Re: Three monitor DVI setup: Two SLI PCI-E cards or single Matrox Quad card?

> Two GeForce7 SLI PCI-E cards that support Dual DVI or this Matrox PCI-E
> card that supports Four DVI outputs:
> http://www.matrox.com/graphics/corp/...ucts/qidlp.cfm
>
> Each monitor will run at 1600x1200
>
> No gaming on this workstation, but MPEG2 decoding most of the time
> (Digital Terrestrial TV)
>
> The advantage of having two GeForce cards instead of the Matrox card
> would be that the GeForce has built-in support for "PureVideo" i.e.
> MPEG2 decoding which reduces the load on the CPU and the Matrox card
> doesn't, correct?

I use the AGP QID - supports 4 DVI displays, but I'm happy with 3. The PCI-e
QID is top of the line (assuming you don't need 3D). One of the great things
about these cards is Matrox's display management software. Matrox has been in
the multi-display market for a while and has the best display mgt sfw around,
IMHO. As for video, I play everything on InterVideo WinDVD - looks great, never
had a problem. If you're looking at a PCI-e QID you probably (or should) have a
high-end mobo/proc - why are you worried about CPU load? Display management
software is a more important consideration - and is why I picked Matrox over
nVidia. Matrox has better support, too.