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.
posted Nov 10th 2009 3:27PM
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Du scheitere.
No...... Neins!
Ihr könnts alle nicht.
omg... yes! i don't need a freaking projector, I've got Crossfire and 16 monitors. Take that for resolution!
yes! now i can finally set up my own personal Air Traffic Control center like i always wanted! :D
Do you have a game that offers up 20k horizontal resolution and 3k vertical? What's the aspect ratio on that, like 6:1, not good for movies.
Or were u going to buy a projector with same.
I dunno, cause if you were ready and $ able to buy a 20k x 3k projector I'd stay the course. Who makes it btw?
Its like Matrox gave the customers the birdie....
"Multitouch? Multitouch?!! MULTITOUCH THIS, SON!!!
Nice.
SIXTEEN MONITOR CRYSISOMG?
No. It won't.
If you try, I'll just camp behind one of the bezels.
It'll run it.. 2-3fps counts.
your lucky that i can run solitaire. 10 years ago, matrox had a name for itself.
If only the lower end guy could do 4 monitors. I'd be all over that with love. ATI's got the ticket now anyway for consumer grade multi-mon so I won't be loosing much sleep.
I don't understand your post. Graphics cards of today let you drive two monitors. Just adding a second card will let you drive 4 displays. The catch is you can't run it in the SLI or Cross Fire mode.
I think he's referring to the new ATI Eyefinity tech coming out that I think pushes 6 monitors from 1 card.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/ati-radeon-eyefinity-unveiled-up-to-six-monitors-on-a-single-ca/
Yep, and I never try to max out my GPU for heat and power consumption concerns so 4 on that (or 3 much more likely) would be perfect for me in a nice single card solution:)
You know how badass Google Earth would look with that?
Dirty Harry meets John McClane level of badassetry.
But you know that everyone who buys one of these is doing so that they can have 16 separate HD porn movies running simultaneously.
Why can't you buy bezel-less monitors easily :(
@ Josh,
Because people are complaining how the projectors are not as expensive as these monitors. More $$$ must mean better, ya?
But can it play... *GUNSHOT*
I'd like to see the print screen on that thing...
haha good point
So what's the deal with Display Port? I was looking at new monitors a few weeks ago and cannot seem to find any monitors that offer DisplayPort as an input. The FEW I found were significantly higher priced, almost two fold with no other advantages other than DP.
Anyone have any insight?
Displayport is only really ideal for 30 inch monitors. Lower end monitors don't use Displayport because typically HDMI, DVI, or VGA will do just fine.
Dell u2410, second poster clueless.
Widescreen Porn
A different porno flick for each screen. PROGRESS!
A few years ago they busted a drug dealer in Atlanta. Inside his mansion the cops found a flat panel setup like that, but IIRC, it had even more screens. The guy was a total techo dweeb, but in other ways not so smart. When they knocked down his front door, he ran up to a bedroom and threw a safe with two kilos of coke out the window and into some bushes. As if.
When he gets out of prison, the new, much lower cost for the multi-monitor setup should bring a smile to his face.
cool story bro
"This man, was ME!"
Wow, I didn't even know Matrox was still in business.
AHAHAH
I know , thses guys are serving bread and water in the calfeteria to keep costs down.
Time to die Matrox.
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrox is. You have to see it for yourself.
id buy that bitch
Or.. you know... you could just buy a ATI Radeon HD 5870 for $399 with support for 6 monitors at 2560x1600 each. Add a second card, and you got 12 monitors for $789
Oh, did I mention you can play games?
$798, but very good point indeed. These new ATI cards can satisfy just about whatever you need.
that's just for the card though.. then you gotta buy 12 monitors and some type of rig to hold all those displays.
That's about 10 monitors more than I will ever use at once :(
And you get no business support from AMD, use a lot of power and put out a lot of heat.
Now all we need to do is see how much ATI's Eyefinity line costs.
$259 for dual monitors? :| What a rip. Got dual monitors at work and at home for the price of a $12.00 cable, no special card needed.
I think it's safe to say that with 16monitors all at 2560x1600, that it would run crysis at negative ф۞╫φ and ⅓ FPS .
I know they're for different markets, but the upcoming 5870 Eyefinity Edition will push 6, put two in Crossfire and push 12 at half the cost (as a guess) :)
Except Eyefinity is currently not supported under Crossfire.
Awesome. If I could only afford more than one monitor, I would definitely buy this.
Can you imagine playing Q-Bert on this byotch? WHAT A HO!
WANT.
How many 80ps is this? I expect at least 2080ps. /grandpa
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.
If I drop that much cash I'd also want bezel-free monitors.
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
DisplayPort and mini DisplayPort to DVI adapters are around $10 each.
I wonder how good these cards are for 3D work. I'd certainly welcome 8 displays here.
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.
trading.
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.
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.
The image used here is really lame, it looks like a total of 160 polygons spread across 16 monitors
Id never have 16 monitors
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Id have 16 1080p projectors :)
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..
Single Link DVI is not able to produce 2560 * 1600, thats only possible with DUAL Link DVI. So, wheres the mistake?
It uses DisplayPort which then than be made into single-DVI by an adapter.
Read the press release...
maybe if the 16 monitors surrounded me to give a 360 view... then OK