The manufacturer Matrox reflected not long ago in the graphics card market to AMD, NVIDIA and VIA, instead, business and industry solutions makes focusing on multi-monitor support. This week the company released two new multi-monitor extensions that expand the desktop by two or three monitors. Particular emphasis laid here on the Matrox Support of Apple MacBooks, iMacs and Mac mini and Mac Pro running Mac OS X (Leopard / Snow Leopard). The solution for expansion to two monitors is named DP DualHead2Go enables a maximum resolution of 2 x 1920 x 1200 pixels. The largest model is, however TripleHead2Go for three monitors DP and allows the maximum resolution of 3 x 1680 x 1050 or 2 x 1920 x 1200 pixels. The devices are inherently compatible Plug and Play.
Was discreetly placed in the background is the support of Microsoft operating systems Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows 2000, and the open source operating systems based on Linux. The devices are controlled via the DisplayPort for input and output of video signals. The DispalyPort or USB port is also used here for power, which requires low power consumption of the devices. The use of a built-in PC or Mac graphics card is recommended so that you can display 3D graphics. In addition, you can connect several such multi-monitor-enhancements to a graphics card and extend its desktop so even more.
Interested parties can acquire from the DualHead2Go DP for 239 U.S. dollars a Matrox shop in Europe. For the top model TripleHead2Go DP must be sufficiently well scroll contrast, 329 U.S. dollars.