Is anybody out there using the Matrox Triplehead To Go Module? As far as using the FS9 software package is there any increases or decreases in performance? Lastly, how does FS9 look on three monitors; is there any misalignment between the monitors?ThanksTom

Hi Tom,You did see the review I did of the Triplehead2go for AVSIM didn't you?

HiHad a demo of the matrox triplehead2go two days ago and was blown away by it. It was superb especially the virtual cockpit displayed over three 17" flat screens. It was even better when TrackIR was added. It seems that you really need to have three identical screens for best effect to ensure the colour balance across them is as near identical as possible. The two outer screens were angled at about 30 degrees to the main centre panel. This provides a very covincing picture and gave terrific sense of movement. The person with me said it was so good that it gave them motion sickness. There is slight distortion apparent where the two outer screens meet the centre screen as they are at angle but this is not enough to detract. It was all in all very convincing and I thought a must have for the future. The downside is I need a new graphics card as you need top spec (demo used a Nvidia 7950)to run the three monitors and also I would have to ditch my two 19" monitors as I havent space to run three of them together. As you probably know you can actually run a fourth monitor from the second dvi output from the graphics card. Chris

"As you probably know you can actually run a fourth monitor from the second dvi output from the graphics card."You can most likely run dual TH2Go's and output to six monitors either stacked 3x2 or parallel 6x1 but haven't had this confirmed or denied yet. You'd of course have to have enough CPU, memory and graphics capability to handle it. There are also some rather impressive wrap around monitor systems that are triple wide and seamless but the cost is ridiculous at this time, I can only imagine someone on a government contract shelling out 11k for one triple wide monitor system.

I use one for work...and I love it. I tried FS which was locked at 20 FPS and there was no change with 3head2go... That doesn't mean too much I suppose except that I had some surplus video cycles and it didn't bring my system to its knees. I would easily trade some display settings for the extra real estate.Very nice in VC mode. I'm at the absolute minimum zoom level to fill three monitors. The miss-alignment between bezels in the turns is there but not an issue...I'd never notice it when flying.With multiple SLI GPU's and that jazz...you'd have lots of power...but you'd also have more that three video out's anyway...so why a 3head2go?I think with FSX systems lots of people will be running with three displays....one way or another.DannyFYIGeforce 6800(256MB)PCI Express Pentium 4CPU 3.40Ghz

"...you'd have lots of power...but you'd also have more that three video out's anyway...so why a 3head2go?"SLI doesn't give you extra video outputs, the two cards act as one.

In addition to my earlier comments if you can get hold of the July/Augustcopy of the UK magazine PC Pilot there is an aricle on the triplehead by Paul Fryer who is a computer expert and specialises in FS9 computer systems and set up.Chris

Hi TomGot mine yesterday and it is impressive, even with my now rather feeble graphics card. I managed to get it to run at 2400x600 which is rather more that Matrox quote for that card (in full screen mode). No change in performance from my 2560x1024 dual monitor arrangement - it still struggles a bit. I just ignore the joins because the rest of the experience make it worthwhile.I am still experimenting with other settings and use of the second graphics card output.Unfortunately 2400x600 is nowhere near the native resolution of the LCD's. That will have to wait until my machine is updated.

Purchased the Matrox TH2Go 5/12/06: here is the problem that I'm having while running Flight Sim 2004. Everything seems to work good except the runway lines, (left andright) inthe center monitor do not line up with the left and right monitors, (off about 1/2 inch). Consiquently when I'm flying I will see double runways and buildings crossing over the monitors inaccurrately. All my monitors are Samsung 17 inch, the same models. These do not have width adjustments on them, just horizontal position, which does not help. I'm running MS 2000 operating system and dual output ATI 9700 video card. Below is what I've tried to correct problem: 1). Called Matrox support, they said to update video drivers and the Matrox driver. I accomplished this but the problem was still their. 2). Switched out the center monitor with another identical monitor - problem still their. 3). Hooked up another PC with XP operating system and a dual output 9600 ATI. This was a bare bones system with FS 2004 installed, (no addons)- Problem still their. 3). Called Matrox support again, they sent me a patch to try but that didn't work, still have problem. They said to get on Forum with the issue so here I am. I'm over the 30 day return policy, but this hasn't worked since I got it. 4). attached are two pictures: One taken off the Matrox website showing runway left and right border lines perfectly aligned and one picture I took of my system and the runway lines are off. If I can't get this to work, the box is no good to me.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/151493.jpg

both are same picture.

Hi Theodore,I also noted your post in the Matrox support forum. You state that the monitors you have do not have any adjustment other than horizontal. When I initially set up my system with the Xerox 19" monitors I used in the AVSIM review the monitors would auto adjust and leave about a 1" margin at each outer edge of the outermost monitors and then the inner margins wouldn't line up as well with the image which auto adjusted fine on the center monitor. I would try to look over any documentation you have (or can find) for your monitors and see if you can manually set the width/height and positioning of the display. You should be able to find a way to position your view so you minimize the effect of the bezels keeping the images apart. Another thing you probably already discovered... you can't tilt the monitors like you would with a single display, they have to be perfectly upright so the bezels fit tightly together.

If one had a monitor set-up like this, would this amazing new Matrox box work perfectly?http://www.digitaltigers.com/zenview-trio19s.shtmlDo you think one could get 6 monitors to run off a single hi-end video card with VGA and DVI outlets (and a huge processor in the PC tower)?JS

I would be interested to know how it operates with the 2d Panel on say something like LevelD 767 or the Pmdg acft.I have seen suggestions of running the 2d panel off the second output on a dual card but wouldnt this drop the frames even more and mean you have to run FS in windowed mode?Scott