Matrox pushes eight displays with a single-slot PCIe x16 GPU

Matrox has been distancing itself from the consumer market for awhile now, but even we couldn't resist this one. Hailed as the planet's first single-slot octal graphics card, the M9188 supports up to eight DisplayPort or single-link DVI outputs, and if you're up for getting really crazy, you can hook up a pair to drive 16 displays from a single workstation. The card itself packs 2GB of memory and supports resolutions as high as 2,560 x 1,600 (per output), which should be just enough to create the Google Earth visualization system you've always dreamed of. In related news, the outfit also introduced the far weaker 1GB M9128, which can drive a grand total of two displays for $259. Oh, and as for pricing on the octal guy? Try $1,995 when it ships later this quarter.

[Dev Null Posted Nov 10th 2009 5:59PM]

WANT.

[Dale P Posted Nov 10th 2009 6:03PM]

How many 80ps is this? I expect at least 2080ps. /grandpa

[Obscurinata Posted Nov 10th 2009 6:53PM]

Reminds me of how Matrox had a card to go with these monitors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors

It was pretty impressive for the time, pushing out 3840x2400 from a single card.

[F C Posted Nov 10th 2009 7:03PM]

If I drop that much cash I'd also want bezel-free monitors.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2009 7:33PM]

Wait a sec, if you look at the page after the brake it's clear that you don't need 8 monitors with DisplayPort you can run 8 monitors with Singlelink DVI if you like, even without having to buy the unbuyable stupidly expensive ACTIVE Displayport to DVI converter....

Why didn't ATI do this also?!? why the fuck didn't they think of all the DVI/VGA monitors that users already own! I have 3 22" Dell monitors 2208WA actually with e-IPS panels and I'm surly not going to sell them and get me a DisplayPort monitor only to run Eyefinity but then I'm forced to buy this lovely ACTIVE adapter for the low price of only 100 USD

[RogerMcDodger Posted Nov 10th 2009 10:30PM]

DisplayPort and mini DisplayPort to DVI adapters are around $10 each.

[loocas Posted Nov 10th 2009 8:15PM]

I wonder how good these cards are for 3D work. I'd certainly welcome 8 displays here.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2009 8:16PM]

I wonder what they see as the practical market for this innovation. Surely they had to have some customer segment in mind when they decided to build this thing.

[RobF Posted Nov 10th 2009 9:40PM]

trading.

[IcedOmega13 Posted Nov 10th 2009 8:35PM]

Pshh oh yeah well my computer can run 16 monitors.... yeah.. What?! That's right. Multitask'n like a motha****.. Seriously 16?

Think this could sell in CA? I can run 16 plasma tv's all at the same time! take that terminator.

[bhtooefr Posted Nov 10th 2009 9:07PM]

Because DisplayPort is new, and not much stuff has it.

Eventually, it'll appear on everything. IIRC, it's cheaper than HDMI, and possibly cheaper than DVI, but because it's not on every graphics card yet, they still have to include DVI on monitors, which means it costs more for now to include DisplayPort.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2009 10:24PM]

The image used here is really lame, it looks like a total of 160 polygons spread across 16 monitors

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2009 11:59PM]

Id never have 16 monitors
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Id have 16 1080p projectors :)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 3:41AM]

Ahh Matrox.. I remember the days of matrox lust. Combined with a couple of voodoo 2 cards, you couldnt get a better setup back in the day..

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 4:34AM]

Single Link DVI is not able to produce 2560 * 1600, thats only possible with DUAL Link DVI. So, wheres the mistake?

[Andr Posted Nov 11th 2009 7:33AM]

It uses DisplayPort which then than be made into single-DVI by an adapter.

Read the press release...

[eugeneaction Posted Nov 11th 2009 4:58AM]

maybe if the 16 monitors surrounded me to give a 360 view... then OK