ATI Radeon 8500 LE vs Matrox Parhelia-LX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 8500 LE and Matrox Parhelia-LX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Matrox Parhelia-LX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Launch date	4 February 2002 vs 2 January 2002
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia-LX

2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 8500 LE	Matrox Parhelia-LX
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Parhelia
Code name	R200	Parhelia-LX
Launch date	4 February 2002	2 January 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	60 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR