Matrox Parhelia 128 MB vs Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Comparative analysis of Matrox Parhelia 128 MB 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 Parhelia 128 MB

Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox Parhelia 128 MB	Matrox Parhelia 256 MB
Essentials
Architecture	Parhelia	Parhelia
Code name	Parhelia-512	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	200 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.5	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR