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Driving three monitors from a geforce go 6800 ultra?

post #1 of 6
5/15/06 at 1:13pm
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So this theoretically might be possible, but I can't figure out how to do it on my XPS Gen 2. There's the laptop display, the digital out, and the analog out, but I can't get more than 2 to activate at a time.

Any way to drive all 3?
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post #2 of 6
5/15/06 at 1:26pm
http://www.matrox.com/mga/workstatio...go/release.cfm

Matrox Graphics Inc. announces TripleHead2Go™, an external upgrade that adds support for using 3 monitors at a time. The easy-to-install unit simply connects to the monitor output of a computer. The operating system treats TripleHead2Go like a monitor supporting resolutions 3 times as wide as standard resolutions and TripleHead2Go uses Matrox patent-pending technology to divide the monitor output from the computer into 3 separate displays. The displays respectively show the left, center, and right portions of this "monitor". This announcement follows the recent introduction of DualHead2Go™, the world's first multi-display upgrade of this type.
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post #3 of 6
5/15/06 at 1:27pm
Only 2 different displays are supported at any one time (maybe three if they all display the same picture - I am not sure). It is possible to buy an adapter so that you can use three, but it is rather expensive.
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post #4 of 6
5/15/06 at 1:28pm
No, limited to 2 at a time. Not entirely sure why but I think it is due to the fact that there are only 2 RAMDACs that are used to drive the monitors. Havn't looked into it myself so like I said I'm not sure, but I'm sure somebody that knows for sure will be able to tell you exactly why. I have seen DVI splitters and USB solutions (but very limited in capability for the USB), not sure how effective they are though...
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post #5 of 6
5/16/06 at 2:14am
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Awww, man. Well thanks for the info.
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post #6 of 6
5/16/06 at 7:51am
It is also possible to run another monitor through an adapter in the PC Card slot - low performance, so you couldn't play games, but probably good enough for other things.
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