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Parhelia DL256 PCI

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Matrox Parhelia DL256

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The Matrox Parhelia DL256 is a dual-link DVI multi monitor graphics card that supports up to 4MP (million pixels) of resolution (2560x1600).

  • Matrox DualHead for simultaneous support of one dual-link DVI monitor and one analog monitor
  • 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†
  • Unified Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista XDDM display driver for Matrox Parhelia series and Millennium P-series graphics cards
  • Monitors supported include the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, the Dell 3007WFP, and the HP LP3065 Flat Panel Monitor (all at 2560 x 1600 and 1280 x 800 resolutions)
  • 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI card compatible with all PCI and PCI-X slots
  • 256 MB graphics memory
  • Matrox UltraSharp Display Output Technology
  • Hardware support for quad-buffered stereo-3D output
  • TV-output support (composite video and S-video, NTSC or PAL)
  • Multi-display, multi-card 2D/3D OpenGL and Microsoft DirectX acceleration
  • Easy-to-use Matrox PowerDesk driver interface
  • Widescreen resolution support and additional functionality via Matrox PowerRes
  • Matrox Clone to view a copy of one display on the other display
  • Matrox Multi-Display Zoom to view a portion of one display full-screen on the other display
  • Matrox PureVideo to view hardware-accelerated video playback in a video window on one display and full-screen on the other display
  • Matrox Glyph Anti-Aliasing for the hardware-accelerated smoothing of text edges
  • Global sales and technical support
  • 3-year warranty

* With Joined graphics card mode, a DualHead graphics card can only be joined with another DualHead graphics card to drive a maximum of four displays.
** TripleHead graphics cards are supported in DualHead mode only.
† Joined graphics card mode multi-display configurations can be obtained by downloading the Matrox PowerDesk-SE version 2.04 display driver and above.

Hardware included

  • Matrox Parhelia DL256 graphics card
  • DVI-to-HD15 connector adapter
  • TV-output adapter cable (composite video and S-video, 1-foot)
  • Stereo-3D connector bracket (mini DIN-3 connector)

Software included

  • Matrox display driver for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP*
  • Matrox PowerDesk (driver interface and utilities)

* Drivers for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP X64 (64-bit) and Windows Vista XDDM available online. For other possible operating systems, contact Matrox.

Maximum resolutions (per display)

  • Digital: 2560 x 1600
  • Analog: 2048 x 1536
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