Any competitors to Matrox?

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I am looking at video cards for media creation and need to output to 3 minimum screens. Matrox seems to have a lot to offer but I am looking for other manufacturers that do similar things before settling with them.

http://matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/products/home.php

Basically, I am looking for a card that meets these requirements:

PCIe
Vista support
Output to at least 3 screens, all digital if possible.
1920x1080 res on all screens would be nice but 1280x720 is acceptable
At least 256mb RAM
$1800 budget

Thanks!
 
What kind of media creation. I have sold a few of the APVe for media creation (2 computer displays and Component/HDTV) which can't do the 3 digital displays you are looking for, but I did want to chime in about their software/drivers. Plan to spend some time on the phone with Matrox support. Lots O Fun.

I have NEVER encountered such picky drivers in my life...and in order to get the card work, it was important that I NOT install the driver that is listed for the APVe card.

It may just be that card, as my past experience with other Parhelia cards was great, but they aren't 3D powerhouses...
 
datapath is one other company I know of. I only know about them because we've used their cards at work.
 
bassman said:
Does it have to be a single PCIe card?
Click to expand...

Exactly my thoughts. Just use two cards.

You know those SLI motherboards? Well, contrary to popular opinion on this board, you DON'T have to run two cards in SLI on an "SLI" motherboard - they can be run independently with their own displays.

I loved Matrox in the past, but today they have outlived their usefulness. While they still provide some unique products with good quality, their video cards don't fall into that category anymore.
 
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