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Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

By Mark W. Kaelin April 4, 2008, 4:21 AM PDT

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Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Not just for games

Not just for games

The Matrox TripleHead2Go Triple Digital Edition transforms you single-screen video signal into a video signal that can expand across three separate monitors. The nice thing about the TripleHead2Go is that it accomplishes this task in a small, light-weight package that does not require expensive additional video cards.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Surround graphics

Surround graphics

Matrox obviously understands the importance of the PC gamer. This kind of set would definitely appeal to that demographic. Of course, one has to wonder if a hard core gamer would prefer to buy a single large monitor.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

All there is to it

All there is to it

This is the TripleHead2Go in all its glory.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Input

Input

The incoming video can be VGA or DVI.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Output

Output

The out going video stream on the Triple Digital Version is all DVI.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

The setup

The setup

We are using three Sony 19 inch monitors and a Lenovo Thinkpad p61.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Loading software

Loading software

Matrox provides a CD-ROM with the necessary drivers.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Reboot

Reboot

The software loaded quickly but the reboot took an extraordinary long time. Not sure what the delay was, but the drivers eventually installed.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Some tweaks

Some tweaks

Initially, the default resolution was a bit off. I had to add the wide (16:10 ratio) versions of the driver.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

There we go

There we go

After the tweak, we have a display that spans three monitors. The operating sees a single monitor.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Lots of cable

Lots of cable

The TripleHead2Go requires numerous cables.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

And more cable

And more cable

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

Not that is some real estate

Not that is some real estate

We have a single monitor with a resolution of 3480 X 800.

Give yourself vast desktop real estate with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

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In general, I like the TripleHead2Go. It works exactly as advertised, which is always a pleasant surprise. But I can’t help but wonder if a more elegant solution would be to buy a larger single monitor. Granted you can’t get a 3048 X 800 resolution like you can with the TripleHead2Go, but you can get a substantial amount of real estate.

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