Apple 30inch Cinematic Display for PC use

[leondobr]

I saw an Apple 30inch Cinematic Display last week and gotta have one. It requires a dual link DVI-I card which both ATI and nVidia make for the Apple. As I understand it, dual link uses two TMDS's on one DVI-I port using all 24 pins to attain the 2560x1600 resolution of this monitor. Both the nVidia 6800 Ultra and ATI X850XT have two DVI-I outputs, but from what I can make from their specs neither supports dual link on a single DVI-I port.
Does anyone know of any PC video cards that have a dual link DVI-I port that will support the Apple 30inch Cinematic Display at 2560x1600 resolution?

 

[Mojo027]

I think it might only be possible with those 6800 DDL cards that you can get with a mac. But I'm sure there's a PC version somewhere.

 

[imported_MadMac]

I don't think there are any mainstream PC Video cards right now that offer Dual link DVI on a single port capable of supporting 2560x1600. (I could be wrong though)

Well the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 200 does but that card is expensive.




Edit: Typo

 

[James3shin]

i believe some of the Quadro FX are able to Dual link off the top of my head, but I could be wrong.

 

[leondobr]

I'm told the latest Quadro FX 3000, 3400, 4000, 4400 have dual link but they all cost over $1100!

 

[michaeldorian]

Yeah the only cards that currently work on the PC side are the workstation level cards such as Quadro FX, Fire GL, and the only gaming card that has been verified to work is the ASUS V9999 6800 Non Ultra. I've done a bunch of research. Now only if we can get the Mac 6800 Ultra to run on the PC. Only time will tell.

Michael

 

[leondobr]

Could you list some references about the ASUS V9999 non Ultra, please? There are six versions on the ASUS site and I think the V9999GE is the most likely.
I've looked a several reviews and the ASUS website and haven't seen any mention of high reolutions so far, although there was one review that mentioned a second TMDS at http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...ay/asus-v9999ge_2.html and a forum claim at http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv...n/index.php?t1201.html

 

[Fuzzb3k]

I didn't see this post when I created a new thread, but I was looking at the ATI X850 specs and I saw the following:

Display Features

* Dual integrated display controllers
* Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
* Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 / HDMI compliant and HDCP ready)
* Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution
* YPrPb component output for HDTV display connection*
* Single and dual link external TMDS transmitter support for high resolution and/or multi-monitor DVI configurations
* Compatible with ATI?s THEATER? video decode and capture devices for VIVO (Video Input / Video Output) configurations

The second statement highlighted in bold seems to suggest that the X850 series is dual link capable.

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: leondobr
Could you list some references about the ASUS V9999 non Ultra, please? There are six versions on the ASUS site and I think the V9999GE is the most likely.
I've looked a several reviews and the ASUS website and haven't seen any mention of high reolutions so far, although there was one review that mentioned a second TMDS at http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...ay/asus-v9999ge_2.html and a forum claim at http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv...n/index.php?t1201.html

I've also heard that the Asus 6800 Gamers edition can handle the Apple 30 inch Cinema dislplay. I found a link in these forums to some posts on a mac site that said that it worked.

 

[whistleclient]

is the pink tint problem fixed in Apple LCDs?

 

[michaeldorian]

Originally posted by: leondobr
Could you list some references about the ASUS V9999 non Ultra, please? There are six versions on the ASUS site and I think the V9999GE is the most likely.
I've looked a several reviews and the ASUS website and haven't seen any mention of high reolutions so far, although there was one review that mentioned a second TMDS at http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...ay/asus-v9999ge_2.html and a forum claim at http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv...n/index.php?t1201.html

Yeah the GE edition is the one that people have gotten to work.

 

[leondobr]

I found the Apple link mentioned above: http://discussions.info.apple....OVaalfZMq3.1@.68a4375d

Noone has the V9999 GE in stock and I've heard it's discontinued. There's also an MSI card I saw mentioned, the MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E but I only found it listed in Australia.

Noone has yet confirmed the ATI X 850 GT.

Looks like it'll be awhile before I buy.

 

[kY]

Newegg has the MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E in stock but also has pictures of the card and the backside where the 2nd TMDS transmitter would be has it omitted. So no luck there iether.

ATI says that the X850 XT, despite the technical specifications page, does not offer dual-link DVI support.

So, unless you pony up the big bucks for Quadro or FireGL, your options are:

AGP: Asus V9999GE Gamers Edition (good luck finding one)
PCIe: Nvidia 6800GTO (lots for sale on eBay)

 

[carage]

Originally posted by: leondobr
I found the Apple link mentioned above: http://discussions.info.apple....OVaalfZMq3.1@.68a4375d

Noone has the V9999 GE in stock and I've heard it's discontinued. There's also an MSI card I saw mentioned, the MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E but I only found it listed in Australia.

Noone has yet confirmed the ATI X 850 GT.

Looks like it'll be awhile before I buy.

The interesting thing about the MSI card is that the Chinese and English version of the website says different things. On the Chinese page, it only says it has Dual DVI not Dual Link DVI, however the model number is indeed the same.

 

[GnomeCop]

ATi X3 fire GL cards have dual link dvi ports