Hai all
 
It has been a long time since I posted something new here, well not much has changed as the systems I build don't need much of any upgrades, but here some new pics of my setups and what hangs above them 21 StarWars Starfighters + 4 G.I.Joes all 25 units ranging from 1977 to 2007 And yeps this is also my bedroom, made it my ultimate man cave
 
Here some new pics of my current network at home


Blue-Leader SMP 2009
Dual 6-Core AMD OpteronDP 2435 D0 Istanbul 12x 2.6Ghz
Supermicro H8DAE-2 NVIDIA NForce 3600 Professional Chipset
4x 4096MB PC2-6400 ECC Reg Kingston Value Ram
Supermicro SIM LP-B IPMI 2.0 16MB Card Rev.3.01 0907
NVIDIA 2-Way SLI:
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2110
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2010
Realtek ALC883 7.1 OnBoard HD Audio

Firefox SMP 2006
Dual 2-Core AMD OpteronDP 285 E6 Italy 4x 2.6Ghz
ASUS K8N-DL NVIDIA NForce 2200 Professional Chipset
4x 2048MB PC-3200 ECC Reg Dual Rank Micron Tech, Dual Channel DDR400 per Dual Core CPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1280MB 320Bit GDDR5 Rev.A2 5009 Engineering Sample with GeForce Led Logo in Function!
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 PCI 64MB XRAM

Valkyrie SMP 2014
Dual 12-Core AMD OpteronMP 6180 SE D1 Mangy Cours, 24x 2.5Ghz
Supermicro H8DG6-F Dual AMD SR5690 / SP5100 Chipsets
4x 4096MB + 4x 8192MB PC3-12800 ECC Reg HP Server Ram with Samsung & Hynix BGA Chips
Sapphire Nitro+ OC AMD Radeon RX 480 PCI-E 8192MB 256Bit GDDR5
Auzentech X-Fi Bravura 7.1 PCI-E


On the floor are left to right:

Gradinko SMP 2000
Dual Intel Pentium!!!/EB 1000Mhz Coppermine, 2x 1Ghz
ABiT VP6 Raid Ver 1.0
4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Reg CL2.5 HP / Micron Crucial
Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB 256Bit DDR Rev.A 0105 @ AGP x4
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB 256Bit SDR Rev.A1 2900 [in practical 2x 32MB 128Bit SDR]
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX

Sveta SMP 2004
Dual AMD OpteronMP 850 CG Sledgehammer Server CPU's, 2x 2.4Ghz
MSI MS-9130 K8T Master2 FAR, VIA K8T 800
2x 1024MB PC-3200 ECC Reg Kingston Value Ram
HIS Radeon HD 3850 ICEQ3 Turbo AGP 512MB 256Bit GDDR3 Rev.A1 0806
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB 256Bit SDR Rev.A1 2900 + PC Bios 1.18_LCD [In Practical 2x 32MB 128Bit SDR]
Realtek AC97 Onboard 8.1 Surround Audio

At night they look like this


My room does this:


And these hang above them

Gold Squad:


Raven Squad:


Dagger Squad:

 
Valkyrie SMP 2014
Dual 12-Core AMD OpteronMP 6180 SE D1 Mangy Cours, 24x 2.5Ghz, 2x 12MB L3
Supermicro H8DG6-F Dual AMD SR5690 / SP5100 Chipsets
4x 4GB + 4x 8GB PC3-12800 ECC Reg HP Server Ram with Samsung & Hynix BGA Chips 24GB Quad Channel DDR3-1600 @ 1333 Per CPU
2x Noctua NH-U9DO A3's
1x Sapphire Nitro+ OC AMD Radeon RX 480 PCI-E 8192MB 256Bit GDDR5
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCI-E 64MB XRAM
2x Intel 2Gigabit Lan Jacks
1x Nuvoton IPMI 2.0 / 1Gigabit Lan Jack
1x Corsair Force3 240GB SATA III SSD
1x Plextor PX-B950SA BR-RW Single Layer, Dual Layer & DR-3D BR-RW Supported
Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000B
Lian Li W-X2000B Side Window Kit
SeaSononic Platrinum-X 1000 Watt 100% Modular PSU
Hewlett Packard ZR24w 24" S-IPS Panel - 16:10 Aspect Ratio - Max Resolution: 1920 x 1200 x32 @ 60 Herz
 
Windows 7 Pro x64 UK + SP1
AMD Catalyst-Omega 16.12.1 Beta
 
Here the system:

 


And here the night glow :)



 Boot screen:

 
Specs of CPU & GPGPU + Task & Device Managers:

 
Blue-Leader SMP 2009
2x Six-Core AMD OpteronDP 2435 D0 Istanbul CPU's, 12x 2.6Ghz, 12x 512KB L2, 2x 6MB L3
2x ASUS Triton 70 for Socket 939/F with 1x 92mm x 92mm x25mm fans
Supermicro H8DAE-2 NVIDIA NForce 3600 Pro, MCP 550 Pro & IO55
4x 4096MB PC2-6400 ECC Reg Kingston Value Ram, Dual Channel DDR2-800 per Quad Core CPU
Supermicro SIM LP-B IPMI 2.0 16MB Card Rev.3.01 0907
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5's in 2-Way SLI
Realtek ALC883 7.1 OnBoard HD Audio
1x Intel 320 SSD 120GB/64MB Cache Boot Disk [Upgrade on The Way]
Plextor PX-820A Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer 12x/8x UATA-133
4x Western Digital 500GB/32MB Cache Raid Edition3 24/7 Series in RAID 0 1.81TB Storage Disk
2x Broadcom 1000 MBit Ethernet RJ45 Lan Jacks
Antec True Power Quatto 1000 Watt EPS12V + 2.3V
Lian Li PC-A7010 Black Server Case
Lian Li W-75BP Side Window Panel
Hewlett Packard ZR24w 24" S-IPS Panel - 16:10 Aspect Ratio - Max Resolution: 1920 x 1200 x32 @ 60 Hertz

Windows 7 Pro x64 UK + SP1
NVIDIA Forceware 347.52 WHQL
 
Here pics of Blue-Leader SMP 2009::

 
Side Shot:

 
Closeup

 
Boot Screen:

 
Specs of CPU & GPGPU + Task & Device Managers

 
 
Firefox SMP 2006
2x Dual Core AMD OpteronDP 285 E6 Italy Server CPU's, 4x 2.6Ghz, 4x 1MB L2
2x Scythe Shuriken Heatsink with 2x Enermax 92mm x 92mm x25mm White Ledded Twister fans for the CPU's
ASUS K8N-DL NVIDIA NForce 2200 Professional chipset
4x 2048MB PC-3200 ECC Reg Dual Rank Micron Tech, Dual Channel DDR400 per Dual Core CPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1280MB 320Bit GDDR5 Rev.A2 5009 Engineering Sample with GeForce Led Logo in Function!
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 PCI 64MB XRAM
Sony 3.5" FDD Drive
NEC ND-2500A DVD Re-Writer 8x/4x UATA-133
Western Digital 300GB/16MB Cache Velociraptor 10.000 RPM HDD
Western Digital 2TB/64MB Cache RAID Edition 4 Data Center Series 7.200 RPM HDD (Storage)
Broadcom 1000 MBit Ethernet RJ45 Lan Jack
Silver Stone Strider Plus 850 WATT Modular PSU
Lian Li PC-7FN Midi Tower
Lian-Li W-LM2AB-1 Black Side Window Panel
2x 30 cm Blue CCFL's from Sharkoon
2x 30 cm Green CCFL's from Sharkoon
1x Blue Ledded Lian Li 120mm x 120mm x25mm Front Fan
1x Red /Blue /Green Ledded Antec Tri-Cool 120mm x 120mm x25mm Rear Fan
Hewlett Packard ZR24w 24" S-IPS Panel - 16:10 Aspect Ratio - Max Resolution: 1920 x 1200 x32 @ 60 Herz
 
Win7Pro x64 UK + SP1
NVIDIA ForceWare 258.96 Beta4


Here pics of Firefox SMP 2006:

 
Side:

 
GTX 480 ES Closeup:

 
Side closeup:

 
Bootup of GTX 480 ES:

Note the white boarder, very typical with NVIDIA Engineering Samples.
 
Boot Screen:

 
Specs of CPU & GPGPU + Task & Device Managers:

 
Here are my 4 Retro builds and they all are functional as well
 
Sveta SMP 2004
2x Uni Core AMD OpteronMP 850 CG Sledgehammer Server CPU's, 2x 2.4Ghz,2x 1MB L2
MSI MS-9130 K8T Master2 FAR, VIA K8T 800
2x 1GB PC-3200 ECC Reg Kingston Value Ram
HIS Radeon HD 3850 ICEQ3 Turbo AGP 512MB 256Bit GDDR3 Rev.A1 0806
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB 256Bit SDR Rev.A1 2900 + PC Bios 1.18_LCD [In Practical 2x 32MB 128Bit SDR]
Realtek AC97 Oboard 8.1 Surround Audio
Samsug 3.5" FDD Drive
Plextor PlexWriter PX-48/24/48A CD ReWriter 48x/24x
Creative DVD-Rom 12 Speed 12x
Western Digital Caviar 250GB/8MB Cache 7200 rpm HDD
Broadcom 1000 MBit Ethernet RJ45 Lan Jack
Intel Pro 100 S Desktop Adapter
Enermax Modu82+ 525 Watt EPS12V + 2.3V
Blue Ledded Antex Tri-Cool 80mm x 80mm x 25mm Side Fans
Green Ledded Antec Tri-Cool 120mm x 120mm x 25mm Front Fan
Addtronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower
Compaq S710 17" CRT, Aspec Ratio's 4:3 & 5:4 - Max Resolution: 1280 x 1024 x32 @ 60 Herz - Recommended Resolution: 1024 x 768 x 32 @ 85 Herz
 
 
Windows XP Professional USA + Service Pack 3
ATi Catalyst 8.04 WHQL
SFFT Alpha 41 Modified by ps47 for PC Flashed 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh

Here some pics of Sveta SMP 2004:


Side:


Side closeup:

 
Sveta 2002
AMD AthlonXP 2700+ Thoroughbred-B
2167Mhz ,333Mhz FSB, 256KB L2
EPoX EP-8K3A+ with the VIA Apollo KT-333 Chipset
1x 1GB Corsair PC3200 XMS Platinum @ PC-2700
1x 1GB Kingston PC 3200 Hyper-X @ PC-2700
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB Rev.A 2500
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum + Live Drive
1x Seagate Baracuda V 120GB 7200 rpm HDD
1x NEC 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive
NEC 16x/40x DVD/CD ReWriter.
HIPRO 300 Watt PSU

Win2K Pro UK + SP4
SFFT Alpha 41 Modified by ps47, need this driver so the V5 works in DXX-Rebirth


 




Stealth 2001
Intel Pentium 4 2.00Ghz Willamette Socket 423, 256KB L2, 400Mhz FSB
ASUS P4T Rev. 1.07 0135 With Intel i850 Chipset & AGP Pro 50 x4
2x 256MB PC-800-45 ECC Rambus Samsung Original
2x 128MB PC-800-45 Non-ECC Rambus Samsung Original
Leadtek WinFast A250 TD Ultra AGP 128MB 128Bit DDR Rev.A 0208 [Year 2002, Week 08]
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
3-Com 3C905C TX-M 10/1000MBit Ethernet Card
Sweex 5 Ports USB 2.0 PCI Card, 4 External, 1 Internal
Enermax Modu 82 525 Watt PSU
A-Open H600-B ATX Case
 
Windows XP Professional USA + Service Pack 3
NVIDIA Forceware 84.21 WHQL
 
Here pics of Stealth 2001:

 
Side:

 
Gradinko SMP 2000
2x Intel Pentium!!!/EB 1Ghz Coppermine, 2x 256KB L2
ABiT VP6 Raid Ver 1.0
4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Reg CL2.5 HP / Micron Crucial
Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB 256Bit DDR Rev.A 0105 @ AGP x4
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB 256Bit SDR Rev.A1 2900 [in practical 2x 32MB 128Bit SDR]
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX
Intel Pro/1000 MT Fast Ethernet Adapter
ASUS NEC 5 ported USB 2.0 PCI 32 bit card
1x Seagate Barracuda V 10+ 80 GB 7200 rpm Ultra ATA 133 HDD @ Ultra ATA 100
1x NEC DVD-RW ND 1300A Ultra ATA 100
Addtronics 7896A Server Tower
Antec True Power 550P EPS 12V + 2.3V 550Wat PSU + External Molex
Samsung SyncMaster 943
Compaq S710 17" CRT

Windows XP Professional USA + Service Pack 3
Matrox Parhelia Power Desk Drivers August 05, 2007
SFFT Alpha 41 Modified by ps47 for 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI


Here pics of Gradinko SMP 2000:



 


Avenger M99
Intel Pentium !!!/E 650Mhz S.E.C.C. II Slot 1
EPoX EP-BX3 Ver 1.1 Intel BX 440 Chipset
3x 128MB PC-100 Samsung Original
ATi Rage 128 Ultra AGP 32MB 64it SDR
Quantum3D Obsidian2 X24 PCI 24MB 384 Bit EDO [Inpractical 6x 4MB 64Bit]
Intel Pro 100 S Desktop Adapter
Packard Bell / Philips FM/AM Radio Card 8 Bit ISA
Creative Labs CT4390 AWE64 Gold 16Bit ISA 8MB
Sony 3.5" Floppy Drive
LG DVD RAM/CD RW Drive 16x/8x/40x/24x
1x Maxtor Diamond Max 9+ 40GB HDD 7200 rpm
1x Maxtor Diamond Max 9+ 25GB HDD 7200 rpm
A-Open 350 Watt PSU
FKI FK-6043 ATX Case
Compaq S710 17" CRT, I use 1024 x 768 x32 @ 85 Herz,
Images show my older iiyama Vision Master Pro 452, 19" CRT, this one died, so back to the old Compaq rofl  :topmodel:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional UK + Service Pack 4 & Roll Up 1 For Service Pack 4
Quantum3D Obsidian2 drivers for win2K by x-3dfx's "Archangel" aka Anthony
DirectX 9.0c


 



 
Anyways this is my Yearly update, no more upgrades planned yet, maybe the R9 390X and two GTX 980's it is on my favourite's list for now, anyways I just wanted to make this new thread to show you all what beauties i still have functional here old mid aged to fairly new it all works for me :)
 
Sorry for being away so long, I just had a lot of things on my mind, but I came back since I really missed you people.

Thanks for sharing Gold Leader!  Pretty cool lab/mancave setup.  I'm hoping to finally set up a space like that in my home.  Being in the military keeps me from really investing in a space to set up in that fashion since I am always moving.  As soon as everything comes out of the box it's time again to pack it up it seems. I really like how you have kept all of your rigs over the years as well.  It's pretty cool to see them still running.

Just updated the main post, added my last build, I hope to add more I may do a Skulltrail fun build some time later this year with Dual X5492's :)
So Stay Tuned :)

 
Awesome build.        

Well since yesterday I have been working with that Dual P3/EB 1Ghz and it's Legendary Matrox Parhelia AGP 268MB 256Bit DDR, and I got Reef Demo working and even today it looks awesome
The Parhelia 512 GPU uses HDM, which is short for High Displacement Mapping, this technology is the predecessor of Tessellation, which is widely used on today's GPU's from  AMD & NVIDIA

This card added Surround Gaming over 3 Monitors and 6 Monitors if a Parhelia PCI-X 256MB was added
This feature was named Surround Gaming
Kind of funny that NVIDIA calls it the same xD Yet Matrox had this back in 2002 with their Parhelia AGP 128MB to begin with
The Parhelia AGP 256MB, Parhelia PCI-X 256MB and Parhelia PCI-E 128MB were all released later in 2003.
 
The following setups were possible:
 
Parhelia AGP/PCI-E 128MB + Parhelia AGP/PCI-X 256MB does
3x 1280x 1024 or 2x 1920 x 1200 in 2D & 3D with 16.8 Million & 1Billion Colors.

Parhelia AGP 256MB + Parhelia PCI-X 256MB does:
6x 1280x 1024 or 4x 1920 x 1200 in 2D & 3D with 16.8 Million & 1Billion Colors.
The Parhelia PCI-X 256 MB allowed the system to add the extra Monitors, this made the setup as fast as one card using 3 x 1280 x1024 & 2x 1920 x1200, only with double the monitors

The Parhelia PCI-X 256MB was connected to the Parhelia AGP 256MB via that white 9 pin connector top left:

Here some more pics of this Parhelia  AGP 256MB:
 
Rear:


Headshot:


Top Angled:

 
Rear Angled:

Here the system with the Parhelia in place after I exchanged the PSU as well, an Enermax EG365 VE


Here a closeup of the Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB and the Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB:

 
Parhelia's also added Displacement Mapping which is a vital part of Tessellation, Parhelia's were also hybrid GPU's, Half DX 9.0a & Half DX 8.1
They have Vertex Shader 2.0 and Pixel Shader 1.3.

The Matrox Reef Demo showed this very well to it's true functions as the fish and Sharks went.



















 











 
And there you go, the Fish look lifelike even today, the Parhelia 512 was released in 2002
 
This is my first 2CPU system, I built it on January 28, 2000, back then it had a 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 4999
It's 16 years and 8 months old and still going on strong, the Parhelia AGP 256MB replaced the 128MB Model that I bought in 2005, the Parhelia AGP 256MB DDR I bought in 2008 together with the 4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Reg which my dad got me :) Just to give this system a longer lifespan, as being my best retro system ever
The thing is, is that we need a 3rd player for gaming GPU's to give even more market competition & GPU competition, here by I still hope for Matrox making a comeback, only downside they don't make their own GPU's anymore they use AMD GCN GPU's instead, but this can always change once they would ever make this move, it is never too late to take part on such things, Matrox has been around since 1976, they are the oldest VGA card company still alive so GG for them there.
 
Later on this week I will test some more games with this unique VGA card, just to see what it can do, other just than it's own Reef Tech Demo, Stay Tuned for more 
 

rjohnson11
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Those old systems you build bring back a lot of great memories.

Many thanks for your kind comment rjohnson11
 
And yeaps they do indeed, it's the idea behind it renovate and preserve and keep them running that is my main goal anyways I mostly play retro games so a system like this Dual P3 does just fine.
 

Here something interesting I also found, when it comes to GigaBit Color mode goes:
 
Parhelia's can do 1 Billion Colors display mode  alongside 16.8Million to which conventional cards can only do 16.7 Million colors  when it comes to all High True Color display modes 24 and 32 Bit.
Well that is what I got from it, Parhelia's can do GigaColor in2D and 3D, a feature other GPU's just can only dream of doing well at the time anyways all this does is boost image quality by a large margin, something Matrox was infamous for.
 
As Monitors go SVGA CRT's have better image quality than TN flat Panels although HS-IPS & S-PVA Panels  beat SVGA CRT's by a small margin when it comes to displaying true colors. I use two HP ZR24w HS-IPS 24" Flat Panels and a Compaq S710 17" SVGA CRT
 
The Parhelia can display 16.8 Million colors by default in 16, 24 and 32Bt Desktop and 3D modes  but it also can do that with 1 Billion colors mode aka GigaColor.
This all has nothing to do with 16 / 24 / 32 Bit Color desktop/game color modes.  GigaColor is a tech only the Parhelia has which Improves Image quality my a large margin yet little loss of performance.
 
 
"Display controller component supports 10-bit color frame buffer (called "Gigacolor") with 10-bit 400M Hz RAMDACs on 2 RGB ports and 230 MHz RAMDAC on TV encoder port, which was an improvement over its competitors. The frame buffer is in RGBA (10:10:10:2) format, and supports full gamma correction. Dual link TMDS is supported via external controller connected to the digital interface.
To further improve analog image quality, 5th order low-pass filters are used."
 
Normal graphics cards only support 8Bit color frame buffers. and they lack 5th order low pass filters.
 
This page also describes GigaColor at it's best:
 
 
With regard to 24-bit True Color display, the latest graphics cards limit themselves to 16,777,216 simultaneously displayed colors (256³). For each value of red, green and blue in the VGA signal, there are 8 bits per value available. A green tone can therefore be displayed in 256 different intensities. By comparison, Parhelia is capable of displaying each channel in 10-bit, which means that 1,073,741,824 colors can be displayed simultaneously - this is 64 times more than the standard cards. Matrox calls this mode "GigaColor".
Those who think that their own graphics card can do the same, merely because the Desktop menu shows that you can set the color depth to 32-bit as well as 24-bit, are gravely mistaken. The additional 8 bits are not used for color display, but can contain alpha information instead.

This feature is particularly useful for graphic designers. Thanks to a special Matrox plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, images with more than 8-bit per channel color information (for instance, from high-quality scanners or digital cameras) can be read with 10-bit per channel. Some games can also be displayed with better color depth already, and without loss in performance. In the future, the GigaGolor option should also be included directly in games. For this purpose, Parhelia allows 10-bit source textures to be processed.
 
Source:
http://www.tomshardw...lia,465-10.html
I can't explain it better as I know myself but I know the difference and it's quite large to be honest
 
Here some test results I got so far btw of a game that was actually never properly tested witha Matrox Parhelia of any kind :)
 
After Testing Far Cry 1.33, the inside locations rendered fine but the outside locations were Light blue pre-rendered base textures, patch 1.4 only made things worse.
Here some screenshots I took when Iran the game @ 1024 x 768 x32 in High Details:

Inside locations look like this with patch 1.4:


Outside locations it's graphical rendering errors galore, only the skybox rendered fine:


Underwater tends to be better:


Well sometimes this tends to happen, as the player's gun goes:


With FC 1.33 the inside locations rendered fine , but the outside locations were still messed up just as with 1.4.

The Drivers I am using are :

Matrox Power Desk 1.6.0.99, Which you can see here:


If there is a new driver, I am will to give that a go, any time.

After reading this:
https://support.ubi....o-Desktop-PC-FC

"If you have a Matrox Parhelia video card, make sure you have the latest drivers installed. You can get these drivers from http://www.matrox.com.

Set all the graphic options in the game to 'LOW'

Try editing the system.cfg file in the game directory (C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Crytek\Far Cry) and change a few settings:

e_overlay_geometry = "0"
r_WaterReflections = "0"
r_WaterRefractions = "0"

Try launching the game directly from the executable file (.exe) within the game folder instead of using the auto-run menu or game shortcut."
 
After installing the Parhelia 2006 drivers which is this version:

Matrox Power Desk 1.12.0.110


Here the results with this driver with Far Cry 1.0, a fresh re-installation of the game was of need, because the Blue crap happened again lel

Inside the textures did seem fine, yet the water did look too blue for my doings.
The resolution I used was 1024 x 768 x32 @ Very High Game settings.
This worked fine and gave the same exact effect as on the lowest settings, gameplay was decent and doable:

***Update***

All drivers for Parhelia have been archived on my dropbox page, I have linked each and every driver version in the post just below this post with the correct and accurate namings.
This should prevent us Parhelia users looking for that one driver we need, we have a choice too now, always nice to have these hyper linked.
If I do find other drivers I will add them to my archive, if any of you have any other drivers that are not listed, feel free to post them so I can archive those as well  8)

Matrox Parhelia  Driver Archive:

nt4_101_00 | September - 09 - 2002:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 09 - 2002.rar

2kxp_105_00_107 | September - 10 - 2003:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 10 - 2003.rar

2kxp_106_beta_dx9 | February  - 02 - 2004:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 02 - 2004.rar

2kxp_109_01_014_hf | April - 22 - 2005:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 22 - 2005.rar

xp2k_111_00_114_hf_whql | December - 22 - 2005:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 22 - 2005.rar

xp2k_112_00_110_se_u | August - 08 - 2006:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 08 - 2006.rar

xp2k_113_00_158_hf_whql | March - 05 - 2007
https://dl.dropboxus...- 05 - 2007.rar

xddm32_213_03_002_se_u_whql | June - 18 - 2010:
https://dl.dropboxus...- 18 - 2010.rar

And there you go 

This post from Tweakstone was also helpful:
Neues Matrox Parhelia System / IDE Probleme / Asus A7V333 Rev 2.0
Yet he has used drivers I have not found as of yet, so I will keep looking for those as well.

Matrox Parhelia Tech Demo Archive:

Matrox Parhelia Reef Demo 1.0
https://dl.dropboxus...ef Demo 1.0.rar

Matrox Parhelia Reef Demo 1.1 Patch
https://dl.dropboxus...o 1.1 Patch.rar

Matrox Parhelia Bios Software & Utilities:

Matrox Bios Software Version 2.00.04.03
https://dl.dropboxus... 2.00.04.03.rar
 
The Parhelia AGP x8 256MB is from 2003, as where the 128MB AGP x4 Universal is from 2002.
Between the two is about one year in difference, main differences is the AGP x8 support of the 128MB Model and the double sized VRAM buffer and a new Revision of the P512 GPU.

It should not really matter what Parhelia you have driver wise, so yeah I am really willing to try that Driver out you two tested and used
If either of you have this driver would it be possible for me to give them a go?
Just upload them to dropbox or any other service you guys have, if that is okay hehe

As Parhelia AGP 256MB's go they do pop up on ebay every now and then, they are not cheap but then again, they are worth having, well imo anyways
My new goal is to collect all the different Parhelia VGA cards They deserve more luv'n imo

Here are the other Parhelia PCI-X card models and also more about that 9 pinned white Connector to connect to a AMG x8 model to a PCI-X version of the card to allows 4x 1920x 1200 & 6x 1280x 1024

So here is where I found out:

Joined graphics card mode enables an additional Matrox DualHead** or TripleHead† graphics solution to work in tandem in one system to drive up to four displays
http://www.matrox.co...lia/parhelia256

And I think this has to do with it:
Optional upgrades

* Matrox ASM (Advanced Synchronization Module) for synchronization with video input or other Matrox graphics cards

These are the cards you can use the ASM method to connect with:

Matrox QID Pro [A Parhelia PCI-X 256MB variant]
http://www.matrox.co..._series/qidpro/


Matrox Parhelia DL256
http://www.matrox.co...rheliadl256pci/


Matrox Parhelia HR256
http://www.matrox.co.../parheliahr256/


Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT
http://www.matrox.co...iaprecisionsdt/


And last but not least, these two

Matrox Parhelia PCI 256MB
http://www.matrox.co.../?productTabs=1


Matrox Parhelia Precision SGT
http://www.matrox.co...iaprecisionsgt/


These cards do have this as hintful info as well

As extra info this does explain the multi card support:

Supported multi-card configurations

* Parhelia Precision SDT
* Parhelia Precision SDT + Parhelia PCI 256MB
* Parhelia Precision SDT + Parhelia DL256 PCI
* Parhelia Precision SDT + Parhelia 256MB (AGP)

Optional upgrades

* Matrox ASM (Advanced Synchronization Module) for synchronization with video input or other Matrox graphics cards
 
Stay tuned for more

rjohnson11
You did a lot of work in post number 15. Good job there!

Thankies rjohnson11
 
This is a lot of fun though, it's like exploring the lesser known things of what this card can actually do, as I did with many of my 3dfx Voodoo5 Engineering Samples back in the day I had those.
I kind of missed doing this and now doing this again brings me back to that place I actually miss a lot, so expect a lot more coming from me
Plenty of games to test still, I'll also update that archive if anything else comes by

dillon
good! I love the old school builds . very cool

Hey many thanks man, this is a lot of fun too I hope to bring more of these legends alive man

stalinx20
I spent about 15 minutes going through that article. Makes a nice story.

Hey nice, well I hope it was a nice read as well, I don't really measure the FPS it's more to see what the Parhelia can do render wise, still trying to figure out why Far Cry doesn't render normally since it does work fine with a Geforce4 Ti-4600 also a DX 8.1 GPU it uses the infamous NV25 GPU, the Parhelia is Fully DX 8.1 Pixel Shader 1.4 & Vertex Shader 1.4 support and half DX 9.0a as Vertex Shader 2.0 goes.
So Yeah I would of expected the water to be rendered just fine, but it seems Matrox never made full support for Cry Engine with their driver packages for the Parhelia, so I guess that kind of caused my little setback there.
 
Finding out such things is fun, it's just very time consuming, as for driver issues had tons of those, it's all part of the package really

That's cool Gold Leader. It's nice to see you around again!

Hey all some lovely setups here

Well I changed my room setup and added the Dual XeonMP Gallatin 3Ghz to the CLUBNET network

Left to Right:
Blue-Leader SMP 2009 ( Minecraft Server) | Firefox SMP 2006 (File Server & Network Maintenance System) | Valkyrie SMP 2014 (FLoFF/LoD PCE Server)


Foreground:
Sveta SMP 2003 (Midi/Audio Sound System) + 1995 Roland E-14 Keyboard


All them lights lit up!


Here from the other side viewing all four Duallies


Here the specs of all 4 systems in use:
Blue-Leader SMP 2009

2x 6-Core AMD OpteronDP 2435 D0 Istanbul CPU's, 12x 2.6Ghz, 12x 512KB L2, 2x 6MB L3
2x ASUS Triton 70 for Socket 939/F with 1x 92mm x 92mm x25mm fans
Supermicro H8DAE-2 NVIDIA NForce 3600 Pro, MCP 550 Pro & IO55
4x 4096MB PC2-6400 ECC Reg Kingston Value Ram, Dual Channel DDR2-800 per Quad Core CPU
Supermicro SIM LP-B IPMI 2.0 16MB Card Rev.3.01 0907
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2110
Realtek ALC883 7.1 OnBoard HD Audio
1x Intel 320 SSD 120GB/64MB Cache Boot Disk [Upgrade on The Way]
Plextor PX-820A Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer 12x/8x UATA-133
4x Western Digital 500GB/32MB Cache Raid Edition3 24/7 Series in RAID 0 1.81TB Storage Disk
2x Broadcom 1000 MBit Ethernet RJ45 Lan Jacks
Antec True Power Quatto 1000 Watt EPS12V + 2.3V
Lian Li PC-A7010 Black Server Case
Lian Li W-75BP Side Window Panel
Hewlett Packard ZR24w 24" S-IPS Panel - 16:10 Aspect Ratio
Max Resolution & Refresh Rate: 1920 x 1200 x32 @ 60 Hertz

Windows 7 Pro x64 UK + SP1
NVIDIA Forceware 347.52 WHQL

Firefox SMP 2006

2x Dual Core AMD OpteronDP 285 E6 Italy Server CPU's, 4x 2.6Ghz, 4x 1MB L2
2x Scythe Shuriken Heatsink with 2x Enermax 92mm x 92mm x25mm White Ledded Twister fans for the CPU's
ASUS K8N-DL NVIDIA NForce 2200 Professional chipset
4x 2048MB PC-3200 ECC Reg Dual Rank Micron Tech, Dual Channel DDR400 per Dual Core CPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1280MB 320Bit GDDR5 Rev.A2 5009 Engineering Sample with GeForce Led Logo in Function!
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 PCI 64MB XRAM
Sony 3.5" FDD Drive
NEC ND-2500A DVD Re-Writer 8x/4x UATA-133
Western Digital 300GB/16MB Cache Velociraptor 10.000 RPM HDD
Western Digital 2TB/64MB Cache RAID Edition 4 Data Center Series 7.200 RPM HDD (Storage)
Broadcom 1000 MBit Ethernet RJ45 Lan Jack
Silver Stone Strider Plus 850 WATT Modular PSU
Lian Li PC-7FN Midi Tower
Lian-Li W-LM2AB-1 Black Side Window Panel
2x 30 cm Blue CCFL's from Sharkoon
2x 30 cm Green CCFL's from Sharkoon
1x Blue Ledded Lian Li 120mm x 120mm x25mm Front Fan
1x Red /Blue /Green Ledded Antec Tri-Cool 120mm x 120mm x25mm Rear Fan
Samsung SyncMaster 943S 19" TN Panel - 16:10 Aspect Ratio
Max Resolution & Refresh Rate: 1440 x 900 x32 @ 75 Hertz

Win7Pro x64 UK + SP1
NVIDIA ForceWare 258.96 Beta4

Valkyrie SMP 2014

2x 12-Core AMD OpteronMP 6180 SE D1 Mangy Cours, 24x 2.5Ghz, 2x 12MB L3
Supermicro H8DG6-F Dual AMD SR5690 / SP5100 Chipsets
4x 4GB + 4x 8GB PC3-12800 ECC Reg HP Server Ram with Samsung & Hynix BGA Chips 24GB Quad Channel DDR3-1600 @ 1333 Per CPU
2x Noctua NH-U9DO A3's
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2010
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCI-E 64MB XRAM
2x Intel 2Gigabit Lan Jacks
1x Nuvoton IPMI 2.0 / 1Gigabit Lan Jack
1x Corsair Force3 240GB SATA III SSD
1x Plextor PX-B950SA BR-RW Single Layer, Dual Layer & DR-3D BR-RW Supported
Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000B
Lian Li W-X2000B Side Window Kit
SeaSononic Platrinum-X 1000 Watt 100% Modular PSU
Hewlett Packard ZR24w 24" S-IPS Panel - 16:10 Aspect Ratio
Max Resolution & Refresh Rate: 1920 x 1200 x32 @ 60 Hertz

Windows 7 Pro x64 UK + SP1
NVIDIA ForceWare 378.49 WHQL


Sveta SMP 2003

2x Intel Xeon MP 3Ghz HT, 2 Cores / 4 Threads @ 3Ghz, 2x 512KB L2, 2x 4MB L3
2x VERAX Polargate Copper Coolers for Socket 603
4x 512MB PC-800-40ns ECC Kingston Server RDRAM
Supermicro P4DCE+II Intel i860 chipset
ASUS V9999 GT AGP 256MB 256Bit GDDR3 Rev.A1 0514 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT AGP
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 7200 rpm HDD
Mitsubishi Electronics LS-120 Super Floppy Drive
Plextor PlexWriter PX-48/24/48A CD/RW
Creative Labs 12x/40x DVD/CD Rom Drive
Enermax Modu 82+ 525 Watt PSU
Addtronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower
Compaq S710 17" Black Shade CRT Monitor - 4:3 Aspect Ratio
Max Resolution & Refresh Rate: 1280 x 1024 x32 @ 60 Hertz
Recommended Resolution & Refreshrate: 1024 x 768 x32 @ 85 Hertz

Windows XP Pro UK + SP3
NVIDIA ForceWare 84.21 WHQL for the ASUS GF 6800 GT AGP 256MB GDDR3

Sleinous
loving the setup!

Hey thanks Sleinous 
Good to see ya around bud   Sorry for no new upgrades yet, just not ready for that yet, the GTX 480's are doing a fine job for todays things, that for 7 year old relics, Iam pretty impressed on how the GTX 480 handles things

Hey thanks man! 
 
Well I have something new coming my way and finally I can replace my 7 year old EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1.5GB 385Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2010 with one of these:
 
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Elite Red Edition iCX PCI-E 11GB 352Bit GDDR5X Rev.A1 xx17
https://eu.evga.com/produ...aspx?pn=11G-P4-6796-KR
More detailed tech specs here:
https://www.techpowerup.c...tw3-elite-w-icx-cooler

 
I choose the Red Edition,as tribute to my EVGA GeForce GTX 295 Red Editions from 2009

 
More pics will be coming and a new topic since this is something new from my end, just a little preview here so you guys know something new is finally coming from my end as well
 
Still gotta find out what it's PCB Date is, I am sure it was made somewhere around Week 12 a 20 of 2017, as being EVGA's brand new iCX model.
Also it has the NVIDIA GP102-300-K1-A1 GPGPU sporting 3584 Pascal CUDA Cores a whopping 1024 more than the GTX 1080.
So life span wise this is just the smarter move and the real deal for my situation.
 
So yeah finally a new GeForce from my end I really look forward to testing this GP102-350-K1-A1 GPGPU and see how well it does with my 24 core Server/Workstation.
especially with Vulkan API & BarsWF CUDA x64, I really want to get the max out of my system, also why I choose GP102-350-K1-A1 over GP104-400-A1.
 
And by having the ability to do that with EVGA's best GTX 1080 Ti makes me super excited, so I can't wait to try this monster thing out.
 
Also I will make a Maintenance Guide topic on how to clean these cards.
It seems it has a lot of screws so I will put extra detail in that to avoid mix ups etc.