Software

This review will not cover the configuration of the TripleHead2Go in detail, as it is very similar to that of the DualHead2Go Digital. For further information on setup, simply take a look at that review here. Matrox has included an additional application to ease the setup of games for the surround gaming experience. We will focus on this utility in this review.


Inserting the CD will call up a full screen menu with the contents. It is set up to recognize the language of the OS and show the right menu - in this case German.

Installing the Surround Gaming Utility is quite straight forward. There is no restart required, but the version included on the CD is not the newest available. Take a look at the Matrox website for the latest one.

Setup Process:



The newest version of the SGU can handle a much larger list of games than the one included on the CD. The purpose of the application is simple. You can search for any of the listed games on your hard drive. Once the right executable is found, SGU can optimize the game's configuration file to show the right resolution on the screen. Games which have been patched with unoffical files like backups will not be recognized correctly. Even if the game of your choice is not included, you may create a cfg file yourself and save it under the appropriate name in the right directory. The SGU application will then find it upon the next start of the software. Creating these *.cfg files is nothing for the faint of heart. You better be well versed in creating batch files and understand the registry system in Windows.