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Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading professional graphics company, announces the Matrox Parhelia™ family of graphics accelerators — the first graphics boards based on the revolutionary, new Matrox Parhelia-512 high fidelity GPU. Delivering the highest quality, excellent performance and unique features, the Matrox Parhelia line of graphics boards is the first to offer a multitude of new features, including a full 256-bit DDR memory interface, partial compatibility with Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and the most advanced multi-display computing capabilities.
All Parhelia boards are full-height ATX form factor with two DVI-I connectors integrated on the bracket, and allow Matrox to offer the widest variety of display output options on the market: Dual independent DVI-out at 1600 x 1200 resolution each (165MHz), Dual independent RGB-out at 400MHz each (dual 2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz), Triple independent RGB-out in extended desktop mode at 3840 x 1024 32bpp, Various mixes of DVI-, RGB- and TV-out
The full flexibility of display configurations are offered to end users by the standard bundling of three cables/adaptors: One "Y-shaped" DVI-I to dual HD-15 cable, One DVI-I to HD-15 adaptor, One HD-15 to S-video and composite cable.
The Matrox Parhelia boards deliver the fastest 2D performance, and are the first full-speed AGP 4X devices capable of accelerating 3D across three monitors. All boards offer an incredible range of cutting-edge 2D and 3D features, including 10-bit GigaColor Technology, four quad-textured pixels rendered per clock, 64 Super Sample Texture Filtering, 16x Fragment Antialiasing (FAA-16x), Glyph Antialiasing, a Quad DirectX 9 Vertex Shader Array, a 36-op pixel shader array, and many more.
At introduction, Matrox Parhelia graphics boards will be available with 128MB of DDR memory in both retail and bulk packaging. The retail packaged version of the Matrox Parhelia 128MB board will have an estimated street price of US $399 and both versions are expected to begin shipment by June 30th, 2002. Additionally, Matrox plans to bring a 64MB and a 256MB version of the Parhelia to market later this summer.
Sounds very promising indeed. You can read the full press release here.
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