Matrox Parhelia 256 MB videocard review

Parhelia 256 MB videocard released by Matrox; release date: 1 January 2001. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Parhelia microarchitecture codenamed Parhelia-512.

Core clock speed - 200 MHz. Texture fill rate - 800 MTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 80 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 16 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Parhelia
Code name	Parhelia-512
Launch date	1 January 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	8.1
OpenGL	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR