yeah, the parhelia will be a nice card, but it won't be nearly as fast or as advanced as the next generation of offerings from ATI and Nvidia. The ATI R300 and the Nvidia NV30 will be amazing chips.
Here's a quick and dirty comparison of the technology behind the next gen of video cards.
Keep in mind that John Carmack decided to use the ATI R300 to run the DOOM demo @ E3.
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