Apple cinema displays?

[banana boy]

Anyone using the new 23 or 30" cinema displays on a PC? Any recommendations on a DVI graphics card with TV out? Thanks guys.

[Rail Jon Rogut]

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[banana boy]

Thanks for the thread Rail. Here's my problem: all DVI cards (including the one suggested) seem to max out their digital resolution at 1600x1200; the 23" Mac needs 1920x1200. I believe a Matrox P750 in single head mode should do it, as should the Parhelia (though both revert to 1600 max if used in dual head or three monitor mode). I was wondering if anyone has got a PC card to drive 1920x1200 (at 60Hz refresh) that the Mac cinema display needs fo non-stretched output. Meantime I have a Radeon 9750 that is stretching 1600 to 1900 but still looks beautiful. Any help would be welcome - thanks guys.

[Rail Jon Rogut]

The problem with the video card for the 23" (Update - my mistake this should read 30") display is that the heat sink on the video card covers up the adjacent PCI slot... so a lot of Pro Tools TDM users won't be using the 23" display because it reduces the Mac to a 2 PCI slot machine.. so you're forced to use an expansion chassis.

Rail

[Lowfreq]

I was wondering if anyone has got a PC card to drive 1920x1200 (at 60Hz refresh) that the Mac cinema display needs fo non-stretched output.

How about UP TO 2048 X 1536 @ 85Hz refresh? nVidia's GeForce 6000 series.

[whtrabit]

You mean the 30" not the 23"...the 23" has been working fine for quite awhile now without the latest Nvidia video card that blocks the first PCI slot on the G5. Also ATI has the Mac X800 series coming which does not block the slot.

[Rail Jon Rogut]

Whoops.. sorry, you're right.. I meant the 30"

Rail

[banana boy]

Sorry for my ignorance - but I was thinking a DVI card that I could put into a PC.