Matrox Announces Dual Link Parhelia for HD Display under Windows
January 25, 2005
Montreal, QC - Matrox Graphics announced the Parhelia DL256 PCI, a 256 MB PCI graphics card designed to power next-generation high-resolution dual link digital flat panels, such as the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, with resolutions up to 2560 x 1600.
The Parhelia DL256 PCI graphics card enables users to connect a second VGA display or video monitor for convenient video output and multi-display flexibility as well as providing unique What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) video output plug-ins for a host of popular video editing, compositing and visual effects applications, the company describes.
The Matrox Parhelia DL256 PCI is a 64-bit, 66 MHz graphics card, compatible with all 32- and 64-bit PCI and PCI-X slots. Incorporating dual 400 MHz RAMDACs and dual TMDS transmitters, the Parhelia DL256 PCI enables dual link DVI support for resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 as well as support for an analog VGA display at resolutions up to 2048 x 1536.
An included S-video and composite video output cable combines with Matrox’s PureVideo Preview technology to provide full screen video playback to an NTSC or PAL video monitor. Bundled software includes the Matrox PowerDesk-HF utility suite, an intuitive and featur e rich interface for adjusting board-level and multi-display parameters, and WYSIWYG video output plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Discreet Combustion 3 and 3ds max, as well as NewTek LightWave 3D.
The Parhelia DL256 PCI is OpenGL and Microsoft DirectX compliant and ships with display drivers for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000.
The Matrox Parhelia DL256 PCI graphics card is available at a list price of $699.00
For more information, visit
www.matrox.com
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