Bought the cable, kept the receipt. Opened the box, and fully agree. This is to go FROM a mDP to DVI and not the other way around. Following the lead of those travelling this path before, will search for a new 4850 with the DP or mDP pinout... Seems to be very scarce at this point and with...
Thanks for the quick reposnse. I'm assuming you've actually tried this configuration so know it will fail. The cable design is actually meant to drive a miniDP display.
The cable is less than five inches long and has FEMALE DVI plug with a pig tail miniDP plug on the end. It looks like...
I'm running a Readeon HD4850 that does not have DP out, it has two DVI-D ports. PLEASE KEEP READING...
From the AMD site, I quote;
Two integrated dual-link DVI display outputs
Each supports 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at all resolutions up to 1920x1200 (single-link DVI) or...