Recent content by verdi1987

I can confirm the 6850 does indeed work with the 27" LED Cinema Display; the 6870 most likely does as well. My 5770 with DisplayPort did NOT work. Many (most?) 5700 and 5800 cards with DisplayPort do not work with the ACD. The ACD has a built-in mini-DP male, so an adapter is not needed for...

The 6850 has a standard DisplayPort output. (The 6870 has 2 mini-DP outputs.) I know the 6850 reference indicates 2 mini-DP outputs, but either the reference was changed, or no manufacturer is putting out a reference 6850. They all have one standard DP, one HDMI, and two DVI.

I got my Sapphire 6850 today. It was a nightmare getting the driver and Catalyst installed. I could not boot into the OS (Win7 x64). It just hung with a spinning cursor before loading the desktop. I couldn't even run Task Manager to load explorer.exe. I could only boot into Safe Mode. I...

I am happy to confirm that the Sapphire 6850 works with the 27" Apple Cinema Display with the StarTech mini-DP to DP adapter.

Will do. The 6850 arrives tomorrow.

I ordered a SAPPHIRE 6850. Crossing my fingers that it will work with my Cinema Display and mini DP to DP adapter. My 5770 didn't work. :(

I just purchased a 27" ACD and have a Diamond Multimedia 5770PE51G. I am using a StarTech mini-DP to DP adapter. I cannot get output from the DisplayPort connector, either connected on its own or in combination with the HDMI and DVI ports. (The display never actually turns on, although...