14 DAY TRIAL // As a move to try to get some attention back to its line of professional products, Matrox has announced that its M9188 PCIe x16 multi-display octal graphics card has been selected by Dentsu to drive a six-monitor, portrait-oriented digital signage installation in Tokyo Midtown.
The panel was built by the Content Interface Corporation (CIC) who chose the card thanks to the advanced desktop management features that are available through the Matrox PowerDesk software suite.
“Audiences are thoroughly impressed by the quality and clarity of the DAB,” comments Hao Le, president, Content Interface Corporation.
“Finding a graphics card that could display high-quality video across six super-high resolution displays in portrait mode was critical to the success of this project.
“The Matrox M9188 met all our requirements where others failed,” concluded Mr. Le.
According to the specifications available on the Matrox website, the M9188 is able to drive up to eight DisplayPort (2560x1600) or DVI (1920x1200) high-resolution displays.
These connect to the M9188 via a series of adapters that are bundled together with the card and Matrox' solution features 2GB of on-board video buffer memory for storing the massive amounts of graphics data required by such multi-monitor setups.
Furthermore, the M9188 can be paired together with an M-series graphics card to drive up to 16 displays simultaneously.
CIC's decision to use the M9188 comes as a great way for Matrox to promote its professional graphics solutions as the company has been constantly losing ground in its fight with AMD and Nvidia.
Right now, Matrox' market share sits at just 0.05% and is even surpassed by VIA/S3.
In addition, AMD's Eyefinity technology that supports up to six simultaneous monitors has further restricted the use of the company's cards since Matrox relied heavily on its multi-monitor capabilities to promote its graphics solutions.