Apple new 30" LCD Cinema display

[Happy Hopping]

http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.html

http://images.apple.com/displays/pdf/Displays_TO_06282004.pdf

From this PDF file, Apple said you need this Ultra 6800 for their 30" LCD, but ultra 6800 from nvidia only run at 2048x1536, whereas their Apple requires 2560x1600.

Did Apple make a mistake or were they afraid after you buy this 30", you can't afford a more expensive card than the ultra 6800?

As well, what is DDC support?

 

[CreamySoupUSA]

The 6800s they use have two DVi ports, as do the displays, which is how they can get the higher resolution. Now that I think about it, during Steve Jobs's keynote presentation, he said the cards have 4 DVI ports for dual 30" displays (8.2 million pixles), but I might have just heard that wrong.

 

[nick_sabatino]

Actually, I think that the Apple display has one cable coming out of it, that terminates in a power, firewire, usb2, and DVI. It's called 'dual-link' dvi because the monitor uses some priviously unused pins on it, which only the apple version of the 6800u supports. The card has (2) 'dual-link' dvi ports, so theoretically, you could have 60" of apple LCD goodness coming out of 1 card.

 

[Disco_Stu_04]

Gents, I'm in love. 16ms response and a 400:1 contrast (good but not great but still). Gonna have to go trade in my 23" screen....sigh.

 

[Happy Hopping]

So, I have to wait for the PC ver. of this from say LG, or some co. like HP to release it, hopefully with S-video, composite output etc.?

As well, that Ultra 6800 DLL is a proprietary card then? It doesn't work on PC?

To get a high res. of 2560 x 1600, I guess I need Quadro FX3000 or FX3400. Any taker on a cheaper card that can do:

- 2560 x 1600
- Dual link DVI?

Or do you guys think when the PC ver. of this 30" come out on Aug 10, we can get away without "Dual Link DVI"?

 

[rush24t3]

AFAIK, this new proprietary NVIDIA card is the only one with Dual Link DVI.