G.Skill TridentZ 5 RGB 6800 MHz CL34 DDR5 review
Be Quiet! Dark Power 13 - 1000W PSU Review
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 GamingPRO OC review
Core i9 13900K DDR5 7200 MHz (+memory scaling) review
Seasonic Prime Titanium TX-1300 (1300W PSU) review
F1 2022: PC graphics performance benchmark review
MSI Clutch GM31 Lightweight (+Wireless) mice review
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 processor review
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor review
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 processor review
Matrox C900 Graphics Card with Nine DisplayPorts
Yes, they still are alive! Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced Matrox C900, the world's first single-slot, nine-output graphics card that supports nine 1920x1080 displays at 60Hz.
A special-purpose graphics card designed to power 3x3 and 9x1 video walls, Matrox C900's single-slot form factor and low power consumption at 75W offer digital signage and video wall vendors simpler integration and a lower cost of ownership. Its support for stretched desktop across all nine synchronized outputs lets users run any application full screen across a 3x3 video wall which makes the card ideal for signage installations in retail, corporate, entertainment and hospitality environments as well as control room video wall solutions in security, process control and transportation.
Matrox PowerDesk desktop management software for Windows is included with C900 to give users a comprehensive set of tools, including bezel management and EDID management, to easily configure and manage their multi-display setups. Advanced APIs are available to developers and OEMs to quickly build custom interfaces and applications.
"Three-by-three configurations are the sweet spot for many digital signage installations and control room video walls," said Caroline Injoyan, business development manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. "Now with C900, for the first time, nine Full HD displays can be driven from a single-slot card and system integrators can easily offer a turnkey solution to power three-by-three video walls. They also benefit from the premium technical assistance, long product life cycles and reliability that Matrox is known for."
Matrox C900 is a PCI Express 3.0 x16 graphics card with 4GB of memory that supports nine displays at a maximum resolution of 1920x1080 per display or a total desktop resolution of 5760x3240 in a 3x3 display configuration. More displays can be supported by inserting two C900 cards or a C900 plus a Matrox C680 six-output board into a system to power 18- or 15-screen video walls. The board-to-board framelock feature ensures synchronization of all displays. C900 features nine mini-HDMI connectors, supports digital audio through HDMI and is DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4 compliant. It is compatible with Matrox Mura IPX Series 4K capture and IP encoder & decoder cards.
Matrox C900 will be available in Q2 2016.
mbk1969
Senior Member
Posts: 13411
Joined: 2013-01-17
Senior Member
Posts: 13411
Joined: 2013-01-17
#5229469 Posted on: 02/08/2016 03:34 PM
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Graphics-card
Not entirely true. As I remember it before ATI and NVIDIA there came 3dfx with their 3D accelerator which was not videocard and worked combined with 2D videocard. And we used then 2D videocards from Matrox, S3, Trident, Tseng Labs. And later came videocards which combined 2D with 3D. And ATI and NVIDIA produced such cards. Matrox still was the best in terms of 2D picture quality (and supported modes for monitors).
Not just one of the best but the best. Used to be Matrox > 3dfx > ATi > NVIDIA back in the day.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Graphics-card
Not entirely true. As I remember it before ATI and NVIDIA there came 3dfx with their 3D accelerator which was not videocard and worked combined with 2D videocard. And we used then 2D videocards from Matrox, S3, Trident, Tseng Labs. And later came videocards which combined 2D with 3D. And ATI and NVIDIA produced such cards. Matrox still was the best in terms of 2D picture quality (and supported modes for monitors).
BedantP
Senior Member
Posts: 220
Joined: 2013-08-31
Senior Member
Posts: 220
Joined: 2013-08-31
#5229500 Posted on: 02/08/2016 04:58 PM
Not just one of the best but the best. Used to be Matrox > 3dfx > ATi > NVIDIA back in the day.
Anyway, as for the C900 itself, any word on if it's still AMD's Cape Verde based like their previous couple cards, or have they upgraded to newer GCN?
When you see Crysis 3's intro, where Prophet gives a backdrop on the story, and replace every time he says "CELL" with "NVIDIA", it all makes f*cking sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6RyUWgZb64
Not just one of the best but the best. Used to be Matrox > 3dfx > ATi > NVIDIA back in the day.
Anyway, as for the C900 itself, any word on if it's still AMD's Cape Verde based like their previous couple cards, or have they upgraded to newer GCN?
When you see Crysis 3's intro, where Prophet gives a backdrop on the story, and replace every time he says "CELL" with "NVIDIA", it all makes f*cking sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6RyUWgZb64
LimitbreakOr
Senior Member
Posts: 456
Joined: 2015-04-02
Senior Member
Posts: 456
Joined: 2015-04-02
#5229510 Posted on: 02/08/2016 05:28 PM
Now matrox sounds very familliar
I got into the pc world shorty before tge voodoo 3 were released and they were amazing, I paired it into an old pc my sister handed down to me with a massive 32Mb of ram a amd k5 100mhz which was so so slow. But I loved my v3 2000 pci and it worked a lot better in my p3 450mhz. Oh the good old day when going from 64Mb of sdram 100 to 128Mb made a huge difference. Anyways, as I remember the voodoo3 did a good job with Diablo 2 as an accelerater.
Now matrox sounds very familliar
I got into the pc world shorty before tge voodoo 3 were released and they were amazing, I paired it into an old pc my sister handed down to me with a massive 32Mb of ram a amd k5 100mhz which was so so slow. But I loved my v3 2000 pci and it worked a lot better in my p3 450mhz. Oh the good old day when going from 64Mb of sdram 100 to 128Mb made a huge difference. Anyways, as I remember the voodoo3 did a good job with Diablo 2 as an accelerater.
scrapser
Senior Member
Posts: 618
Joined: 2009-12-08
Senior Member
Posts: 618
Joined: 2009-12-08
#5229573 Posted on: 02/08/2016 08:10 PM
After my first Voodoo2 cards I upgraded to a Matrox card. It came bundled with a game called, "Evolva". Some time later a patch was made available to include bumpmapping. I still have the game and play it from time to time.
After my first Voodoo2 cards I upgraded to a Matrox card. It came bundled with a game called, "Evolva". Some time later a patch was made available to include bumpmapping. I still have the game and play it from time to time.
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.
Senior Member
Posts: 3290
Joined: 2013-03-10
Yeah, back then in the beginning of the shift to 3D people were wondering whether to get one of the new but possibly dodgy 3D cards or a rock solid Matrox.