Matrox G450 x4 MMS vs Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Comparative analysis of Matrox G450 x4 MMS and Matrox Parhelia 256 MB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Matrox G450 x4 MMS

Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox G450 x4 MMS

5.3x more texture fill rate: 4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 800 MTexel / s

Texture fill rate	4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 800 MTexel / s

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 125 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 4x 32 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 4x 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox G450 x4 MMS	Matrox Parhelia 256 MB
Essentials
Architecture	G400	Parhelia
Code name	Condor	Parhelia-512
Launch date	1 January 2001	1 January 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	125 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	10 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
API support
DirectX	6.0	8.1
OpenGL	None	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 32 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 2.656 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR