Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 2234 Location: Neither Here, Nor There
Posted: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:58:27 Post Subject: Matrox Triple-Head
Anyone here use the item named above?
I really like the idea of my display spanned acrossed (3) monitors. ..gaming, CAD-E, multi-tasking, etc..
Any pros/cons to the piece of equipment mentioned above?? I still haven't settled on the VGA card(s) that I intend to use, but the graphics unit will be at least a 7900GT or higher - possibly SLI as well.
On the monitor end, I'm thinking (3) 19" low responce (<8ms) LCD's. Still weighing out in my mind the aspect ratio (widescreen or standard) and native resolutions I would need/want.
Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 441 Location: Cleveland, OH
Posted: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:09:04 Post Subject:
Why can't you just use nVidia's software to have a triple-head setup and skip this extra hardware?
And Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD monitor works great for me. 2ms response time . _________________ 5 home-built PCs, ASUS A6Jc Laptop, and a PowerEdge 2650 - all running Gentoo. Now if only I can get a car and plane to run it. Take a look at my Gallery!
Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 2234 Location: Neither Here, Nor There
Posted: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:14:48 Post Subject:
From my experience, using multiple heads on the card(s) creates a major hit in performance. Where as I'm hoping the Triple Head unit doesn't have the same or as much of a hit.
The card will think theres only one monitor(a really wide one), and the Matrox unit spanning the output across the 3 LCD/CRTs.
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