Matrox Graphics PowerDesk-SE 2.04 Display Driver

Matrox Graphics announced the release of the Matrox PowerDesk-SE 2.04 display driver. The new product features new Joined graphics card mode and improved widescreen resolution support. The new driver offers more control for displaying information across multiple screens a critical requirement for professionals in industries such as financial trading, train dispatch, energy management and process control.

PowerDesk-SE 2.04 supports Microsoft operating systems including: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista using the Windows XP Display Driver Model (XDDM). The Joined graphics card mode enables two Matrox multi-display graphics cards to work in tandem in several Windows desktop combinations. Using the following modes, you can either stretch or clone multiple displays:

• Clone: view a copy of one display on all other displays
• Stretch: use both graphics cards to form one desktop across multiple monitors
• Twin-independent: use one graphics card to view information independently on multiple displays, and clone the outputs to the independent displays driven by the second graphics card
• Twin-stretch: use one graphics card to stretch one desktop across multiple displays and clone this desktop to displays driven by second graphics card

Samuel Recine, Matrox Graphics Inc., stated:

Matrox developed PowerDesk-SE 2.04 in response to requests for more advanced display configurations…

We understand that in high-reliability environments, our customers need to see—and know—the entire situation. Customizing displays across multiple screens gives them the flexibility they need to visualize all incoming data and see their bigger picture…

Additional features include: PowerRes mode, which offers increased widescreen resolution support, and Pivot mode, which allows for hardware rotation of one or more displays into portrait view. PowerDesk-SE 2.04 extends the functionality of the following Matrox Graphics solutions:

• Millennium P-Series
• EpicA TC2 and TC4
• QID series
• Parhelia series
• Extio series of remote graphics units

The Matrox PowerDesk-SE 2.04 display driver is now available for download on the Matrox website