TripleHead2Go is not a graphics card but an external box that harnesses your system's existing graphics solution (including SLITM) for rendering of all 2D, 3D and video, and adds multi-monitor support. TripleHead2Go appears to your system as an ultra-widescreen 3840x1024* monitor and simply connects to your computer via a standard analog VGA monitor cable. Using Matrox patent-pending technology, TripleHead2Go then splits the 3840 x 1024 Microsoft® Windows® desktop into three separate 1280 x 1024 screens of information, and displays across three independent 1280 x 1024 monitors. There is no image distortion and no scaling to the original raw pixels generated from the existing graphics accelerator. Surround Design
Running 3D and DCC applications fully accelerated across three screens, known here as Surround Design, provides a tremendous benefit for 3D visualization and workflow management for cutting edge workstation users. Supplying maximum screen real estate, TripleHead2Go offers a significant productivity boost enabling support for an ultra-wide TripleHeadTM windows desktop for use with professional applications. TripleHead2Go uniquely allows you to upgrade existing certified, mission-critical workstations to TripleHead displays for Surround Design without opening the PC tower case or installing a new graphics solution. Workstations based on a single graphics card or even workstation-class laptops can achieve three screen output.
Office Productivity
Business professionals and home office users alike reap the benefits of multi-display to be more productive. They incorporate simple tools such as TripleHead2Go because the impact on productivity has proven to be significant when adding additional displays to a workspace. Multi-display set-ups allow users to access key information instantly, organize data more efficiently and benefit from simplified management of multiple documents or applications. And TripleHead2Go is so flexible it also runs in DualHead mode: if you aren't ready to use three displays, start by connecting only two additional displays and then add a third display at a later date. Simplify your evaluation process by qualifying only one solution for both dual and triple display set-ups. With TripleHead2Go you can see more, do more and be more productive.
Surround Gaming
Three screens enable a totally immersive Surround Gaming experience, allowing you to see the gaming environment as if you were looking through an extra wide-angle camera lens; it just makes your games more fun. Matrox TripleHead2Go is the only solution on the market to enable Surround Gaming by expanding supported 3D games across three displays and providing a much wider in-game field of view (FOV). Bridging the gap between virtual reality and reality, this panoramic view of the game fully engages your peripheral vision on the side displays, with the main point of focus on the center display. TripleHead2Go supports over 150 popular games including id Software's Quake 4TM, UbiSoft's Brother's in Arms: Earned in BloodTM, Microsoft's Age of Empires IIITM, 10tacle studios AG's GTRTM, Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight and many more, and is compatible with many high end gaming GPU solutions including SLI.
Portability and installation
Light-weight and ultra-compact, you can easily take TripleHead2Go with you and experience all the benefits of a surround desktop at the office, at interactive customer design reviews or at LAN parties. Unlike installing a new graphics card, TripleHead2Go doesn't require opening your computer, inserting parts into it, or replacing any hardware or software.
Compatibility - PC and Mac!
TripleHead2Go is compatible with many professional and enthusiast class desktop and laptop PCs equipped with certain NVIDIA® , Intel® and ATI® enabled graphics chipsets and add-in-boards (including multi-GPU configurations). Maximum resolutions supported may vary depending on the GPU version. An updated matrix of GPU version and maximum resolution supported is available on the compatibility page: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/support/th2go/compatibility.php.
Now Mac users can benefit from Matrox's multi-monitor expertise with the award-winning Matrox DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go products. DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go are palm-sized boxes that connect externally to the VGA output of the compatible Mac notebooks and Mac desktops, uniquely allowing users to attach two or three monitors to their systems, creating an incredible multi-monitor environment.
With DualHead2Go, home users can use iLife for multimedia projects on one monitor and organize and play iTunes on the second monitor, while corporate professionals can employ both email and Microsoft Word or Excel simultaneously without having to constantly toggle between applications.
Upgrading your system with DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go1 will provide a larger viewing area which is ideal for digital content applications. Creative professionals using animation or video editing applications are now afforded ample onscreen desktop space with three monitors for the placement of multiple UI elements (viewports, image windows, toolbars and dialogs). Audio editing professionals can also benefit from extended desktop space, as they can stretch tracks, and place effects and mixers across all three displays for the complete digital audio editing workstation experience.
Specifications
- Dimensions 9.2 cm x 10.7 cm x 2.5 cm
- Weight 168 grams
- Connectors HD-15 (analog) x 4 (1 input, 3 output), Power (5VDC, 2A)
- EMC certifications Class B - CE, FCC, VCCI
- Warranty 2-year limited warranty
Inside the box
- TripleHead2Go connector box
- 2-foot HD15-to-HD15 (analog) monitor cable
- 2-foot DVI-I to VGA cable
- External 5VDC power adapter
- Region-specific power cable(s)
- Quickstart paper and CD, which includes the following software:
- Install package
- PowerDesk SE (includes Image quality adjustment, center popup, window management, etc.)
- Electronic Product Manual
- Matrox Surround Gaming Utility
Requirements
- System Single VGA output connector, on a compatible system
- Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000*, Windows XP x64bit and Mac OS X v10.4
- Display driver Support for 1920 x 480, 2400 x 600, 3072 x 768 or 3840 x 1024 resolution
*Under Windows 2000, when TripleHead2Go is connected to a notebook only the 3 external displays will be active - the LCD screen will be disabled. Supported Display Modes*
- Resolution Refresh rate
- 1920 x 480 (triple 640) 60Hz
- 2400 x 600 (triple 800) 60Hz
- 3072 x 768 (triple 1024) 75Hz
- 3840 x 1024 (triple 1280) 60Hz
- Regular VESA-compatible single screen modes at up to 1600x1200 on center display
*GPU dependent
Additional resolutions (such as DualHead modes or Triple Widescreen modes) can be enabled through the TripleHead2Go Mode Expander Tool1.
1Compatible only with Windows operating system.
Support for Mac OS X v10.4 is limited to a specific list of Mac desktop and notebook models. Please refer to the list here (http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/support/mac/compatibility.php) to view the available compatibility on both the TripleHead2Go and DualHead2Go based on Mac system model.
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