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Matrox Parhelia

Specification Matrox graphics cards

Benchmark points
Parhelia OEM	Parhelia 128
700	831

Matrox Parhelia with 4x4 pipelines, 256-bit memory and DirectX 8.1 support was the fastest GPU in the world before the introducing of the ATI Radeon 9700.
First versions Parhelia OEM and Parhelia Retail had AGP 4x support, while later versions Parhelia 128 and Parhelia 256 got AGP 8x support and higher clocks.

Used cards: Expensive and not rare

Matrox Parhelia OEM
AGP 4x 128 Mb

Matrox Parhelia Retail
AGP 4x 128 Mb

Matrox Parhelia 128 - AGP 8x 128 Mb

Matrox Parhelia 256 - AGP 8x 256 Mb

Model	Ramdac	Slot	GPU			Transistors		Memory						DirectX	OpenGL
			Mhz	Pipes	Fillrate	Millions	µm	Mhz	Mb	ns	Type	bit	Bandwith
Parhelia OEM 7082-0401	400/400	AGP 4x	200	4x4x2	3200	80	.15	250	128	3.3	DDR	256	16000	8.1	1.3
Parhelia Retail 7082-0401			217		3472			271					17344
Parhelia 128 7119-0102		AGP 8x	250		4000			300		2.8			19200
Parhelia 256 7119-0102								325	256	2.5			20800

Matrox Parhelia benchmark results

Model	CrystalMark09		Quake3 Demo	3DMark 2000	3DMark 2001SE	SeriousSam FE		Aquamark3	Chameleonmark
	GDI	D2D				DirectX	OpenGL
Matrox Parhelia OEM	13467	6621	312.4	11300	8114	177.2	270.7	19190	39.36
Matrox Parhelia Retail	13995	7180	335.6	12095	8851	179.0	271.0	20717	42.78
Matrox Parhelia 128	14476	7362	385.5	14705	10012	187.9	283.5	22329	48.72
Matrox Parhelia 256	14378	7750	395.4	14870	10332	191.9	289.2	22958	48.75

Internet:

anandtech.com - Matrox's Parhelia - A Performance Paradox tomshardware.com - Parhelia wikipedia.org - Matrox Parhelia