Matrox Parhelia-LX videocard review

Parhelia-LX videocard released by Matrox; release date: 2 January 2002. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Parhelia microarchitecture codenamed Parhelia-LX.

Core clock speed - 250 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 80 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Parhelia
Code name	Parhelia-LX
Launch date	2 January 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	8.1
OpenGL	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR