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Matrox Parhelia LX P650 vs Mainstream ATI or NVidia
I am interested with Matrox hardware, especially the Parhelia LX series. I
am looking for multi-display, crisp quality, colour calibration and good platform for multimedia creation. I have experience with ATI AIW, which are disappointing and not worth purchasing. ATI and NVidia mainstream hardware are optimised for 3D games, not video or serious photography. I would be interested to hear from people with experience using Parhelia LX series, and if possible, with former Matrox G550 (as a comparison). - FWE. |
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I don't see how a video card can have better colour calibration, there is no
difference between various 8-bit DACs. They can differ in very hi-res modes you would use on a 21" monitor, that's about it. "Frederic W. Erk" wrote in message ... I am interested with Matrox hardware, especially the Parhelia LX series. I am looking for multi-display, crisp quality, colour calibration and good platform for multimedia creation. I have experience with ATI AIW, which are disappointing and not worth purchasing. ATI and NVidia mainstream hardware are optimised for 3D games, not video or serious photography. I would be interested to hear from people with experience using Parhelia LX series, and if possible, with former Matrox G550 (as a comparison). |
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We read about the Parhelia being wonderful at 2D, and 'so so' at 3D, though
a Review at http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphi...charts-04.html makes it look useless amongst the rest. We never get a review comparing the 2D colour accuracies and functionality of the 3D gamers cards and the serious 2D cards like Matrox. Now I do graphics and want decent 2D graphics, but also I don't see why I should be denied decent 3D, especially if I am doing some of the graphics for the 3D arena ! Perhaps the days of the 3D card with pass through facility should return, Matrox Millenium and a Voodoo 2 I recall, best of both worlds and seemed sensible. Keep hearing that 3D cards are developed with little thought to 2D but would a serious graphics person spot the difference, what might those differences be ? Lets have some comments reviewers please on how they compare for 2D as well, or are they all top notch ? What visibly does the Matrox Parhelia give on a single monitor setup that makes it better at 2D than say a GeForce5959ultra ? Steve "Eric Gisin" wrote in message ... I don't see how a video card can have better colour calibration, there is no difference between various 8-bit DACs. They can differ in very hi-res modes you would use on a 21" monitor, that's about it. "Frederic W. Erk" wrote in message ... I am interested with Matrox hardware, especially the Parhelia LX series. I am looking for multi-display, crisp quality, colour calibration and good platform for multimedia creation. I have experience with ATI AIW, which are disappointing and not worth purchasing. ATI and NVidia mainstream hardware are optimised for 3D games, not video or serious photography. I would be interested to hear from people with experience using Parhelia LX series, and if possible, with former Matrox G550 (as a comparison). |
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Frederic W. Erk wrote:
I am interested with Matrox hardware, especially the Parhelia LX series. I am looking for multi-display, crisp quality, colour calibration and good platform for multimedia creation. I have experience with ATI AIW, which are disappointing and not worth purchasing. ATI and NVidia mainstream hardware are optimised for 3D games, not video or serious photography. I would be interested to hear from people with experience using Parhelia LX series, and if possible, with former Matrox G550 (as a comparison). - FWE. In short terms, I went back to my G550 from ATI. Gaming was better with the ATI, ... Niclaas. |
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Steve wrote:
We read about the Parhelia being wonderful at 2D, and 'so so' at 3D, though a Review at http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphi...charts-04.html makes it look useless amongst the rest. We never get a review comparing the 2D colour accuracies Accurate color comes from accurate calibration, which has to be done in the field with the board hooked up to the monitor with which it will be used. and functionality Define "functionality". of the 3D gamers cards and the serious 2D cards like Matrox. Now I do graphics and want decent 2D graphics, but also I don't see why I should be denied decent 3D, especially if I am doing some of the graphics for the 3D arena ! Perhaps the days of the 3D card with pass through facility should return, Matrox Millenium and a Voodoo 2 I recall, best of both worlds and seemed sensible. Keep hearing that 3D cards are developed with little thought to 2D but would a serious graphics person spot the difference, what might those differences be ? Lets have some comments reviewers please on how they compare for 2D as well, or are they all top notch ? What visibly does the Matrox Parhelia give on a single monitor setup that makes it better at 2D than say a GeForce5959ultra ? Steve "Eric Gisin" wrote in message ... I don't see how a video card can have better colour calibration, there is no difference between various 8-bit DACs. They can differ in very hi-res modes you would use on a 21" monitor, that's about it. "Frederic W. Erk" wrote in message ... I am interested with Matrox hardware, especially the Parhelia LX series. I am looking for multi-display, crisp quality, colour calibration and good platform for multimedia creation. I have experience with ATI AIW, which are disappointing and not worth purchasing. ATI and NVidia mainstream hardware are optimised for 3D games, not video or serious photography. I would be interested to hear from people with experience using Parhelia LX series, and if possible, with former Matrox G550 (as a comparison). -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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I fail to see what this review has to do with colour calibration. This is a
typical gaming test, nothing more. "Steve" wrote in message ... We read about the Parhelia being wonderful at 2D, and 'so so' at 3D, though a Review at http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphi...charts-04.html makes it look useless amongst the rest. We never get a review comparing the 2D colour accuracies and functionality of the 3D gamers cards and the serious 2D cards like Matrox. |
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I then swapped the G400MAX for the P650 and tried this for about a week
(should say that all this is on 22" iiyama CRT screens) At the end of this I noticed no real world difference at all and both had very good colours. Very interesting stuff. According to DisplayMate's website, the G400 Max is the best choice - including the GeForce 4 Ti series and Matrox Parhelia ones - for optimal display quality on CRT monitor. I am very interested to buy a G400 Max, but some users have complained about compatibility issues with new motherboards. Something to do with voltage of the AGP port. I would like to use the G400 Max on an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with Windows XP. Has anyone had problems with the G400 Max on this kind of hardware? Frederic. |
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Frederic W. Erk wrote:
I then swapped the G400MAX for the P650 and tried this for about a week (should say that all this is on 22" iiyama CRT screens) At the end of this I noticed no real world difference at all and both had very good colours. Very interesting stuff. According to DisplayMate's website, the G400 Max is the best choice - including the GeForce 4 Ti series and Matrox Parhelia ones - for optimal display quality on CRT monitor. Read the fine print--they say that to be included a product must get a good review by a magazine that uses their software to test. So that leads to the the question of how many magazines use their software and what they have tested. List doesn't seem to be very current either. I am very interested to buy a G400 Max, but some users have complained about compatibility issues with new motherboards. Something to do with voltage of the AGP port. I would like to use the G400 Max on an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with Windows XP. Has anyone had problems with the G400 Max on this kind of hardware? Frederic. -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"J. Clarke" a écrit dans le message de
... Read the fine print--they say that to be included a product must get a good review by a magazine that uses their software to test. So that leads to the the question of how many magazines use their software and what they have tested. List doesn't seem to be very current either. Yes, that is correct. Good point. Researching on Matrox, I have found some information about their problems with the Parhelia series. It is said that the card is overpriced. Its released had been postponed due to financial issues. Food for thought. Frederic. |
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I could not find information about the AGP voltage required to use a G400
Max. I suspect it is 3.3v. My Asus A7N8X requires graphic cards with 1.5v AGP. That would be really too bad. I would appreciate if someone could confirm this. Thank you! - Frederic. |
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