Matrox has been distancing itself from the consumer market for
awhile now, but even we couldn't resist this one. Hailed as the
planet's first single-slot octal graphics card, the M9188
supports up to eight DisplayPort or single-link DVI outputs, and
if you're up for getting really crazy, you can hook up a pair to
drive 16 displays from a single workstation. The card itself
packs 2GB of memory and supports resolutions as high as 2,560 x
1,600 (per output), which should be just enough to create the
Google Earth visualization system you've always dreamed of. In
related news, the outfit also introduced the far weaker 1GB
M9128, which can drive a grand total of two displays for $259.
Oh, and as for pricing on the octal guy? Try $1,995 when it
ships later this quarter.   Matrox pushes eight displays with a
single-slot PCIe x16 GPU