Multi-Monitor News from Realtime Soft http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/ Get the latest multi-monitor news from realtimesoft.com. en-us UltraMon™ 3.4.1 released Thu, 4 Oct 2018 00:04:00 GMT UltraMon 3.4.1 is now available for download. This release adds support for version 1809 of Windows 10, see the release notes for more information. This is a free upgrade if you have a version 3 license. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.4.0 released Wed, 8 Nov 2017 11:39:00 GMT UltraMon 3.4.0 is now available for download. New in this release is improved support for Windows 10 as well as several bug fixes, see the release notes for more information. This is a free upgrade if you have a version 3 license. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.3.0 released Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:34:00 GMT UltraMon 3.3.0 is now available for download. New in this release: new taskbar extensions feature for Windows 8, and new window button compatibility options which improve support for applications with custom window title bars. Several bugs have been fixed as well, for details see the release notes. This is a free upgrade if you have a version 3 license. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.2.2 released Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:38:00 GMT UltraMon 3.2.2 is now available for download. New in this release: the window buttons now match the look of the native buttons on Windows 8, and several bugs have been fixed. See the release notes for more information. This is a free upgrade if you have a version 3 license. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.2.1 released Sat, 4 Aug 2012 15:57:00 GMT UltraMon 3.2.1 is now available for download. This release fixes an issue with Firefox introduced in 3.2.0, see the release notes for more information. This is a free upgrade if you have a version 3 license. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.2.0 released Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:44:00 GMT UltraMon 3.2.0 is now available for download. This release has support for Windows 8, as well as several bug fixes, see the release notes for more information. This is a free upgrade if you have a version 3 license. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.1.0 released Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:31:00 GMT UltraMon 3.1.0 is now available for download. This release has new display configuration features such as screen orientation change, output switching and support for legacy drivers on Windows 7, new scripting features (collection of all open windows, Windows 7 display configuration features) and several bug fixes, see the release notes for more information. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0 Final (3.0.10) released Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:22:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0 Final (3.0.10) is now available for download. See the release notes for details. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ VideoSaver 3.2.0 released Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:23:00 GMT VideoSaver 3.2.0 is now available for download. This release has improved support for Windows 7 and Vista, see the release notes for more information. This is a free upgrade for all existing customers. http://www.realtimesoft.com/videosaver/ UltraMon™ 3.0.9 RC released Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:34:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.9 RC (Release Candidate) is now available for download. This release has several bug fixes, see the release notes for details. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0.8 Beta released Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:21:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.8 Beta has been released, this release has several new features and bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ New 8-monitor video card from Matrox Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:39:00 GMT Matrox has announced the launch of the M9188, a PCI Express x16 video card with support for up to 8 monitors. The card supports both regular extended desktop mode and span mode (span currently only available on XP and Vista). http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/press/releases/2009/process_control/mission_critical/mseries_octal/ MaxiVista version 4 with support for Windows 7 and Vista Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:59:00 GMT MaxiVista allows you to use a laptop or other computer as an additional monitor. With version 4 the software now also runs on Windows 7 and Vista, both 32- and 64-bit, even when using WDDM display drivers (required for Aero). http://www.maxivista.com UltraMon™ 3.0.7 Beta released Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:13:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.7 Beta has been released, this release has a fix for the issue with the Smart Taskbar not working correctly on Windows 7 systems (Aero theme) with more than 2 monitors, and two other bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0.6 Beta released Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:06:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.6 Beta has been released, this release has support for Windows 7 and several bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0.5 Beta released Thu, 7 May 2009 00:34:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.5 Beta has been released, this release has several bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0.4 Beta released Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:10:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.4 Beta has been released, this release has new Smart Taskbar features and several bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0.3 Beta released Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:41:00 GMT UltraMon 3.0.3 Beta has been released, this release has a new version of the mirroring feature with support for Windows Vista and several bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ New Matrox dual and quad video cards Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT Matrox has announced the M series dual and quad video cards scheduled for release in the third quarter. All cards are fanless, and have full support for Aero under Windows Vista. The cards are available in PCI Express x16 and x1 versions. In addition to regular extended desktop mode, the cards also support span mode over two or four monitors, also under Windows Vista. See the press release for more information. http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/press/releases/2008/corpo/mseries/ UltraMon™ 3.0 Beta 2.1 (3.0.2) released Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:15:00 GMT 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. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0 Beta 2 (3.0.1) released Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:32:00 GMT 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. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 3.0 Beta 1 (3.0.0) released Sun, 1 Apr 2007 06:26:00 GMT 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. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ Windows Vista and multiple video cards Sun, 5 Nov 2006 23:34:00 GMT 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 http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/forum/messages.asp?Topic=6770 UltraMon™ 2.7.1 released Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:17:00 GMT 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. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon™ 2.7.0 released Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:21:00 GMT UltraMon 2.7.0 has been released, this is a maintenance release with several bug fixes. See the release notes for details, download here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ Matrox EpicA - multiple monitors for terminals Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:37:00 GMT

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

 http://www.matrox.com/mga/corp/news/pr/epica.cfm Nvidia Quadro NVS PCIe x1 card Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:47:00 GMT 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. http://www.pny.com/products/quadro/nvs/440x1NvsPciEx.asp Matrox DualHead2Go review Wed, 4 Jan 2006 18:09:00 GMT Ars Technica has a review of the Matrox DualHead2Go: DualHead2Go @ Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/dualhead2go.ars Matrox DualHead2Go Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:46:00 GMT

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.

 http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/dh2go/home.cfm MaxiVista review updated for 2.0.14 release Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:32:00 GMT The MaxiVista review has been updated for the 2.0.14 release. See the MaxiVista site for more information on new features in version 2. http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/reviews/maxivista/ Matrox announces PCI Express x1 version of the G550 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:15:00 GMT The Millennium G550 PCIe is a fanless dual DVI card with a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 per display (1600x1200 with analog monitors). Due to using an x1 PCI Express (PCIe) connector, the card is well suited to be used as an additional video card in a PCIe system where not all PCIe slots are x16 (x1 cards fit into every type of PCIe slot). The card is expected to ship in August at a list price of US$ 139. See the Matrox site for more information. http://www.matrox.com/mga/workstation/3dws/products/mill_gseries/g550_pcie.cfm UltraMon™ SDK 2.5 released Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:06:00 GMT The UltraMon SDK, which contains documentation and samples for using the COM components provided by UltraMon, has now been updated for the 2.6 release of UltraMon. You can download the updated SDK here. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/developers.asp UltraMon 2.6 released - now with support for 64-bit Windows x64 Sat, 13 Jun 2005 13:58:00 GMT UltraMon 2.6 is now available for download. New in this release is support for 64-bit Windows x64, for a full list of changes and bug fixes see the release notes. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ NiftyWindows + UltraMon Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:09:00 GMT

NiftyWindows is a utility which allows you to assign special actions to mouse and keyboard buttons.

If UltraMon is also installed, and your mouse has back (4th) and forward (5th) buttons, NiftyWindows supports moving windows to the next/previous monitor by pressing right mouse button + forward mouse button and right mouse button + back mouse button.

In order for this to work, you'll need to create two UltraMon hotkeys:

  • CTRL + SHIFT + < : move window to next monitor
  • CTRL + < : move window to previous monitor
 http://www.enovatic.org/products/niftywindows/introduction/ Multi-monitor screen savers Sat, 19 Feb 2005 13:20:00 GMT 3 new multi-monitor screen savers have been added to the Products page: Mephzara Particle Systems Screen Saver, Particle Fire, and SunXi Particle Screen Saver http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/products.asp#ScreenSavers MaxiVista review updated for new features Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:07:00 GMT MaxiVista allows you to use a laptop or other PC as an additional monitor. The review of the software has been updated with information on new features which were introduced recently. MaxiVista now supports mirroring the primary monitor, and you can use up to 3 PCs as additional monitors. http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/reviews/maxivista/ Nvidia nForce4 supports dual PCI Express video cards Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:06:00 GMT

Nvidia's new nForce4 chipset for AMD systems is available in a version with dual PCI Express video card slots. The nForce4 SLI has a total of 5 PCI Express (PCIe) slots: two x16 slots for video cards, and three x1 slots for other cards.

The x16 slots are most likely only running at x8 speed with two video cards inserted, the chipset has a total of 20 PCIe lanes, and a single x16 slot running at full speed would require 16 lanes.

According to Nvidia's press release, motherboards with the new chipset should become available before the end of the year.

 http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce4_sli.html Multiple PCI Express video cards Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:20:00 GMT PCI Express seems to be ideal for installing multiple video cards, unfortunately it's not that simple due to not all slots being compatible with video cards. See Multiple PCI Express video cards for more on this. http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/articles/pcie/ Span mode for ATI dualhead cards Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:33:00 GMT The new ATI CATALYST Control Center, available for the Radeon 9500 and later cards, adds support for span mode (see the FAQ for more on span mode). Drivers with the CATALYST Control Center can be downloaded from the ATI website. Also see the forum for more on this. http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2004/4776.html Matrox P650 low-profile PCI card Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:47:00 GMT Matrox has announced a low-profile PCI version of the P650 dualhead card, scheduled for release in Q3 2004. The card has 64 MB RAM, and supports dual VGA and DVI. Matrox is also recommending the card for use in laptop docking stations, which often only support low-profile PCI cards. http://www.matrox.com/mga/media_center/press_rel/2004/p650_lowprofile.cfm Innovative multi-monitor display Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:20:00 GMT The TigerVista PowerTrio 24D from Digital Tigers is a 3-monitor display with a widescreen, 1920x1200, center monitor flanked by two portrait monitors with 1024x1280 resolution. This should be great if you often have documentation and websites on secondary monitors, and mainly work on the center monitor. The display costs US$ 4,999, a smaller version with a 1600x1200 center monitor is available for US$ 3,399. http://www.digitaltigers.com/tigervista-powertrio24d.shtml Matrox announces low-profile PCI video cards Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:31:00 GMT Matrox has announced low-profile PCI versions of their G550, P650 and QID video cards. The new cards are scheduled for release in Q3 2004. http://www.matrox.com/mga/media_center/press_rel/2004/pci_cards.cfm