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Matrox Soups Up TripleHead2Go Digital Edition: Up to 3x1680x1050!

Mark Edward Soper — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:35:02 -0500

Matrox's TripleHead2Go Digital Edition, which enables you to drive up to three digital monitors from a single DVI port, has just received a significant upgrade.

We last encountered TripleHead2Go Digital Edition in our January 2008 review of the Hypersonic Sonic Boom OCX flight simulator PC. Hypersonic used it to drive three 1280x1024 digital monitors for a 3840x1024 panoramic view of the wild blue virtual yonder.

So, what's new with TripleHead2Go Digital Edition? Now, you can run up to three widescreen displays at 1680x1050 or 1440x900 resolutions. 3x1680x150 gives you an eye-popping 5040x1050 desktop, while 3x1440x900 provides a slightly less stunning 4320x900 desktop (and, it also supports WXGA's 1366x768 resolution).

And, the best news is that you don't need to buy a new version of the external box: if your graphics card has an ATI or NVIDIA DirectX 10 GPU with the latest graphics driver and a dual-link DVI connector running on Windows XP or Vista, all you need to do is:

Upgrade your TripleHead2Go Digital Edition's firmware to version 6.52 or later
Install the GXM software suite 2.03.02 or later
Choose your monitors' resolution from the display.

If you're not sure you're ready for the upgrade, the upgrade page also offers a link to the GXM System Compatibility Tool.

Like the sound of TripleHead2Go Digital Edition? Already using one? Your chance to sound off comes after the jump.

M(mmm): Quad-Head Graphics from Matrox

Mark Edward Soper — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:18:16 -0500

Need more displays for your business or professional PC? With support for up to four displays on a single PCI Express slot and a choice of support for analog or digital displays, find out why Matrox Graphics M-series might be just what you're looking for. While older Matrox product families have supported now-legacy technologies such as AGP and PCI as well as PCI Express (aka PCIe), Matrox M-series is strictly built for PCIe. M-series cards also feature 512MB of RAM, support both Windows XP and Vista with unified drivers, and support a fanless (passive-cooling) design.

Wondering if Matrox is planning to make a triumphant comeback into the 3D gaming market after the failure of Parhelia? All is revealed - after the break.

In the Lab: Nathan Edwards Flies the Friendly Skies

Nathan Edwards — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:42:17 -0600

And pits Hypersonic's triple display against the reigning single-panel champ.