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Matrox
QuadHead2Go
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Configuration Guide
Q2G-DP4K and Q2G-DP4K-C
20291-101-0100
October 18, 2019

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  • Page 1 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide Q2G-DP4K and Q2G-DP4K-C 20291-101-0100 October 18, 2019...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide Table of contents Overview ..........................4 Conventions used in this document ................. 4 x1 Configurations ......................5 2x1 configuration ......................5 3x1 configuration ......................5 4x1 configuration ......................5 5x1 configuration ......................6 6x1 configuration ......................
  • Page 3 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x6 Configurations ......................31 2x6 configuration ......................31 3x6 configuration ......................32 4x6 configuration ......................33 5x6 configuration ......................33 6x6 configuration ......................35 Appendix A: Logical arguments ..................37 Conventions ........................37 Logical argument A.

  • Page 4: Overview

    This guide uses pre-set logical arguments to determine a possible configuration that minimize the number of differing source output resolutions. Matrox makes no guarantee about the accuracy of information contained in this document. The user is responsible for validating the configurations outlined in this document based on use case, source capabilities, and any other factors that may or may not impact their video wall.

  • Page 5: X1 Configurations

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x1 Configurations 2x1 configuration For a 2x1 configuration, possible setups include:  1x QuadHead2Go unit  1x 3840x1080 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) 3x1 configuration For a 3x1 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 6: 5X1 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 5x1 configuration For a 5x1 configuration, possible setups include:  1x QuadHead2Go unit  1x 7680x1080 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit)  1x 1920x1080 output from the GPU directly to a monitor...

  • Page 7: X2 Configurations

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x2 Configurations 1x2 configuration For a 1x2 configuration, possible setups include:  1x QuadHead2Go units  1x 1920x2160 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) 2x2 configuration For a 2x2 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 8: 4X2 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  2x QuadHead2Go units  1x 3840x2160 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go)  1x 1920x2160 output from GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go) 4x2 configuration For a 4x2 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 9: 6X2 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  3x QuadHead2Go units  2x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 1920x2160 outputs from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) 6x2 configuration For a 6x2 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 10: X3 Configurations

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x3 Configurations 1x3 configuration For a 1x3 configuration, possible setups include:  1x QuadHead2Go unit  1x 1920x3240 outputs from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) 2x3 configuration For a 2x3 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 11: 3X3 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 3x3 configuration For a 3x3 configuration, possible setups include:  3x QuadHead2Go units  3x 5760x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  3x QuadHead2Go units  3x 1920x3240 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)

  • Page 12: 5X3 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 5x3 configuration For a 5x3 configuration, possible setups include:  5x QuadHead2Go units  5x 1920x3240 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  4x QuadHead2Go units  3x 7680x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...

  • Page 13: 6X3 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  1x 1920x3240 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) 6x3 configuration For a 6x3 configuration, possible setups include:  6x QuadHead2Go units  6x 1920x3240 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...
  • Page 14 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  5x QuadHead2Go units  3x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 7860x1080 outputs from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit)  1x 3840x1080 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) ...
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  • Page 16: X4 Configurations

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x4 Configurations 1x4 configuration For a 1x4 configuration, possible setups include:  1x QuadHead2Go units  1x 1920x4320 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) 2x4 configuration For a 2x4 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 17: 3X4 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  2x QuadHead2Go units  2x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) 3x4 configuration For a 3x4 configuration, possible setups include:  3x QuadHead2Go units  3x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...

  • Page 18: 4X4 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 4x4 configuration For a 4x4 configuration, possible setups include:  4x QuadHead2Go units  4x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  4x QuadHead2Go units  4x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...

  • Page 19: 5X4 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 5x4 configuration For a 5x4 configuration, possible setups include:  5x QuadHead2Go units  5x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  5x QuadHead2Go units  4x 7680x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...

  • Page 20: 6X4 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 6x4 configuration For a 6x4 configuration, possible setups include:  6x QuadHead2Go units  6x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  6x QuadHead2Go units  6x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)
  • Page 21 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  6x QuadHead2Go units  4x 7680x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  2x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  6x QuadHead2Go units ...
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  • Page 23: X5 Configurations

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x5 Configurations 2x5 configuration For a 2x5 configuration, possible setups include:  5x QuadHead2Go units  5x 3840x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  3x QuadHead2Go units  2x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...

  • Page 24: 3X5 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  3x QuadHead2Go units  2x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 3840x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) 3x5 configuration For a 3x5 configuration, possible setups include: ...

  • Page 25: 4X5 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  4x QuadHead2Go units  3x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 5760x1080 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit)  4x QuadHead2Go units ...
  • Page 26 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  5x QuadHead2Go units  4x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 7680x1080 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit)  5x QuadHead2Go units ...

  • Page 27: 5X5 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 5x5 configuration For a 5x5 configuration, possible setups include:  6x QuadHead2Go units  5x 7680x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 1920x4320 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) ...
  • Page 28 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  6x QuadHead2Go units  4x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  1x 1920x4320 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit)  1x 7680x1080 output from the GPU (as input to the QuadHead2Go unit) ...

  • Page 29: 6X5 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 6x5 configuration For a 6x5 configuration, possible setups include:  8x QuadHead2Go units  6x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  2x 5760x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)
  • Page 30 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  8x QuadHead2Go units  6x 1920x4320 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  2x 5760x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) 30/48...

  • Page 31: X6 Configurations

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide x6 Configurations 2x6 configuration For a 2x6 configuration, possible setups include:  3x QuadHead2Go units; and  3x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  3x QuadHead2Go units ...

  • Page 32: 3X6 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 3x6 configuration For a 3x6 configuration, possible setups include:  6x QuadHead2Go units  6x 1920x3240 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  6x QuadHead2Go units  6x 5760x1080 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) ...

  • Page 33: 4X6 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 4x6 configuration For a 4x6 configuration, possible setups include:  6x QuadHead2Go units  6x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) 5x6 configuration For a 5x6 configuration, possible setups include: ...
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  • Page 35: 6X6 Configuration

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide  8x QuadHead2Go units  6x 3840x2160 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units)  2x 1920x3240 outputs from the GPU (as inputs to the QuadHead2Go units) 6x6 configuration For a 6x6 configuration, possible setups include: ...
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  • Page 37: Appendix A: Logical Arguments

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide Appendix A: Logical arguments The following logical arguments serve as guidelines for possible setups of different video wall arrays. These setups try, as much as possible, to maximize the number of outputs that share the same resolution.
  • Page 38 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide If the array is 2x7, then there are 2 columns and 7 rows, for a total Example: Since �� = ������������������������ % 4 = ����������������������( ), in ������������ of 14 outputs. � �� = 14 % 4 = ������������������ ����...
  • Page 39 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide If the array is 2x7, then there are 2 columns and 7 rows, for a Example: To find ������������������ � �, do the following: ����� ������� total of 14 outputs. � ���������� ��������������...

  • Page 40: Logical Argument A. If (Columns Are Even And Rows Are Even)

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide If the array is 2x7, then there are 2 columns and 7 rows, for a Example: To find �������������� � �, do the following: ����� ������� total of 14 outputs. � ���������� ��������������...
  • Page 41 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide ���������� �������������� �������������� ���� units If n ≠ 1 If n = 1 # QuadHead2Go units + 1 # GPU outputs If n ≠ 1 Same as # QuadHead2Go units. If rows = 1: Place each QuadHead2Go unit in a 4x1 configuration.

  • Page 42: Logical Argument C. If (Columns Are Odd And Rows Are Odd)

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide Logical argument C. If (Columns are odd AND Rows are odd) Logical argument C1. If (Columns % 4 = 1 AND Rows % 4 = 1) 5x5, 13x13, 9x17, 21x25, 29x29, 33x33, etc.

  • Page 43: C3. If (Columns % 4 = 3 And Rows % 4 = 1)

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide # QuadHead2Go units. # GPU outputs � ∗ ( # ���� �������������� ) 1 Place ��������������� # �� ���� � QuadHead2Go units in a 1x4 configuration. These fill all 2 Place # ���� �������������� units in a 1x3 configuration in the but the bottom 3 rows of monitors.

  • Page 44: Logical Argument D. If (Columns Are Odd And Rows Are Even) Or (Columns Are Even And Rows Are Odd)

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide 3 Place the single remaining QuadHead2Go in a 3x1 configuration at the bottom right of the array. The remaining QuadHead2Go unit uses only 3 of its 4 outputs. Reason The other QuadHead2Go units use all 4 outputs.

  • Page 45: D2. If (Columns Are Even And Rows Are Odd)

    ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide Place the last QuadHead2Go unit in 1x2. Example: Most of the QuadHead2Go units will be in 2x2, and as many as Reason possible of the 4 outputs on a QuadHead2Go will be used.
  • Page 46 ® ™ Matrox QuadHead2Go Series Configuration Guide at the bottom left of the video wall array. If the array has a number of rows that’s divisible by 4, place the final QuadHead2Go unit in 4x1. Place the final QuadHead2Go unit in 2x1.

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