quad head graphic cards

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 18:23

hey !

I'm looking for a quad head-graphic card working with resolume.
1 for for controlling and 3 outouts.
matrox have two products with quad head output in the product line,
the matrox quid & the matrox pharhelia, but i don't know if it's work
with resolume. I think it's better to use on card with four outputs then
two quad head cards. i would very happy if anybody could help me,
because i'm not able to test the cards.

thank you q-tron

SuperficiaL · Post by **SuperficiaL** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 18:52

hi,

Matrox cards work good with Resolume...
but the matrox parhlia isnt quad output (not sure if th quid is either)... its 3 screens max or 2 screens and a video output.

greetz SuperficiaL...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 01:52

Hi SuperficiaL !

sorry i mean the matrox g450mms. it's a quad head graphic adapter with four chips, on for each output.

"Multiple cards supported in same system. Mix and match Matrox MMS dual and quad cards and support up to 16 (10 with xp) displays from one system"

http://www.matrox.com/mga/pid/products/ ... atures.cfm

the quid is also able to control four indipendent outputs:

http://www.matrox.com/mga/pid/products/ ... atures.cfm

q-tron

SuperficiaL · Post by **SuperficiaL** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 19:43

Hi,

how i read the specs its like this: OR 4 vga screens OR 4 tv-outputs...
if thats true u need a scan converter for the vga-->Video or a couple of displays (tft) with video in...
it could be really expensive...
it would be a cool setup to work with if it works the way u want it to.

greetz
SuperficiaL...

djdiego71 · Post by **djdiego71** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 20:44

search in the forum, i've read about this and the post have a link to a product page like you want... but i dont remmeber where is the post... look for it.

mfo · Post by **mfo** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:17

Originally posted by Anonymous

sorry i mean the matrox g450mms. it's a quad head graphic adapter with four chips, on for each output.

I have this card in my second comp. Generally it works as expected, but there are two strange things with it:
A) It definitely consumes a lot of system power. When i don't use it, my System (Resolume, DVD players or simply WinMediaplayer) runs significantly faster.
I could improve the situation a bit by upgrading my system with more RAM.
There were some threads in the Matrox support forums concerning this topic.

Originally posted by SuperficiaL
how i read the specs its like this: OR 4 vga screens OR 4 tv-outputs...
if thats true u need a scan converter for the vga-->Video or a couple of displays (tft) with video in...

No, you don't need a scan converter. You only need different cables (tv-out cables) from Matrox.
B) BUT there is a big problem with them. Don't buy these:
http://shopmatrox.com/europe/products/d ... asp?ID=117
I had initially bought those, they don't work!! I even had to contact the Matrox Support, the support guy himself needed some days to figure out, that these cables don't work. You need these:
http://shopmatrox.com/europe/products/d ... asp?ID=248
Watch for the price ... you can only get them from Matrox, you need them twice (for 4 outs), you need to order those in the US.
So you'll end in around 110â¬ extra.

[Edited on 13-12-2005 by mfo]

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 00:37

i don't get for what?
do you want to split up the output (check a video splitter) or do you want more control-monitors (check more gpu cards)

mfo · Post by **mfo** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:39

to spread the video image over several screens!
we're not talking about cloning one screen (like video splitters do) ...

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