Matrox released the new C900 GPU in 2016-yes, they are alive

[Djole123]

So, as usual, summer and fall are tech seasons-we get bombed by awesome new GPUs, CPUs etc. But who would think that Matrox would join the race?

 

 

So as every GPU, this comes with some ballin' features. It's the first single slot card to support up to nine 1900x1200 monitors alone. In CrossFire, that can go up to eighteen.

 

Now, you might be thinking, who in the fucking world would need 18 1200p monitors? Well, if you need to stand out, you might need a video wall. You can have like a 4x4 monitor video wall that can display ads, time or some other relevant info. 

 

And despite it having 4GB of frame buffer and DirectX 12 support, this is not meant for gaming. I mean sure, you can plug in nine monitors and try gaming on it, but it's not gonna make it. This is meant for people who need to have big for cheap.

 

Source:

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/press/releases/2016/multi-display-graphics-cards/c-series/c900-now-shipping/

[Commodus]

Matrox is an interesting company: when it realized it couldn't compete against the likes of 3dfx and NVIDIA, it decided to avoid gaming entirely and specialize in multi-monitor setups.  In hindsight, that was very smart.  How many of the graphics card makers from that era are still alive and making products?  HTC bought S3 and effectively killed it, Micron bought Rendition and effectively killed it... about the only ones still making video cards are Matrox, AMD (then ATI) and NVIDIA.

[Guest]

I'm going to point out that a 12 display card has already existed for a number of years, even if it wasn't mass produced to the same degree as the matrox. 

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/122660/powercolor-hd-5970-eyefinity-12-graphics-card-pictured

[DXMember]

World's largest screen is still powered by FirePro:

http://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/lights-up-broadway-2015may28.aspx

[Sakkura]

This news is from August...

[Mihle]

One thing I have wondered about. Displayport support sptitters where the different ports is different monitors in windows. At least on AMD cards. Can an AMD gpu have those type of splitters on all its displayports? Because if so, you could have 12 monitors on a RX 480

EDIT: RX 480 specs says 6 monitors max  so the gpu itself is the limit,

[PaintChips]

I actually use Matrox cards for custom projects, maybe I'm in the minority but their customer service is really great--I once hit a weird resolution glitch with a display panel and they managed to make a temp-fix driver vs trying to test/find a driver non-impacted by that bug.  Much of their work has been directed into signs and custom multi-display solutions than actual desktop GPUs.  If I recall the last time they even were mainstream was back during the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000-2004 era, Matrox if I recall demoed a pair of G400 GPUs to drive a cockpit window layout with a lower row of displays for instruments using OpenGL mode for optimal performance... sadly this lead was short lived, AMD punched back hard with FireGL's Eyefinity eye-sore of a splitter solution.

 

Key reasons why you'd want multiple inputs is for stock data, text based tasks, security systems and lots of other fixed frame-rate tasks. Matrox was one of the few GPU makers to have solid 2D performance at high-bit rates since the 90s, the 3D side their cards were worse since they leaned towards OpenGL in a consumer world of pushing pixels via DirectX.

 

...on average I buy 2-4 of their cards per year for custom projects, shipping speed is insanely fast but I don't live too far from Quebec so I guess there are plenty of fields keeping them afloat

[Arty]

48 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

OR you could just get a bigger TV and run multiple windows

a bigger TV, isn't the same as tvs combined. 

[Sauron]

Why the heck are there no linux drivers to be found?

[WereCat]

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

OR you could just get a bigger TV and run multiple windows

No. Increasing size of TV does not increase resolution.

[Djole123]

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

OR you could just get a bigger TV and run multiple windows

But you're losing out on quality

[zMeul]

that's not a GPU, it's a video card

Matrox hasn't released a GPU in a very long time, Parhelia-512?! .. don't recall exactly - it's been more than a decade since Matrox has actually worked on a GPU

 

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the GPU in the C900 video card is AMD's http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/c-series/c900/

[The Benjamins]

1 hour ago, Mihle Gaming said:

One thing I have wondered about. Displayport support sptitters where the different ports is different monitors in windows. At least on AMD cards. Can an AMD gpu have those type of splitters on all its displayports? Because if so, you could have 12 monitors on a RX 480

EDIT: RX 480 specs says 6 monitors max  so the gpu itself is the limit,

It may say 6 in the specs but it is not limited to 6. DP gives no shit about number of screens just band width.

[Mihle]

33 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

It may say 6 in the specs but it is not limited to 6. DP gives no shit about number of screens just band width.

I would love to test that, but I am missing almost all the parts to do so. I know DP itself does not give a shit, but something in the GPU might?

[AlTech]

4 hours ago, zMeul said:

that's not a GPU, it's a video card

Matrox hasn't released a GPU in a very long time, Parhelia-512?! .. don't recall exactly - it's been more than a decade since Matrox has actually worked on a GPU

 

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the GPU in the C900 is AMD's http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/c-series/c900/

This is probably based off of an AMD Rx 200 series but why? The 300 series and Polaris are already released..............

[Sakkura]

10 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

This is probably based off of an AMD Rx 200 series but why? The 300 series and Polaris are already released..............

Most of the 300 series is the same hardware as the 200 series, so I don't see your point there. 

[Misanthrope]

6 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

OR you could just get a bigger TV and run multiple windows

Multiple windows are no substitute for multiple screens regardless of size. Until you actually need multiple monitors you might think 4k and multiple small windows is "good enough" but the small but noticeable differences in color balance, brightness and angles of the screens make it easier to quickly focus on multiple things simultaneously or in quick succession. 

 

So if you just want to fuck around a big screen is good enough. If on the other hand, you're monitoring servers or trading stock, there's little to no reason not to go with multiple screens instead.

[ARikozuM]

6 hours ago, DXMember said:

World's largest screen is still powered by FirePro:

http://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/lights-up-broadway-2015may28.aspx

No wonder Broadway is always steaming in the winter.

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Thank you sir, for pointing out what others have already done

They pointed some of the reason but didn't pin point exactly why you want slightly different screens with slightly noticeable space between them which gives your eyes more obvious points of reference to focus.

[Energycore]

7 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

OR you could just get a bigger TV and run multiple windows

What if you need 11400x3600 pixels?

[patrickjp93]

1 hour ago, Energycore said:

What if you need 11400x3600 pixels?

It's only 25% bigger than 8K which DP 1.3 can drive at 60Hz just fine.

 

7680*4320=33177600 vs. 41040000

 

[Energycore]

1 hour ago, patrickjp93 said:

It's only 25% bigger than 8K which DP 1.3 can drive at 60Hz just fine.

 

7680*4320=33177600 vs. 41040000

 

You're just raising the bar for them, don't give them ideas!

[Bouzoo]

4 hours ago, patrickjp93 said:

It's only 25% bigger than 8K which DP 1.3 can drive at 60Hz just fine.

 

7680*4320=33177600 vs. 41040000

 

You're thinking about 1.4. 1.3 can't run it above 30 Hz. 

Also Let's see how many 8K monizors are out here. Oh right.

I don't see why people are arguing about pixel count, this is much more significant for literal size.

[MrDynamicMan]

14 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

OR you could just get a bigger TV and run multiple windows

Meant for like, storefronts and info boards. 

[Space Reptile]

but can it run crysis , on the 3*3 wall nontheless

 

i smell a holy $#!T Episode