Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?
It was pricey if I remember when reading about it a year or so ago, needs video card beefy enough to drive a single head at a resolution equivalent to two or more displays. It's one of those dream toys that's need will fade with 3+ head card solutions before I get around to plunking down cash for it (or just after I do, LOL). There are videos on YouTube showing it in action for gaming. Bino Gopal wrote: Huh; this kind of blows my mind! So of all the people here on the *HWG* not a single person who games has gone and even *tried* this setup for their gaming?! Is it really just that out there, or was it the cost, or just not enough game support...or was it just *gasp*, lack of interest?! It seems like a totally cool feature/toy/enhancement for $300; the only reason I've held off this long was b/c I had (and still have) an ATI card (and didn't think about this when I upgraded! :P), and the fact my native res is 1600x1200 and the TripleHead2Go doesn't go that high...*sigh* Has anyone at least read anything about it or found some good reviews/links on it that they wouldn't mind posting (just double-checking my own research for any caveats/gotchas I may have missed)?
Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?
For some reason his doesn't save his settings in between boots, but it's just a click selection of the display from the systray and everything is how he likes it. Is this with Vista? My laptop never remembers that I want the second monitor alighed with the bottom of my laptop screen, not the top. Would have also preferred the laptop on the right, but it never remembered that either, so I swapped things around. It might be Vistas issue, but it might also be the terrible Intel graphics and drivers.
Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Neil Davidson wrote: For some reason his doesn't save his settings in between boots, but it's just a click selection of the display from the systray and everything is how he likes it. Is this with Vista? My laptop never remembers that I want the second monitor alighed with the bottom of my laptop screen, not the top. Would have also preferred the laptop on the right, but it never remembered that either, so I swapped things around. It might be Vistas issue, but it might also be the terrible Intel graphics and drivers. He's not using the laptop screen. It's splitting the VGA output onto 2 displays. It's XP. Christopher Fisk -- When Europe and America are divided, history tends to tragedy. George W. Bush, June 15, 2001 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?
Huh; this kind of blows my mind! So of all the people here on the *HWG* not a single person who games has gone and even *tried* this setup for their gaming?! Is it really just that out there, or was it the cost, or just not enough game support...or was it just *gasp*, lack of interest?! It seems like a totally cool feature/toy/enhancement for $300; the only reason I've held off this long was b/c I had (and still have) an ATI card (and didn't think about this when I upgraded! :P), and the fact my native res is 1600x1200 and the TripleHead2Go doesn't go that high...*sigh* Has anyone at least read anything about it or found some good reviews/links on it that they wouldn't mind posting (just double-checking my own research for any caveats/gotchas I may have missed)? BINO -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:40 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE? On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Bino Gopal wrote: Anyone using either of these devices? Figured I'd check if anyone has any personal experience with these before I plunked down the cash for them. One of the customers we have uses one on his laptop. You have a few options for how the display is done and it relies on the Matrox software/drivers to make it happen, but it works well. For some reason his doesn't save his settings in between boots, but it's just a click selection of the display from the systray and everything is how he likes it. I'm not sure how expensive they are, but they do what they advertise and they look fine to me. I'm not someone who agonizes over a picture though. So what it does: the device takes multiple monitors and it presents them to your computer as one super-wide monitor so you can span across them for games that support them (the main use for it in my opinion, since you can do multiple monitors for normal desktop use easily and w/o spending the extra $$). My customer doesn't use them for gaming, just to get dual headed display on his laptop docking station. Christopher Fisk -- Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles! -- Calvin -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
[H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?
Anyone using either of these devices? Figured I'd check if anyone has any personal experience with these before I plunked down the cash for them. Here are the links to them on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-D2G-A2D-IF-DualHead2Go-Digital-Edition/dp/B000Q RTHX8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8 http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-D2G-A2D-IF-DualHead2Go-Digital-Edition/dp/B000 QRTHX8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1244571040sr=1-2 s=electronicsqid=1244571040sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-T2G-D3D-IF-Triplehead2Go-Dual-Link-Digital/dp/B 000RMQZ96/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header So what it does: the device takes multiple monitors and it presents them to your computer as one super-wide monitor so you can span across them for games that support them (the main use for it in my opinion, since you can do multiple monitors for normal desktop use easily and w/o spending the extra $$). Here are some screenshots: http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000RMQZ96/ref=cm_ci u_pdp_images_all Fyi, the two issues with them that I've read about are: 1) It works better with Nvidia video cards than ATI (and I just upgraded to an ATI 4830 from my x800XT) 2) The TripleHead2GO only supports up to 1280x1024x3, and my monitors native resolution is 1600x1200 so I'm wondering if that will be an issue. So has anyone used either of these, and if so thoughts? I wanted to get the TripleHead2GO and see what Oblivion looked like spanned across 3 screens but I wonder whether the 4830 can even pump enough pixels to drive Oblivion at 3840x1024 at a decent frame rate. :P BINO
Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Bino Gopal wrote: Anyone using either of these devices? Figured I'd check if anyone has any personal experience with these before I plunked down the cash for them. One of the customers we have uses one on his laptop. You have a few options for how the display is done and it relies on the Matrox software/drivers to make it happen, but it works well. For some reason his doesn't save his settings in between boots, but it's just a click selection of the display from the systray and everything is how he likes it. I'm not sure how expensive they are, but they do what they advertise and they look fine to me. I'm not someone who agonizes over a picture though. So what it does: the device takes multiple monitors and it presents them to your computer as one super-wide monitor so you can span across them for games that support them (the main use for it in my opinion, since you can do multiple monitors for normal desktop use easily and w/o spending the extra $$). My customer doesn't use them for gaming, just to get dual headed display on his laptop docking station. Christopher Fisk -- Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles! -- Calvin -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
