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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.

EVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT SSC Edition

Michael Brown — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:06:23 -0500

There’s never been a better time to be in the market for a new videocard. Nvidia’s GeForce 9600 GT, represented here by EVGA’s overclocked SSC Edition, is one reason this is true.

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MSI R3870 X2 T2DIG

Michael Brown — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:54:01 -0600

AMD’s Radeon HD 3870 is a fine GPU for the money. It doesn’t outperform Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 GTX, and it lags far behind the extravagant 8800 Ultra, but it does deliver a phenom— er, make that a tremendous price/performance ratio.

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HIS Radeon HD 3870

Michael Brown — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:04:13 -0600

This is the second Radeon HD 3870 we’ve reviewed, and we like it just
as much as the first. It doesn’t outrun Nvidia’s G92-based 8800 GTS 512
(reviewed above), but it’s a great value among midrange videocards.

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Asus EN8800 GTS 512MB

Michael Brown — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:25:09 -0600

Nvidia’s introduction of the GeForce 8800 GT left us wondering what would happen to the slightly older 8800 GTS—the model coupled with a 320MB frame buffer more so than the one paired with 640MB of memory. Nvidia cleared it all up by introducing the GeForce 8800 GTS, which has a 512MB frame buffer. Confused? We can’t blame you.

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World in Conflict

Norman Chan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:10:27 -0600

Nothing flexes our imagination like alternate history scenarios, and
World in Conflict delivers one that has us on the edge of our seat.
It’s the late 1980s, and the Cold War is far from over. The commies
have already made a push to invade Western Europe, and in a desperate
move, have decided to mount a sneak attack on American shores. It’s
your mission to contain the Soviet invasion and retake Seattle before
the invaders paint the country red.

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Hellgate: London

David Murphy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:43:27 -0600

Hellgate: London wishes it were a lot of things: Diablo III, an MMO,
and fun, to name a few. However, the game is as related to Blizzard’s
epic series as a soiled napkin is to the New Yorker.
Hellgate isn’t an MMO either; Flagship Studios would love to upcharge
you $10 a month for additional content (which is limited to a meager
number of quests and items, as well as guild support and increased
inventory space), but Hellgate’s core mechanics aren’t even on par with
those of games that lack a monthly fee, such as Guild Wars.

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Asus EAH 3870

Michael Brown — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:04:02 -0600

AMD has pulled a rabbit out of its hat by transforming the near-debacle that was the R600 architecture into a serious mainstream contender: The Radeon HD 3870.

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