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Robert Bobson · December 4th, 2008, 09:01 AM

The Matrox Parhelia APVe looks like a great solution - and for only a few hundred dollars. But it says in order to attach two LCD monitors AND an HDTV, one of the LCDs needs to be hooked up via VGA, not DVI (?)
is that problematic at all???

And what's the difference between this card and a more expensive one - like this "quadro fx 4700 x2" which sells for about $3000? Quadro FX 4700 X2

is there just additional computing power on the card?

or there's also this quadro NVS 450 that's only $500 - but drives 4 monitors.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS Comparison Chart

thanks

UPDATE!

I just read this post from Eduard Engel : "Since the new PP CS4 my Matrox Parhelia APVe videocard became unuseable. Matrox did not update their drivers for a higher than PP1.5 I do not think they will for CS4." :(

December 4th, 2008, 09:01 AM	#10
Robert Bobson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 357	The Matrox Parhelia APVe looks like a great solution - and for only a few hundred dollars. But it says in order to attach two LCD monitors AND an HDTV, one of the LCDs needs to be hooked up via VGA, not DVI (?) is that problematic at all??? And what's the difference between this card and a more expensive one - like this "quadro fx 4700 x2" which sells for about $3000? Quadro FX 4700 X2 is there just additional computing power on the card? or there's also this quadro NVS 450 that's only $500 - but drives 4 monitors. NVIDIA Quadro NVS Comparison Chart thanks UPDATE! I just read this post from Eduard Engel : "Since the new PP CS4 my Matrox Parhelia APVe videocard became unuseable. Matrox did not update their drivers for a higher than PP1.5 I do not think they will for CS4." :(