want this card to bear my children. *drool* Amazing, simply amazing.

And to say Matrox's Headquarters is a 5 minute drive away from my house. ;-) They do all the R&D work there as well as testing, nice facilities, they've been here forever, though.
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Domo Arigato! for the nice link! The manger there seems to be hailing from the Indus Valley area!8) 8) 8)

Matrox is a fighter, they were not sleeping since they came out with the G400 but working hard.
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The 20 Gb/s memory bandwith is cool, but I'm still wondering:

Why PS1.3?
Why no hyperz II/Crossbar memory architecture-like z compression. (occlusion culling, lossless z-compression, HSR, ....)
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Why PS1.3?
Why no hyperz II/Crossbar memory architecture-like z compression. (occlusion culling, lossless z-compression, HSR, ....)


I thought HyperZ II was ATI's own technology for coping with high bandwidth requirements?
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Why PS1.3?
Why no hyperz II/Crossbar memory architecture-like z compression. (occlusion culling, lossless z-compression, HSR, ....)
Maybe you could find us the answer?

I like nVidia ... as far as I'm concerned I have NO problems.

Are not Matrox ... under another manufacturer? (Bought out?)


Please enlighten us of your findings.
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Yes Hyper-Z is the ATi way, and Crossbar Memory architecture is something nvidia uses, matrox hasn't got this kind of thing.
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