Matrox Unveils Quad and Six-Head PCI Express Graphics Cards

[Cristian_25H]

Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced the first two cards in the eagerly anticipated Matrox C-Series - the Matrox C420 quad-output and the Matrox C680 six-output PCI Express graphics cards - engineered for stability, reliability and advanced multi-display capabilities. Both cards feature 2 GB of on-board memory and mini DisplayPort connectivity. They deliver outstanding performance for control room, digital signage, enterprise, industrial, security, A/V, and embedded system applications.

The low-profile Matrox C420 quad card features passive cooling for increased reliability and silent operation. Its low power consumption makes it a perfect fit for small-form-factor and embedded systems. The single-slot Matrox C680 supports up to six displays or projectors. Compatibility with the latest Ultra-HD and 4K panels makes C680 a versatile solution for multi-screen workstation setups. More displays can be supported by inserting two C680 cards into a system. The board-to-board framelock feature ensures synchronization of all displays to reduce tearing on digital signage and video walls.





Both new video cards work with the robust Matrox PowerDesk desktop management software for Windows that lets users easily configure and manage multi-display setups. PowerDesk gives professionals a comprehensive set of tools to control a variety of display configurations including stretched or independent desktops, clone mode, pivot, bezel management, and edge overlap. Matrox advanced desktop management features also let users determine where and how program windows are displayed on the desktop - a productivity tool designed to enhance multi-display experiences.

"This introduction of C-Series expands our line of multi-display graphics card to offer our customers higher performance, higher display density solutions," said Caroline Injoyan, business development manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. "We will continue to support our professional users with the premium technical assistance, long product life cycles and easy-to-use PowerDesk desktop management software that Matrox is known for."

Key features of Matrox C-Series
Matrox C-Series PCI Express x16 graphics cards are designed with AMD GPUs featuring DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.2 compliance. Secure mini DisplayPort connectors prevent loose cabling. The low-profile Matrox C420 supports up to four displays with a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600. Matrox C680 supports up to six displays with a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160. Bundled with Matrox PowerDesk for Windows, Matrox C-Series is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1 and Linux operating systems.

See Matrox C-Series demonstrated live at Security Essen 2014 (hall 2.0, stand 428) and InfoComm MEA 2014 (stand TA-F35).

Availability
Matrox C-Series cards will be available in Q4 2014.

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[PLAfiller]

Dat vertical alignment of the mini DP is pretty nice. I hope they start using it with other cards as well. Looks super neat.

 

[Roel]

Now, this is an example of what we need to see on some gaming cards. Come on Nvidia, you can do it!

 

[Casecutter]

Oh great even more monitors at your McDonalds switching from the menu boards to advertising as you’re contemplating perhaps something different...

 

[Sony Xperia S]

Oh great even more monitors at your McDonalds switching from the menu boards to advertising as you’re contemplating perhaps something different...

Aaa?

Matrox C-Series PCI Express x16 graphics cards are designed with AMD GPUs

wowo, I didn't know that. Which AMD GPUs are being used and more importantly why?

Matrox cannot design anymore their GPUs?

Fuck you, stupid evil, Nvidia, I hate you with every single cell of my body!

Matrox used to be a very good manufacturer of graphics processors.

 

[RealNeil]

I have used Matrox GPUs for gaming in the past. They were a good brand at the time.

As for the original post, all I can say is wow! 6 screens at once would be quite the good time,...............(I understand it's for work and not gaming though)

 

[Sasqui]

I have used Matrox GPUs for gaming in the past. They were a good brand at the time.

As for the original post, all I can say is wow! 6 screens at once would be quite the good time,...............(I understand it's for work and not gaming though)

When did Matrox make a GPU? I have a Matrox Millenium kicking around, but it's no GPU, just a display list processor.

The article says this:

"Matrox C-Series PCI Express x16 graphics cards are designed with AMD GPUs featuring DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.2 compliance. Secure mini DisplayPort connectors prevent loose cabling. The low-profile Matrox C420 supports up to four displays with a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600. Matrox C680 supports up to six displays with a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160. Bundled with Matrox PowerDesk for Windows, Matrox C-Series is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1 and Linux operating systems."

 

[Sony Xperia S]

I have used Matrox GPUs for gaming in the past. They were a good brand at the time.

Not only for gaming, man, their unprecedented high image (2D) quality is unmatched even today, perhaps over time actually things go worse and worse.

 

[Kursah]

I had no idea Matrox was still around! Sweet cards for a ton of working real estate!

 

[Toothless]

Now get three cards and 18 monitors with little or no bezels and have an amazing movie time.

 

[Sony Xperia S]

Now get three cards and 18 monitors with little or no bezels and have an amazing movie time.

especially recommended for those who live in castles or palaces. ahahaha

not so serious offer, by the way

 

[RealNeil]

When did Matrox make a GPU?

It was a long time ago. (you can Google for pics) When Matrox switched over to just workstation cards, all that was left was NVIDIA and ATI.
This one has socket and pins to double the card's memory on the right side.
Lots of cards had jumpers on them to enable and disable features.

Their website still has driver downloads for legacy cards and OS support back to Windows 3.1

 

[jagd]

GPU is a term around since DirectX 7.0 , GPU was just a PR naming for geforece256 back in the day . Since matrox much better chips than geforce256 it is unnecessary question

When did Matrox make a GPU? I have a Matrox Millenium kicking around, but it's no GPU, just a display list processor.

 

[Sasqui]

GPU is a term around since DirectX 7.0 , GPU was just a PR naming for geforece256 back in the day . Since matrox much better chips than geforce256 it is unnecessary question

LOL! Nvidia came out the with the first consumer Graphics Processing Unit after Voodoo, which was a post GPU. Matrox had a workstation 3D processing unit in the 80/90's but it had a proprietary API.

 

[Steevo]

Not only for gaming, man, their unprecedented high image (2D) quality is unmatched even today, perhaps over time actually things go worse and worse.

What does that even mean? The 24 bit color is somehow better? the 16 bit was closer to 24 bit? the 60Hz refresh rate was more refreshing?


Seriously. http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/radeon-hd-5870-eyefinity6-review,1.html 2010, so 4+ years ago ATI was already there. Its something Nvidia wasn't doing, and has never done.

 

[lemonadesoda]

I think every GPU today has capabilities that outclass every single monitor you can buy for less than $10,000

 

[Sony Xperia S]

What does that even mean?

With regards to 2D, G200 was excellent in speed and delivered Matrox's renowned analog signal quality. The G200 bested the older Millennium II in almost every area except extremely high resolutions. With 3D, it scored similar to but generally behind a single Voodoo2 in Direct3D, and was slower than NVIDIA Riva TNT and S3 Savage 3D. However, it was not far behind and was certainly competitive. [2][3] G200's 3D image quality was considered one of the best due to its support of 32-bit color depth (assuming driver bugs weren't a problem).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox_G200

3D Performance and Image Quality

What good is a 2D combo card without the powerful 3D punch to back up its dimension crippled counterpart in performance? The G200 doesn't lose any points here either, with a 100 million pixels/second fill rate one would expect the G200 to be able to hold its ground fairly well in 3D games and applications. You must keep in mind that the G200 was never intended to be a Voodoo2-killer rather a lower cost alternative for those who don't have the funds to accommodate a single Voodoo2 + 2D accelerator which justifies the sub-Voodoo2 levels of performance you'll be seeing from the G200.

One advantage, outside of price, that the G200 holds over the Voodoo2 as well as all other 2D/3D combo cards is its top notch image quality. Using Vibrant Color Quality (VCQ) Rendering the G200 is capable of rendering images in 32-bits per pixel color (meaning 8-bits for red, green, blue and alpha) even if the rendering is set to 16-bpp the internal calculations and accuracy is done in 32-bpp and dithered down to 16-bpp upon displaying the images.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/189/3

 

[Prima.Vera]

What does that even mean? The 24 bit color is somehow better? the 16 bit was closer to 24 bit? the 60Hz refresh rate was more refreshing?

Dude, back then there was no HDMI, DVI, or other digital outputs for video. They all used that crappy analog port, and from this point Matrox had a visible superior quality over competition.

 

[Sony Xperia S]

Dude, back then there was no HDMI, DVI, or other digital outputs for video. They all used that crappy analog port, and from this point Matrox had a visible superior quality over competition.

it is not about the interface be it analogue or digital, the interface is just the connection or the wire between the source and the display. The chip creates the quality and if it is wrong from the beginning, no medium will help you to fix it.


yeah, so, Matrox delivered superior quality over competition because of the "crappy" analogue interface.

Are you retarded or what?

 

[Ferrum Master]

Are you retarded or what?

The only rude retard seems to be you... or just you age lacks experience...

They had superior RAMDAC and it was miles better than any others, as they still were used in medical imaging... The setting you toggle in windows does not actually guarantee that actually the thing is output it is much more complicated as it involves a DAC that translates data... and they had better hardware implementation of that...

 

[siki]

yeah, so, Matrox delivered superior quality over competition because of the "crappy" analogue interface.

Exactly true!
Why don't you inform yourself before you start insulting.

 

[Sony Xperia S]

Exactly true!
Why don't you inform yourself before you start insulting.

128-bit DualBus

Instead of occupying the entire width of a 128-bit bus to transfer data in 64-bit chunks why not create a dual 64-bit setup with one bus dedicated to sending data to the graphics engine and the other dedicated to receiving data from it. This is what the G200's 128-bit DualBus architecture is, in essence it is 2 64-bit buses offering the same combined bandwidth as a single 128bit data bus while allowing for data to be sent in parallel to and from the graphics engine. It is this technology that gives the G200 the edge over the competition in its 2D performance, allowing for 24-bit desktop color depths at a faster level of performance than most of the competition can do at 16-bit color depths.

Now, please, be so kind to tell me what the heck is the connection between the 128-bit memory interface with the analogue interface sending signals to the display! :shock:

 

[R-T-B]

128-bit DualBus

Instead of occupying the entire width of a 128-bit bus to transfer data in 64-bit chunks why not create a dual 64-bit setup with one bus dedicated to sending data to the graphics engine and the other dedicated to receiving data from it. This is what the G200's 128-bit DualBus architecture is, in essence it is 2 64-bit buses offering the same combined bandwidth as a single 128bit data bus while allowing for data to be sent in parallel to and from the graphics engine. It is this technology that gives the G200 the edge over the competition in its 2D performance, allowing for 24-bit desktop color depths at a faster level of performance than most of the competition can do at 16-bit color depths.

Now, please, be so kind to tell me what the heck is the connection between the 128-bit memory interface with the analogue interface sending signals to the display! :shock:

You weren't arguing superior display performance (by the way, some cards use 512-bit busses now), but "quality unmatched even today"

That's simply untrue.

 

[siki]

128-bit DualBus

Instead of occupying the entire width of a 128-bit bus to transfer data in 64-bit chunks why not create a dual 64-bit setup with one bus dedicated to sending data to the graphics engine and the other dedicated to receiving data from it. This is what the G200's 128-bit DualBus architecture is, in essence it is 2 64-bit buses offering the same combined bandwidth as a single 128bit data bus while allowing for data to be sent in parallel to and from the graphics engine. It is this technology that gives the G200 the edge over the competition in its 2D performance, allowing for 24-bit desktop color depths at a faster level of performance than most of the competition can do at 16-bit color depths.

Now, please, be so kind to tell me what the heck is the connection between the 128-bit memory interface with the analogue interface sending signals to the display! :shock:

That is 2D speed you are referring to and has nothing to do with the Matrox DAC (digital to analog conversion) that gave Matrox superior 2d image quality over analog output but are NOT NEEDED over digital output(s).

 

[Ferrum Master]

NOT NEEDED over digital output(s).

Actually they are, but different... we are still signaling something via plain cable... and not all output devices are capable to do so...