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| Author: | Dakx [ 01 Oct 2010, 21:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
So, a few years ago, I took the plunge into widescreen gaming and purchased a Matrox THTG Digital for around 420 + tax. Now a few years in, and we have Eyefinity and Nvida Surround and I am left with a piece of hardware that seems almost useless. The maximum resolution on the TH2G is 3 x 1650 x 1050, which with my 24 inch screens (max res 1920 x 1200) is a bit of a bummer. I am not even sure if I can use the device in portrait mode, which would be nice. I am trying to sell my THTG but no one seems interested, I can't blame them honestly. Where is Matrox going with this product? Have they just given up? Have Nvidia and ATI killed this product and made it no longer relevant? |
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| Author: | GeneralAdmission [ 02 Oct 2010, 02:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
The TH2Go has certainly been trumped by the new GPU vendor solutions--EF in particular. Unless Matrox can come up with a feature-competitive product at a much better (lower) price point, I don't see any long-term life for the TH2Go in terms of new customers. That said, I love my TH2Go and will be using it for long time. Can't afford any monitor purchases to justify a jump to EF, even though I run a 5850. I also don't intend to ditch WinXP any time soon, and EF is no-go on XP. Unless you get lucky, I expect you'll have to sell your TH2Go for a lot less than you want, and the odds of that increase as time goes on. |
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| Author: | phantom [ 02 Oct 2010, 09:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
the Matrox TH2Go may still be relevant and useful for Mac users. |
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| Author: | Darkmotion [ 03 Oct 2010, 19:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
I love my TH2Go, but what bothers me is, ATI dont support 3 x 1650 x 1050 with a HD5870 in her drivers. I must stay with my two HD4870. :( |
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| Author: | GeneralAdmission [ 03 Oct 2010, 23:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
I love my TH2Go, but what bothers me is, ATI dont support 3 x 1650 x 1050 with a HD5870 in her drivers. I must stay with my two HD4870. :( That is very strange. I'd say that is one of the most common 3 screen resolutions around, yet it's not supported? Is there a bug or something? I assume you meant 1680x1050, right? |
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| Author: | Dem Pyros [ 04 Oct 2010, 00:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
That is very strange. I'd say that is one of the most common 3 screen resolutions around, yet it's not supported? Is there a bug or something? I believe he means that they don't support outputting that resolution (a la triplehead2go), forcing you to use Eyefinity. |
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| Author: | GeneralAdmission [ 04 Oct 2010, 02:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
[quote]That is very strange. I'd say that is one of the most common 3 screen resolutions around, yet it's not supported? Is there a bug or something? I believe he means that they don't support outputting that resolution (a la triplehead2go), forcing you to use Eyefinity. Curious. I run 3840x1024 with my 5850 and TH2Go. Is there some reason 5040x1050 on a 5870 would be hardware limited? |
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| Author: | suiken_2mieu [ 04 Oct 2010, 07:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
I'd say it's only relevant if you're still running XP, or if you want to expand the amount of monitors you can have in eyefinity or nVidia Surround. |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 04 Oct 2010, 10:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
It took AMD/ATi years to get triple 1680x1050 support in the 4000 series cards to work with the TH2Go... I think they finally released a driver which permitted it three months before the release of the 5000 series and EyeFinity. Catalyst 9.6 or something I think it was. Might even have been 9.7. Prior to that, the max you could do was triple 1440x900 IIRC. If I wanted Surround on XP, I'd get a TH2Go. As it is, my XP box is feeling a little sorry for itself and probably needs a reinstall, so I think I'll take it to Windows 7. |
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| Author: | Dakx [ 04 Oct 2010, 14:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Matrox TH2G still relevant? |
I figured it was a bit of an obsolete product, but good to know that some people still have a use for it... It is a bit disappointing though, seeing as how TH2G users put in all the money into hardware that they could have put towards a videocard that gives them better graphics + 3 screens. Question, if I am looking to upgrade from TH2G to another solution, should I go with EyeFinity or Nvidia Surround? I dont think I would go with more than 3 screens (3 x 27 seems enough to me) but are there other feature sets with EF that are nice? As I really like the Fermi Architecture on the nVidia cards. |
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