Matrox Parhelia 256 MB vs NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO

Comparative analysis of Matrox Parhelia 256 MB and NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO 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 256 MB

NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

500x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox Parhelia 256 MB	NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Parhelia	Celsius
Code name	Parhelia-512	NV15 A5
Launch date	1 January 2001	5 December 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.1	7.0
OpenGL	1.5	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR