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Okay. Appreciate the insight into how the application is designed. Thanks. The C900 supports standard bezel management. So for a standard, flat, 3x3 nine-head configuration with same displays that may not require geometry correction, it may eventually be worth a try by someone with the right AV project. If past usage of NVidia and AMD with Matrox GXMs is any indication, there could be circumstances/projects where this board is an appropriate fit. (But with the limitations indicated by jfk). Cheers

Thanks Fredrik. I wasn't sure if this six output cap was capped by "number of physical heads connected" (example: six DisplayPort outputs) or by "maximum resolution" (or maximum aperture). For example: Max at HD x6? Max at 4K x6? I'm not sure what this limit really means. I have customers that have powered Watchout on six heads using just two heads from a graphics card but then "expanding" the output to six heads using Matrox Graphics Expansion modules like Triplehead2Go. Using that same line of thinking, it's not clear to me that it is "impossible" to make this work. If the C900 card supports 9 monitors but the operating system only perceives one monitor; or three monitors; what happens? Since this has worked in the past with our GXMs I'm curious. Maybe best way is to try it. It may not work, as you have pointed out. But it may if past behaviors are still supported.

Hi- Samuel from Matrox here. According to page 157 of the Watchout 6.0 manual, the "minimum requirements" listed are: • Intel or AMD dual core processor (quad core to drive multiple displays). • USB port. • Ethernet port. • SATA hard disk (SSD recommended to drive multiple displays or for playing some video formats). • 4 GB rAM. Under 64 bit Windows, 8GB is recommended (more rAM will generally not improve performance). • PCI Express 16x video card slot. • Modern AMD or NVIDIA graphics card. • High quality audio output or sound card/interface. • Windows 7, 32 Bit “Home” (while WATCHOUT is a 32-bit application, it’s fully compatible with 64-bit Windows). The soon-to-be-shipping C900 has comfortable 3D acceleration - including DirectX acceleration - comparable to the "business graphics" ranges in the nVidia (NVS) and AMD (FirePro W6xx and 2xxx series) product lines. This product is really intended to run nine monitors in a 3x3 stretched desktop configuration acting as a single display. It's ideal for presentation and digital signage applications on 3x3 video walls. While we do have beta testers for this new card shipping soon, I am not aware of anyone having used Watchout with the C900 yet. If anyone is interested in beta testing this combo, this is currently an option. (First come first serve). Cheers!!