Matrox Parhelia PCI videocard review

Parhelia PCI 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	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI-X
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