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I didnt have any of those issues, sounds driver related. You may fair better with the official Cat version plus the new Firmware, when both are released.

Well yeah, that's what I figured. And I said it "can" cause issues, not that it will absolutely cause issues with whoever uses it.
I do appreciate the fix though, because having Maya, photoshop and the BF2 editor open all at once sucks with anything less than 5040x1050. So while it isn't perfect, I do appreciate it.

Bit late to the party but nice to see!! Might finally be time to upgrade to a surround gaming mode ;) Wonder how Xfire support will function in this mode with a 2x 4870X2 setup..

Thanks for the posting!

Finally working with 2.05 Powerdesk and 9.7 Catalyst driver at 59Hz.

Getting 5040x1050 on an ATI HD4870 card running Vista 64

Your tips helped me, games look great.

Definitely going with an ATI card next now that I have read this. Thanks ATI!

I installed the new firmware and the 9.7 drivers. 5040x1050 works fine on the desktop, but just like 4320x900, the screen is garbled and unusable in any game I try to play. I do have a 3870x2, so I'm not sure if that's the problem or what. And yes, my monitors(viewsonic vx2235wm) work fine at the specified refresh rate. I guess I'll just have to wait until the 5k series comes out, since the jump from my card to the 4k series isn't much of a jump, if at all.

I just updated all my matrox software and firmware.. on 9.6 cat im having no issues with 5040x1050 on my 4870X2. Tried Eve online, WoW and Titan Quest - no dramas.

If 9.7 is suppose to fix more issues, cant wait. As stated, no custom resolution is needed either, just detects it on boot.

damn man if u said u got 4870x2 working with 5040x1050 then its definitley my monitors thats holding me back... either that or i should revert back to catalyst 9.6??? hmm. gonna try that this instant, just been heated about my horizontol blank spots.

ROFL yesss so at least now i know its my monitors, i was almost about to sell my 4870x2 + monitors. at least now i know its my monitors, just took pics and put them up on ebay/craigslist. so if anyone wants 3x 19" acer x193w+ monitors to run 3840x1024 max res with th2g, let me know!!!

thanks for the posting proof saying u got 4870x2 working, i know now once again that its these monitors that are the problem.

3x 22" lcds here we come.

No problem bud, glad you found the issue. So far with 9.6 the only issue I have encountered is running Vsync in some games causes massive screen corruption - turned off its fine.

Although WoW has crashed a few times on me in some areas while flying around. Not sure if thats WoW or the 9.6 driver but hope it gets fixed ;)

No problem bud, glad you found the issue. So far with 9.6 the only issue I have encountered is running Vsync in some games causes massive screen corruption - turned off its fine.

Although WoW has crashed a few times on me in some areas while flying around. Not sure if thats WoW or the 9.6 driver but hope it gets fixed ;)

WoW is generally stable... what error message did it give when it crashed?

[quote]No problem bud, glad you found the issue. So far with 9.6 the only issue I have encountered is running Vsync in some games causes massive screen corruption - turned off its fine.

Although WoW has crashed a few times on me in some areas while flying around. Not sure if thats WoW or the 9.6 driver but hope it gets fixed ;)

WoW is generally stable... what error message did it give when it crashed?

Said it had an error trying to access roughly 2.4gigs worth of data. Its perfectly fine until I fly over Zuldrak basically.

Furrther more having a tonne of other game issues now.. Mirrors Edge and Deadspace wont load on screen, reverts to windows with it running in background. And also pops up with an missing file error just inserting the disk "CmdLineExtInstallerExe.exe unable to locate MSIMG32.dll"

Fallout 3 loads but the screen is a mess. Guess im just going to have to wait for the elusive 9.7 driver - and do a nice clean install too.

Correct me if I'm wrong, My understanding is that we are still waiting on the firmware update. Powerdesk is not the firmware unless I missed something. Also I haven't checked, is Cat 9.7 officially out? I just don't want to jump the gun and say it doesn't work until I know that all updates are out. I may be wrong but I think we have to flash the firmware AND update Powerdesk AND get Cat 9.7. Hopefully Mark B. will see this and clearify.

OK, I just checked and the official Cat 9.7 is NOT out. So don't count your monitors out yet. I also can't find a new firmware for the th2go so all is not lost. To those that have it working, congrats, to those that don't, give it a little more time. Especially those that have a garbled screen. Patience.

Correct me if I'm wrong, My understanding is that we are still waiting on the firmware update. Powerdesk is not the firmware unless I missed something. Also I haven't checked, is Cat 9.7 officially out? I just don't want to jump the gun and say it doesn't work until I know that all updates are out. I may be wrong but I think we have to flash the firmware AND update Powerdesk AND get Cat 9.7. Hopefully Mark B. will see this and clearify.

OK, I just checked and the official Cat 9.7 is NOT out. So don't count your monitors out yet. I also can't find a new firmware for the th2go so all is not lost. To those that have it working, congrats, to those that don't, give it a little more time. Especially those that have a garbled screen. Patience.

Dunno what version/firmware you are running.. They have said there will be 3 items, 1 - software, 2 - firmware and 3 - driver updates to enable it fully. Currently the software is released. The driver update isnt out yet, still another week and a half to be released in (beta is out there). And as of the start of July (not sure if this is the correct update or not) there is a new firmware, which once installed allowed full access to 5040x1050@59hz on my ATi card - without the need of a custom resolution.

So far all the issues I have encountered all relate to Vsync issues and or possibly quirks in the programming.. Pretty sure 9.7 (well hoping) will fix the remaining few quirks. Hell if there is indeed another firmware coming this month too, ill take it. Did wonders for my TH2go setup.

Edit + Update: Managed to get Mirrors Edge to work. So far every game I have issues with is due to Vsync. Turning it off and if possible manually setting up 5040x1050 seems to get the game running. Wont have much time to retest Deadspace (Got working) and Crysis tonight (Crysis Warhead is perfect though).

Hi,
my configuration is: HD 4870 1gb, 3x LG Flatron W2242S (22" analog monitor connected by DVI connectors), TripleHead2Go DE, WinXP, driver Ati 9.7, PowerDesk v2.05 and firmware v2.3.40.
Max resolution obtained is 4320x900, when I set to 5040x1050 at 59Hz I have the same result of thenjwaslike (excuse me if I used your picture)
http://uploadgeek.nl/files/xygtxktgab0ouzh3sdf9.jpg

I also tried Catalyst 9.5 and 9.6, but the result is the same. I'm not able to make it works.
Is there someone of you who can help me?
Thanks to all.

yeah man i gave up on trying to achieve 5040x1050.

just hold tight and hope that the new catalyst / firmware will have a fix,

good luck man!!

I just bought TH2G, setup 3 screens and it worked perfectly. This is what I have:

ATI HD 3870x2
3 Samsung 226BW 22"
TH2G Digital Ed.

Catalyst Drivers 9.7
Powerdesk 2.05
Latest TH2G firmware

I installed the drivers/software in the order listed above.
Only one of the screens showed an OSD message, but it disappeared after a while. Looks like there are variabilities in my 3 screens, maybe I got a mix of panels. But overall it works.

Just thought I would like to share. Hope it helps.