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new MAC Pro and monitors
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do you see that all the new MAC Pro’s use the new LED monitors, and if you want to run 2 24″ monitors, you need an additional graphics card ?bob Zelin
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[Bob Zelin] “I don’t fully understand this, but if I just read it simply – if you want to use your 2 HP or Dell (or even Apple Cinema displays), you can’t do it without adaptors, and an additional graphics card. “
No. I think people are misunderstanding this. There’s a display port and a DVI port. You plug your DVI port into the DVI and you get a display port adaptor that will adapt your DVI to display port.
A couple of them are $29. The Dual link DVI one is $99. You don’t need two graphics cards unless you have two display port monitors.
Jeremy
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They really should just throw DisplayPort to DVI adapter in with the box. Opening it up and not being able to connect your 2 perfectly good DVI monitors to it is a shame. Especially if you have 2×30″. $99 just to hook up your monitor? ouch.
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[Aaron Neitz] “$99 just to hook up your monitor? ouch. “
Yeah, I hear that. The biggest ouch to me is the $2600 upgrade to the fastest processors. I’ll take $198 over that any day…
Jeremy
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There have also been several reports of the adapter not working correctly on 30″ monitors too. To read of frustration, have a look at https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8680802 and be fore-warned!
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Jeremy, Where are you getting that Zelin quote from? It’s not in his post that started this thread. Is there a secret Zelin to Garchow thread link? 🙂
Ed[Jeremy Garchow] “[Bob Zelin] “I don’t fully understand this, but if I just read it simply – if you want to use your 2 HP or Dell (or even Apple Cinema displays), you can’t do it without adaptors, and an additional graphics card. ”
No. I think people are misunderstanding this. There’s a display port and a DVI port. You plug your DVI port into the DVI and you get a display port adaptor that will adapt your DVI to display port.
A couple of them are $29. The Dual link DVI one is $99. You don’t need two graphics cards unless you have two display port monitors.”
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Monoprice.com is selling the adapters for $15. They make DVI and HDMI. I read they’ll have a dual-link DVI and a mini to regular DisplayPort available in the near future.
Sean
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It’s another thread, I remember reading it.
Sean
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Woops, sorry. I copy/pasted from the Kona forum.
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Check out the MacPro thread below – already discussed
Peter
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[Jeremy Garchow] “No. I think people are misunderstanding this. There’s a display port and a DVI port. You plug your DVI port into the DVI and you get a display port adaptor that will adapt your DVI to display port. “
But according to the Apple release, it does say you need two graphics cards to run two of the Apple 24″ displays. This will be a major problem for Color as I discussed in the previous thread since it cannot run with more than one graphics card as it stands right now.
Hopefully this means a major improvement to the entire Studio Suite is upcoming in April.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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