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Triple Headed Desktop Display for Fast 3D Apps?

Posted by Cliff on from the thee-heads-are-better-than-two dept.

Once Was SGI Customer asks: "My group was once a big SGI user. We run a Powerwall display center with 3 large screens, currently driven by an SGI Onyx Infinite Reality (IR) to provide a single desktop with 3D acceleration across all screens. The Onyx is now old and very slow compared to our Nvidia cards, that do a great job at TwinView display, but not 'TripleView'. I'd like to know if there are any PC manufacturers who make a card that can do what the IR can do (in terms of a single desktop across 3D displays with fast 3D acceleration), but for Windows and Red Hat (now Fedora Core) Linux?"

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  1. Re: by kerbawya · · Score: 4, Informative

    actually http://www.matrox.com/mga/multidisplay/product_cha rt.cfm this shows a breakdown of all their multidisplay cards.

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  2. Matrox Parahelia by VargrX · · Score: 4, Informative

    you may want to look at the Parahelia line from Matrox

    They do triple-head out of the box, nice cards.

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  3. Wildcat Multiview by miyako · · Score: 4, Informative

    If your currently using SGI, then I would assume that your not looking for a gaming card. If your doing 3D design work, then you might look into The Wildcat Multiview Card. It only works in conjunction with the Wildcat Realizm cards. Not cheap, at $825 for a midrange card, and nearly $3,000 for the top-of-the-line card and another $420 for the multiview card, but then they are professional cards, not intended for hobbiest or gaming machines.

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