Parhelia Vs RT X series

[Colin Morey]

I remember back in the marvel days the top matrox card had a Video partner, eg,
Millenium G400 and the marvel G400,

does the parhelia have the same, (and is it the RT x.100).

On a side note, how does the RT X.100 compare gaming wise to the parhelia?

Cheers,
Colin

[mmp121]

I think your getting a few things mixed up.

The RT.X10 & RT.X100 are video capture boards only.

They do not and can not (correct me if I'm wrong) act as stand alone video cards.

The Parhelia is a video card, and will not, can not act as a video capture card.

Now put the two together and I hear that they make LOVELY music together

I think some people are insinuating that sooner or later there will be a Marvel 400 equivalent card coming from MGA (Matrox Graphics).

But till then, its just a rumor

Hope this clears things up

edit : fixed a few typo's

[Pace]

Matrox have denied they will be making a consumer video Marvel type product ever again.

However, the Parhelia and either X10 or X100 will be a good combo. As noted, the RT X-series rely on you having a separate graphics card. They also utilise the CPU power for simple effects - so get a nice fast CPU to be part of that. Although this combo is much more expensive than the previous Marvels.

Check the DV forum for more.

P.

[GT98]

Matrox killed off their Marvel lines as a cost saving measure since they didnt do all that well sales wise anyway and I would venture to say they took away from develping better Pro models that they do a good busniess in !

[Colin Morey]

ah I understand now, ho hum, i was looking for a good combo, but i'm not all that upset, i'm still getting a parhelia, (most likely when scan actually have it on their today only page and i can get across to them