- Matrox returns with double-gpu card built for synchronized setups of multiple display
- A380 Octal supports up to eight 5K screens and advanced sound
- Quad -Sversion offers fewer outputs, less power, for simpler installations
One of Nvidia’s earliest rivals, Matrox was well known in the 1990s for its high quality graphics cards.
Although it eventually moved away from the mainstream gaming market, the company has been active in professional and multi-display environments, including the delivery of display systems to the sphere, the massive music and entertainment location just off the Las Vegas strip.
Now Matrox is preparing to release a new double-gpu graphics card aimed at turning on video walls and multi-display setups.
Up to four 8K screens
The upcoming Matrox Luma Pro A380 Octal has two Intel ARC A380E GPUs and eight Mini DisplayPort 2.0 outputs so it can run up to four 8K screens or eight 5K screens at once.
The A380 Octal is a single-castle PCIE 4.0 X16 card and includes 12 GB GDDR6 memory with a 130W power requirement and active cooling.
Supported APIs include DirectX 12 Ultimate, Opengl 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 3.0, making it compatible with a wide range of professional software environments. Matrox’s PowerDesk Software and its Mura Developer Tools are also supported.
As for options, the card can deliver high-definition video across eight synchronized screens, including support for HDR, VESA DSC Compression, Adaptive Sync and HDCP 2.3. The maximum bit depth reaches up to 36 bit per Pixel. Users can also stream multi-channel high-definition audio through four digital outputs.
According to Matrox, two cards can be used in a single system and can be hit to synchronized output.
Another model in the set-up, the A380 Quad, offers similar features with a single GPU, 6 GB of memory and four in full size display ports instead of eight Mini DisplayPorts. The Quad model draws less power and is aimed at less demanding applications.
There is no word about pricing or accessibility for any of the model. Matrox lists them only as “coming soon.”
