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Jan 15, 2008  UltraMon 3.0 Beta 2.1 (3.0.2) released
UltraMon 3.0 Beta 2.1 has been released, this release fixes several issues that were discovered after the initial 3.0 Beta 2 release. See the release notes for details, download here.

Dec 15, 2007  UltraMon 3.0 Beta 2 (3.0.1) released
UltraMon 3.0 Beta 2 has been released, new in this release is full support for the window buttons under Windows Vista, as well as several other improvements and bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here.

Mar 31, 2007  UltraMon 3.0 Beta 1 (3.0.0) released
UltraMon 3.0 Beta 1 has been released, this release introduces a redesigned Smart Taskbar with toolbar docking and support for the Windows Vista look. See the release notes for details, download here.

Nov 5, 2006  Windows Vista and multiple video cards
If you want to use the full Aero user interface with Windows Vista, and you have multiple video cards installed, Vista requires that all video cards use the same driver.

At a minimum, this means that all video cards need to use a chipset from the same manufacturer, for example all cards have either an ATI or Nvidia chipset.

You can still use video cards with chipsets from different manufacturers, but you'll be limited to the basic user interface.

For detailed information on this, see Multi-Monitor Support in WDDM. Discuss

Oct 12, 2006  UltraMon™ 2.7.1 released
UltraMon 2.7.1 has been released, this release fixes a couple of issues discovered after the release of 2.7.0. See the release notes for details, download here.

Oct 2, 2006  UltraMon™ 2.7.0 released
UltraMon 2.7.0 has been released, this is a maintenance release with several bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here.

Mar 16, 2006  Matrox EpicA - multiple monitors for terminals
Matrox has announced dual and quad video cards for use with terminals. In addition to the hardware, special software for installation on the terminal server will be included.

From the available information, it looks like this software will be used to simulate a regular multi-monitor environment when a remote session is stretched across multiple monitors on the terminal client, for example windows maximizing only to a single monitor.

Matrox EpicA products are scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2006. Discuss

Mar 6, 2006  Nvidia Quadro NVS PCIe x1 card
I don't know if this is news, but I just noticed that the Nvidia Quadro NVS 440, the 4-monitor NVS card, is available in a PCI Express x1 version. This allows you to install the card in any PCIe slot. See the PNY site for more information. The NVS 440 is also available in a regular x16 version.

Jan 4, 2006  Matrox DualHead2Go review
Ars Technica has a review of the Matrox DualHead2Go: DualHead2Go @ Ars Technica

Nov 10, 2005  Matrox DualHead2Go
The Matrox DualHead2Go is a new way to connect two external monitors to a laptop: it connects to the laptop's VGA port, and splits the signal between two monitors. The system recognizes the DualHead2Go as a single widescreen monitor, for example running at 2560x1024, and the DualHead2Go then splits the picture and sends it to two 1280x1024 monitors.

A disadvantage is that the two monitors are running in span mode instead of standard multi-monitor mode. The DualHead2Go is available now for US$ 169.

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