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Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital

REVIEW DATE: 16-JAN-2008
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By Jason Cross
Dual-monitor setups have been proven to increase productivity (as much as productivity can be proven, anyway). To that end, most graphics cards—even the cheap ones—have a pair of monitor outputs and all sorts of good software features for using two monitors at once. What do you do if two isn't enough, though? The kings of "lots of monitor outputs," Matrox, released a product that would use one monitor output to drive three displays. This TripleHead2Go was reviewed back in 2006, and though it works as promised, it has one glaring flaw: it's analog VGA only.

Fortunately, Matrox has just recently released digital versions of their DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go products. It's the same principle as before: take one output and drive two or three monitors with it. The difference this time is simple but profound—it runs using DVI connections, instead of analog VGA. Assuming it works as advertised, is it worth over $300 to drive several displays with one output? Continued...

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