Power 2 - 30" Apple Displays

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macker123

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I think I want to upgrade from my dual 23" lcds to the Apple 30"s. I understand it needs a dual link dvi card, but I want 2 of these monitors.

Other than the Quadro FX 4500 anybody know of a responable card or could I even buy 2 seperate PCI-E Dual Link DVI cards?

I am honestly not that worried about gaming etc. I simply use this PC at the office for web design etc.
 
I *think* the X1x00 cards have dual dual-link DVI. If so, a X1300 would work well for you. If thats not true though... do you have an SLI mobo where you can run two independent PCIE cards?


EDIT: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1629&redirect=yes

There is the X1800XT running two apple 30"... not sure if the X1300 has the same capability, cant find much on it.


EDIT2: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/10/17/sapphire_radeon_x1800xl/1.html

Seeing as the card has two dual-link DVI ports, we hope that Sapphire will amend this bundle to include a second VGA-to-DVI converter for those gamers who are still running two analogue monitors.
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Selling on newegg for $390: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102612

"Maximum 3D Graphics Resolution of 2560x1600" aka native apple 30" resolution. Sounds like this is the ticket.
 
macker123 said:
I think I want to upgrade from my dual 23" lcds to the Apple 30"s. I understand it needs a dual link dvi card, but I want 2 of these monitors.

Other than the Quadro FX 4500 anybody know of a responable card or could I even buy 2 seperate PCI-E Dual Link DVI cards?

I am honestly not that worried about gaming etc. I simply use this PC at the office for web design etc.
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i wish i could afford that :(
 
I can't seem to find any of last gen's top cards with dual link DVI ports. I could have sworn that the X850 Xt/Pe had them...
 
Project_2501 said:
I can't seem to find any of last gen's top cards with dual link DVI ports. I could have sworn that the X850 Xt/Pe had them...
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May have one... but it definatly doesn't have two.
 
Please post a pick if you get it. I wanna see this. I have the Dell 24inch but dual 30inch is nuts. gotta see.
 
macker123 said:
I think I want to upgrade from my dual 23" lcds to the Apple 30"s. I understand it needs a dual link dvi card, but I want 2 of these monitors.

Other than the Quadro FX 4500 anybody know of a responable card or could I even buy 2 seperate PCI-E Dual Link DVI cards?

I am honestly not that worried about gaming etc. I simply use this PC at the office for web design etc.
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The 6800 for Macs have dual dual link dvi's :)
 
lithium726 said:
yeah, the x1800xl is pretty much your best bet for a decent price.
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Does the XL have dual-link DVI or is it the XT? And will it be all XT's?
 
PRIME1 said:
Does the XL have dual-link DVI or is it the XT? And will it be all XT's?
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xl and xt have it i know, im not sure about the x1600's or other models.
 
Xephian said:
And the new Quad Power Mac can do up to 8x 30" ACD's. Which is a resolution of 20800x1600. :eek:
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no it cant....*copied directly from apples website*

The NVIDIA GeForce FX 4500 graphics card occupies the 16-lane PCI Express slot and adjacent PCI Express slot. Maximum of two NVIDIA GeForce FX 4500 or GeForce 7800 graphics cards per system. Eight 20-inch or 23-inch Apple Cinema Displays can be connected to the Power Mac G5 using four NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics cards.

we will not see an 8x30in monitor setup with the new G5 tower
 
PRIME1 said:
Does the XL have dual-link DVI or is it the XT? And will it be all XT's?
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The more research i've done, ive basically found X1800XL and XT have two dual-like, X1600 and X1300 have one dual-link
 
The dual dual link dvi's on ati are For X1800 exclusively. I read the X1600 and X1300s will only have 1 dual link dvi & 1 dvi. There are whispers of nvidia's 512mb 7800 Phantom card coming soon may have dual- dual link dvi's like it's big brother quadro 4500. Matter of fact its very possible the New 7800 will mimick this quadro 4500, both have 512MB, Heck they may even be based on the same GPU G70GL. Just speculation but who knows. ;)
 
so imagine ... if you wallpapered a hot chic across two 30" LCDs . would that be lifelike ? if so ... I think lots of uswill find a way to afford a couple.
 
MrkXCeL said:
so imagine ... if you wallpapered a hot chic across two 30" LCDs . would that be lifelike ? if so ... I think lots of uswill find a way to afford a couple.
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Ha... its possible. They are 32" long... sol 32*2/12=5.3ft. Of course viewiavle will be a few inches less, but find a shorty and she'll fit.
 
Viper87227 said:
Ha... its possible. They are 32" long... sol 32*2/12=5.3ft. Of course viewiavle will be a few inches less, but find a shorty and she'll fit.
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That's scary.. I have a 5ft tall female friend... :eek:
 
Viper87227 said:
Ha... its possible. They are 32" long... sol 32*2/12=5.3ft. Of course viewiavle will be a few inches less, but find a shorty and she'll fit.
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Lol, that's awsome.
 
Do you really like the look of the Apple monitors or does brand not matter? If you wait until December, Dells 3007FPWs will be out and I imagine that they will be a whole lot cheaper then those 30 inch Apple monitors.
 
ND40oz said:
Do you really like the look of the Apple monitors or does brand not matter? If you wait until December, Dells 3007FPWs will be out and I imagine that they will be a whole lot cheaper then those 30 inch Apple monitors.
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Seconded. They will be cheaper, and waaaaay less fugly. I hate the look of the ACD.
 
Viper87227 said:
Seconded. They will be cheaper, and waaaaay less fugly. I hate the look of the ACD.
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To each his own I guess, I personally think it's one of the nicest looking displays out there :D
 
Hey let me know if you are interested in selling those 23's after you get your 30's
 
I didn't know Dell was coming out with 30 inchers. I may just wait then and see the price difference and how they look.

Thanks for the comments guys, this is very helpful.

Sorry won't be selling the 23 inchers. I will probably give them to an employee or something.
 
Viper87227 said:
Seconded. They will be cheaper, and waaaaay less fugly. I hate the look of the ACD.
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Dells are fuggin ugly. There's no denying theyre a better quality than steve jobs bends me over apples.
 
Happy Hopping said:
where did you see this?
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Near the bottom of the page


Attean said:
Dells are fuggin ugly. There's no denying theyre a better quality than steve jobs bends me over apples.
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IMO Dell's look great, expecially next to ACD's. The apples have that huge ass bezel on them.. can't stand it.
 
Viper87227 said:
Near the bottom of the page




IMO Dell's look great, expecially next to ACD's. The apples have that huge ass bezel on them.. can't stand it.
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I guess if you like that hard industrial look...
 
Viper87227 said:
Near the bottom of the page




IMO Dell's look great, expecially next to ACD's. The apples have that huge ass bezel on them.. can't stand it.
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but just the 1st DVI port though, not both. I think the 2nd dvi is only 1600x1200
 
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