Filip Norrgard
03-06-2005, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_9281.html' target='_blank'>http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_9281.html</a><br /><br /></div>The guys over at Akihabara have found something very interesting:<br /><br /><i>"I’m sure that this already existed for the professional market, but this is one for you and me. The Matrox QID PCI LP is a graphics card that allows you to connect up to 4 screens on 1 PC. Despite the rather steep price (approximately 765 Euros), we can dream, right?"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/MatroxMultiHead.jpg" /><br /><br />What they've found was a cool, four-head supporting Matrox Parhelia LX card with 128MB DDR that is available for AGP or PCI slots. The max resolution is at a quite suitable 1600 x 1200 and it requires as operating system either Windows 2000 or XP running on a Pentium III or Celeron 600MHz CPU. I could not yet find the official Matrox pages for this consumer card, only the <a href="http://www.matrox.com/mga/workstation/3dws/products/qid/qid_lp_pcie.cfm">PCI express version</a> that is intended for the pro-sumer market. It seems like I have to get this card along with some sweet big screens when building my own home-made <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=define%3ANOC&btnG=Search">NOC</a> some day in the future. :D