Tritton - Graphic Card

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• Rated 1 out of 5 stars

  Great concept but doesn't work to well

  • Incentivized

  Being a visual effects artist, having a three monitor span is an ideal set-up as I can display reference material, etc. on a third monitor without it cluttering up my normal two-panel span. At the time, the Tritton SEE2 Xtreme was the only external card I found that could display at 1920x1200 which is what I run my other two panels at. I picked one up at BB and the installation was painless. However once I got everything set-up, I found it had nothing but problems. I was only able to get an image on my third monitor twice and it was a b++ch to do that. Most the time it would go into this endless loop of asking me to re-boot the machine, which would pop up again after I did reboot. There was also an intermittent issue in which the machine wouldn’t boot at all if the device was plugged in. I contacted Tritton’s tech-support and it took over two weeks to get any kind of answer and what they did reply was no help. About a month later I got another email asking me to test out a beta-version of their “upgraded” software but by then I had returned the device for a refund. Wanting this concept to work, I found a similar device put out by Diamond and tried my luck with that. It does run better, but also has issues, again with the device being recognized upon booting. Most the time it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not sure if it’s these external cards aren’t really designed to work with an existing dual-head configuration or if they just don’t work at all.

  Posted 15 years ago by DigEfxGrp

• Rated 1 out of 5 stars

  doesn't work well with MAC OS 1.6.3

  • Incentivized

  Configuration: I have 2 22" LCD monitors, and I wanted them both lit up (as well as the LCD on the MacBook Air running OSX 10.6.3) giving me a total of 3 monitors. I have one monitor hooked up to the MacBook's DVI port via a DVI-VGA adapter cable, that works fine. The second external monitor is connected to a USB 2.0 port via the Tritton See2 xtreme box. I am running the current production driver from Tritton's website which is supposed to be compatible with OSX 10.6.3. Symptoms: The second monitor seems to work OK for a while, giving me the desired 3 independent monitors. Unfortunately it then freezes or the display turns to snow. Once that happens the only way to get it back is to reboot the MacBook (re discovering the displays doesn't work- the 3rd display doesn't discover). It tends to freeze when it's asked to display any kind of content involving graphics. For instance, pasting a screenshot into an email caused it to freeze. The problem is much more prevalent when I used other items on the USB (I was using a wireless USB keyboard, had to stop since it contributed to monitor instability). Now I'm using a bluetooth keyboard and mouse and the problem is not as bad (although it still exists). Remediation: None yet. I've opened a ticket with Tritton's support via their website, but so far other than an automated email acknowledging the case I've received no reply. I'm taking this thing back to the Best Buy store next time I'm up there. Comments: I have no insight as to how well this device might work on a Windows machine. The support for Mac seems to be relatively new (posts in Tritton's FAQ site mentioned a beta driver for Snow Leopard) so it may be better on Windows. Doesn't help me, I'm a Mac :).

  Posted 14 years ago by Petah

• Rated 3 out of 5 stars

  Not optimum for full Windows 7 Aero experience

  • Incentivized

  This USB to DVI/VGA adapter can work with Windows 7 but it does not at this time support the Aero experience. I bought this to add 2nd monitor capability to an HP Pavilion 6110f desktop computer I purchased in July 2009. This model of HP only has one video output on the back, but if you check many new PCs today, they usually include one VGA port and either a DVI-D port or HDMI port. Some laptops provide a VGA port and a DisplayPort, which with the right adapter can be connected via DVI-D cable or VGA cable to a second monitor. In order to use a 2nd monitor on my HP desktop, I'd need to either add a new video card that had two video ports, (usually one VGA and one DVI-D). Or, use a USB to VGA/DVI-D adapter for each additional monitor I want to add. I checked several products and reviews for these types of adapters---besides Tritton, there are other manufacturers such as StarTech. I purchased the Tritton because it appeared to work for some people on Windows 7, and it seemed to support pretty high resolutions. I only needed it for a 1280 x 1054 regular width older 15 " Radius/KDS monitor. I have two of these and they work well side by side. After installing the drivers from the supplied disk, and hooking up the monitor, it looked awful. The two monitors, though purchased at different times, are basically the same model. So the colors and picture have always been identical when used in a multi-monitor setup on other computers. I immediately encountered several problems: - The colors were quite harsh and garish on the monitor hooked up to the Tritton adapter, compared to the other monitor hooked up to the integrated VGA port on the comnputer. - Windows 7 immediately displayed a message that Aero effects were no longer available because one of the devices did not support it. - I could not adjust the monitor settings via Display control panel (in Windows 7, it's on the Resolution page). On the Resolution page, it did not show the second monitor at all. - I could not switch the positioining of the monitors through the software to make the mouse move from right to left from screen 1 to screen 2. The mouse cursor went from the right side of the right screen to the left side of the left screen---from outer side to outer side---not inner side to inner side. I could physically switch the monitor positions on my desk but I shouldn't have to. Solutions: - I readjusted the contrast, birightness, and colors on the Tritton connected monitor, using the monitor's adjustment menus, and was able to get the colors almost identical. - I downloaded updated Windows 7 drivers, though in the support FAQ I did notice that there were still some Windows 7 issues that were being worked on, such as incompatibilty with HP Touchscreen systems. But after installing the upgraded drivers the 2nd monitor still didn't appear in the display properties/resolution page. I finally discovered the Trittion icon in the taskbar notification area, and found I could adjust the resolution there. But still no UI to switch the monitor positions. - Even after adjusting the display properties and resolution, I still couldn't get Aero back. Previously, I'd updated the graphics on another Windows 7 computer with a PNY9400GT 1054 MB DD2 card.I was very satisfied with the performance and multi-monitor support. I'd gone with the Tritton adapter this time because I thought it would be nice to be able to add multi-monitor capability to my laptop when I wasn't using the desktop. I was really disappointed with the lack of Aero support. So I returned the Tritton VGA adapter and bought the PNY 9400GT graphics card, identical to the one I'd installed in the other comnputer a few months back. The new PNY Graphics card really boosts several parts of the Windows Experience Index, it fully supports Aero, and both monitors can be configured within the same UI---either the standard Windows Resolution page, or via the NVidia graphics card. I'm not a gamer, but I do a lot of graphics-intensive work with images and documents, and this card is great. Installation is a snap. If you're not sure if you'd be comfortable opening up the case and installing a card, it's easier than you think. Check your documentation for your PC---most owner's manuals give pretty good instructions on how to open the case and how to replace or install new video cards, audio cards, memory, or drives. For my model, HP actually provides short videos as well as printed explanations to show you how to open the case and replace or install the card. I think the USB to VGA/DVI-D adapter is a great idea. It sounds like Tritton is working on updated drivers for Windows 7, but the current lack of full Aero support was a deal-breaker for me. I don't know how well it works on Windows Vista, but since most of the issues I have are related to taking full advantage of Windows 7 features, the Tritton adapter would probably be just fine on Windows XP. I also liked the color and design of the adapter. I wish I could have made it work for everything I wanted out of it. Many hardware device manufacturers are still catching up with Windows 7 drivers, and sometimes it takes awhile to get the new drivers into the product packaging. Check the manufacturer's web site for the latest drivers and information about Windows 7 support. With some reservations, I might recommend this to a friend if they are still using Windows XP. Since the device is not permanently installed in the computer, perhaps by the time you move to a newer computer there may be updated drivers available.

  Posted 15 years ago by YourMotherDoesWindowsBlog