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I didnt have any of those issues, sounds driver related. You may fair better with the official Cat version plus the new Firmware, when both are released.

Well yeah, that's what I figured. And I said it "can" cause issues, not that it will absolutely cause issues with whoever uses it.
I do appreciate the fix though, because having Maya, photoshop and the BF2 editor open all at once sucks with anything less than 5040x1050. So while it isn't perfect, I do appreciate it.

Bit late to the party but nice to see!! Might finally be time to upgrade to a surround gaming mode ;) Wonder how Xfire support will function in this mode with a 2x 4870X2 setup..

Thanks for the posting!

Finally working with 2.05 Powerdesk and 9.7 Catalyst driver at 59Hz.

Getting 5040x1050 on an ATI HD4870 card running Vista 64

Your tips helped me, games look great.

Definitely going with an ATI card next now that I have read this. Thanks ATI!

I installed the new firmware and the 9.7 drivers. 5040x1050 works fine on the desktop, but just like 4320x900, the screen is garbled and unusable in any game I try to play. I do have a 3870x2, so I'm not sure if that's the problem or what. And yes, my monitors(viewsonic vx2235wm) work fine at the specified refresh rate. I guess I'll just have to wait until the 5k series comes out, since the jump from my card to the 4k series isn't much of a jump, if at all.

I just updated all my matrox software and firmware.. on 9.6 cat im having no issues with 5040x1050 on my 4870X2. Tried Eve online, WoW and Titan Quest - no dramas.

If 9.7 is suppose to fix more issues, cant wait. As stated, no custom resolution is needed either, just detects it on boot.

damn man if u said u got 4870x2 working with 5040x1050 then its definitley my monitors thats holding me back... either that or i should revert back to catalyst 9.6??? hmm. gonna try that this instant, just been heated about my horizontol blank spots.

ROFL yesss so at least now i know its my monitors, i was almost about to sell my 4870x2 + monitors. at least now i know its my monitors, just took pics and put them up on ebay/craigslist. so if anyone wants 3x 19" acer x193w+ monitors to run 3840x1024 max res with th2g, let me know!!!

thanks for the posting proof saying u got 4870x2 working, i know now once again that its these monitors that are the problem.

3x 22" lcds here we come.

No problem bud, glad you found the issue. So far with 9.6 the only issue I have encountered is running Vsync in some games causes massive screen corruption - turned off its fine.

Although WoW has crashed a few times on me in some areas while flying around. Not sure if thats WoW or the 9.6 driver but hope it gets fixed ;)