Matrox Parhelia

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Hi All,I am considering purchasing a Matrox Parhelia video card. It is supposed to provide 3 monitor support and the companies web site specifically cites support for FS 2002. Does anyone have any direct experieince using this video card in FS2002? How does it run, what kind of fps can be expected? Any info would be appriciated. Thanks

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Don't do it. It's that simple, the Parhelia needs lots of set up and you will be disppointed with the FPS. Three monitors are great but a the resulting slide show kinda spoils it! Go for a Ti4600 or a ATI 9700 especially now the prices are coming down!Happy flying!

[Ray Proudfoot]

I visited Pete Dowson who has the Parhelia and has it connected to three 15" TFT screens. The view is impressive even though resolution is limited to 1920*480 (640 * 3 screens). Pete has a further two TFT screens showing Project Magenta panels.There's no doubt the Parhelia is ground-breaking technology but you do need space, money and a degree of knowledge to set everything up.I would suggest you buy a more conventional card such as the Ti4600. I use one and am more than happy with the results on a 19" Iiyama Pro454 running at 1280*960*32-bit colour at 85Hz.Cheers,