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pomo
07-19-2007, 03:03 PM
since hardware/software forum is locked only to admins i though i would post about this nice peice of hardware i have seen on another site.


Website -http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/
Example of 3 screened wow - http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/gaming/wow.php

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/media/common/th2go/screenshots/gaming/surround/wow/WOW_6_591.jpg

Description of Product -

Building on the award-winning DualHead2Go technology, Matrox is proud to present TripleHead2Go, a palm-sized box that uniquely allows you to add two or three monitors with a combined resolution of up to 3840 x 1024 to your workstation, gaming system or laptop, even if that system only supports a single display output. For example, connecting three 19" monitors would give your desktop an incredible 45" of total diagonal. The latest in Matrox's new series of Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM), TripleHead2Go delivers incredible productivity boosts to office work, Surround Design to workstation environments for professionals and an immersive Surround Gaming™ experience to enthusiasts with support for over 150 popular gaming titles.

TripleHead2Go is not a graphics card but an external box that harnesses your system's existing graphics solution (including SLI™) for rendering of all 2D, 3D and video, and adds multi-monitor support. TripleHead2Go appears to your system as an ultra-widescreen 3840x1024* monitor and simply connects to your computer via a standard analog VGA monitor cable. Using Matrox patent-pending technology, TripleHead2Go then splits the 3840 x 1024 Microsoft® Windows® desktop into three separate 1280 x 1024 screens of information, and displays across three independent 1280 x 1024 monitors. There is no image distortion and no scaling to the original raw pixels generated from the existing graphics accelerator.

Installation

Unlike installing a new graphics card, TripleHead2Go doesn't require opening your computer, inserting parts into it, or replacing any hardware or software.

Setup is a easy as 1, 2, 3. Once the software is installed,
it's basically just a matter of connecting your monitors.

All mode setting is available through
Display Properties
-> Settings.

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User comments - We have something like this at my work on a Cad workstation when paired with a dual head pci-e card you have have 4 screens active on 1 video card it is a little pricey but though i would post this so others can see . might be useful for people with 1 computer and trying to manage more then 1 character at a time .

Bradster
07-19-2007, 05:09 PM
PIMP! Man I'd like to see that in action.

Xzin
07-19-2007, 06:54 PM
Here it is in action :)

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/media/common/th2go/screenshots/gaming/screengrabs/world_of_warcraft/WoW2.jpg

Xzin
07-19-2007, 06:56 PM
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/media/common/th2go/screenshots/gaming/screengrabs/world_of_warcraft/WoW.jpg

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/fr/gxm/news/artwork/th2go/home.php

Scroll to the bottom for more screenshots.

Anomaly
07-20-2007, 11:27 AM
It looks better in action than in screenshots. Best thing to do is to just start drooling... :)

Also, mobileframes help to move stuff around so your not looking from one edge to another for your windows/maps/char/inv...

Great device.

zanthor
07-21-2007, 01:14 PM
Thumbnails of the big ass screenshots with links to full size would make the forum actually readable :).

Scribbler
07-21-2007, 02:53 PM
Thumbnails of the big ass screenshots with links to full size would make the forum actually readable :).

Or you could get a tripple head and fit it all on your screen xD

Xzin
07-21-2007, 03:11 PM
Thumbnails of the big ass screenshots with links to full size would make the forum actually readable :).

Thumbnails would have ruined the effect.

Xzin
07-21-2007, 04:55 PM
Thumbnails of the big ass screenshots with links to full size would make the forum actually readable :).

Thumbnails would have ruined the effect.

cepheus
10-08-2007, 09:14 AM
Too bad this doesnt have higher resolution. Could be intressting to see it with my Dell 30" + 2x20", with a total resolution of 4960x1600 :D

Guess I would need a better gfx-card though.

Taipan
11-22-2007, 03:13 PM
Please be aware that the Matrox team ain't the fastest at updating its DualHead2go - TripleHead2go "drivers" to keep up with ATI chips.

I just found out that their lastest version of PowerDesk app, in charge of listing all different resolution available to your card, isn't capable of detecting the new X3850 and X3870 chips.

As a result, it considers them as sub-X2000s and limits the max res to 2880 * 900.

While the X2000s get to 3800 * 1200, even the slowish X2400.

This has been confirmed over the phone with their HQ tech support in Montreal a few hours ago.

No deadline available for the patch, the folks actually opened a ticket to the Dev team.

/salute

Taipan
11-23-2007, 04:58 PM
Quick update.

I spent the whole day trying to make this Matrox DualHead2go to work, the bastard is making my whole setup to crash, no Matrox tech Support guy has a clue, even the DualHead2go Dev team doesn't have a clue.

Them, at their Montreal HQ : "huh.. Ati Radeon 3850 ? that's not released yet"...

Me : "Yeah not released yet ? Ever heard of Tom's Hardware reviews ? Like Asus, MSI, Sapphire are shipping them by thousands worldwide and you folks still haven't got a copy to fix the patch yet. You could have gone to Newegg.com 3 weeks ago and get both the 3850 and the 3870 versions for 300 USD to start working on the patch".

I now understand why this company got blastered by ATI and NVIDIA out of main-stream market a few years ago.

They're still working under analog time-frame.

My advice : stay away from the Matrox suckers.

They haven't learnt how to loot a clue.

/salute