matrix Parhelia triple monitor support :)

[Showtime]

imagine cs or rtcw or jk2 with 3 monitors. one in front and one angled toward you on both sides. as erkel(?) would say "oh momma!"
Matrix Parhelia:

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/articles.hwz?cid=3&aid=425

-jel:halo:

[attgig]

nice...
Always a matrox fan..
now only if i got an extra few hundred bucks for the card.

[Showtime]

http://www.icrontic.com/index.php?page=public/articles&articleId=201

another in depth article. their betting this card will destroy the competition. Ti4600 such a short lived victory?
come on its matrix :P
-jel:halo:

[Memo]

Yes, I read about the 3 Monitor Support. Sounds awesome, but I don't think it's something i'd ever do. CS wouldn't be able to use the 3 monitors, I dont' think the Half Life engine supports it. Quake3 Engine supports it so any game based on that should be able to use it. I hope the card is as bad ass in use as it is in text. Maybe i'll get it for my new putie this summer :)

[Speedfreak]

I thin Matrox can compete. They were a big player with one of the best voodoo cards. They had 6MB of memory instead of 4, my friend has that one (no, he is not still using it). :) They have had time to cop... err research new things since they were big in 3d.

[Merlin]

Ahhhh, multiple monitor support that will actually work. :drool:

Damn this Radeon 7500 that reboots my computer everytime I switch from dual display (used for general computing) to single display used for watching full screen video) :woo:

[Devhux]

Originally posted by Speedfreak
I thin Matrox can compete. They were a big player with one of the best voodoo cards. They had 6MB of memory instead of 4, my friend has that one (no, he is not still using it). :) They have had time to cop... err research new things since they were big in 3d.

Umm, Matrox always produced their own chips -- they never used chipsets from other vendors (like 3Dfx). Also, the only chip they made that was half decent for 3D was the G400 MAX -- and even that had some issues in terms of OpenGL performance.

I'm hoping that the Parhelia does well though. :)

[Ladogaboy]

I just hope Nvidia and AMD can get off of their butts in a hurry. That way, this Matrox card won't be sitting at $400 for long! :P

[sbp]

Originally posted by GuruX


Umm, Matrox always produced their own chips -- they never used chipsets from other vendors (like 3Dfx). Also, the only chip they made that was half decent for 3D was the G400 MAX -- and even that had some issues in terms of OpenGL performance.

I'm hoping that the Parhelia does well though. :) Matrox did use a PowerVR chip for one of its cards.

http://www.avsim.com/fsbench/vr2.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=5545
http://www.mlrfutai.demon.co.uk/gfaq/gfaq.html

[TommyBoomfiger]

Originally posted by the jello is jigglin
imagine cs or rtcw or jk2 with 3 monitors. one in front and one angled toward you on both sides. as erkel(?) would say "oh momma!"
Matrix Parhelia:

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/articles.hwz?cid=3&aid=425

-jel:halo:
im not much of an fps gamer now as i was back in junior high, but i remember how cool it was to play doom (or d2) on 3 monitors.

[coleslaw]

All three monitors would not be fully-3D-accelerated, would they? Would that be possible? Maybe at 20 FPS... :rolleyes:

[DREDD]

do not forget that drivers have ALOT to do with hardware performance...also let us not forget that while nvidia and Ati have chips in the works for fall matrox probably does not ;-\

[ApltnHkyMutt]

You must need some good cash to get a rig like this! http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/img/2002/425/battousai_playing.jpg

[Showtime]

better pic than the one i was going to use. 3 monitors= triple the fun. :P
-jel:halo:

[Showtime]

oh man, look at this big gpu heatsink and no ramsinks:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1021332234

-jel:halo:

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by the jello is jigglin
oh man, look at this big gpu heatsink and no ramsinks:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1021332234

-jel:halo:

:heh: Hope no one needs an open PCI slot!!!

[Memo]

Card looks ghetto as hell. Hope it lives up to the hype