Matrox shows triple DVI monitor extender - bit-tech.net Forums

WilHarris · 8th Mar 2007, 09:32

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/03...itor_extender/

DougEdey · 8th Mar 2007, 09:33

Will it work aswell as the VGA version.

Veles · 8th Mar 2007, 09:39

Blimey thats expensive, more expensive than my monitors!

BioSniper · 8th Mar 2007, 09:58

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it has taken them to get this sroted!

Sroted eh?

Interesting piece of kit though. I could also imagine that it would be good for a work station user for photo editing and the such like too.

Phil Rhodes · 8th Mar 2007, 10:26

Video editing is the main place you want multiple displays - then you can have more of the timeline in view at once, avoiding the dreaded scroll.

I'd get one and pick up another monitor, but I'm not sure the system exists which can run Far Cry at 5760x1200!

Phil

korhojoa · 8th Mar 2007, 15:37

Man.
I'd get two.
And six projectors.

Home Imax maybe?

devdevil85 · 8th Mar 2007, 17:16

damnnn.... that'd be sick.... time to sell my Google stock!

Lazarus Dark · 8th Mar 2007, 17:30

So, any Idea what kind of resolutions this will do? Is it dual-link?

Stompy · 8th Mar 2007, 18:16

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Originally Posted by Lazarus Dark

So, any Idea what kind of resolutions this will do? Is it dual-link?

I imagine it would have to be, since AFAIK the max resolution single link supports is 1920x1080, just over 2 million pixels.
Even 3 1024x768 screens would be too much for this, at 2.35 million pixels.
If i'm assuming correctly and dual link DVI supports around 4 million pixels, it looks like 1280x1024 monitors may be the max for this product, since 3 of these come to 3.93 megapixels.

Crazyglue · 8th Mar 2007, 21:00

will this thing work with a 20" widescreen (1680x1050) and 17" (1280x1024) x 2?

ralph.pickering · 8th Mar 2007, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Crazyglue

will this thing work with a 20" widescreen (1680x1050) and 17" (1280x1024) x 2?

Nope - the article (at least in the link) says 3 x 1280x1024. Which is a shame. I was hoping for something that might stress a pair of 8800GTX's. Not that I have a pair (erm) but I could... if I sell the missus into slavery.

Buzzons · 8th Mar 2007, 23:25

surly if you had a pair of 8800s you would have 4 DVI outs anyway?

[USRF]Obiwan · 9th Mar 2007, 13:30

now add 3 cheap 22" WS lcd pannels for lets say.. eh.. 50 bucks pp. And i will buy it.

Tyinsar · 11th Mar 2007, 08:00

I was seriously considering the vga version until I did the math - for the price of this plus two more 19" LCDs I could get a 24" LCD which would be better for watching movies etc (or I could get two 22" LCDs). If the price was about half I'd buy one in a heartbeat but...

Also, forget this if you're running ATI cards: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...lity.php#table

Edit: Matrox's info page: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...gital/home.php

TMM · 11th Mar 2007, 13:23

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Originally Posted by Buzzons

surly if you had a pair of 8800s you would have 4 DVI outs anyway?

SLI mode only allows you to use 1 output. Thats where TH2G comes in, 3 monitors with SLI enabled! (hopefully, i don't know if the nvidia drivers can handle 3840x1024 in SLI mode.)

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Originally Posted by BioSniper

Sroted eh?

Interesting piece of kit though. I could also imagine that it would be good for a work station user for photo editing and the such like too.

It's useless for anything other then games, since you can just get two cheap video cards and you've already got 4 outputs, and for a shiteload less $$

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Tyinsar 6 screens / 1 card Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: AB.CA Posts: 2,005	I was seriously considering the vga version until I did the math - for the price of this plus two more 19" LCDs I could get a 24" LCD which would be better for watching movies etc (or I could get two 22" LCDs). If the price was about half I'd buy one in a heartbeat but... Also, forget this if you're running ATI cards: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...lity.php#table Edit: Matrox's info page: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...gital/home.php __________________ It's not about how life treats you, it's about how you treat life. Last edited by Tyinsar; 11th Mar 2007 at 08:10.