I'm looking for a cable to connect new Mac Pro 2013 to a 30" screen (2560x1600) with DVI-I & DVI-D ports. The Apple cable is almost $100. It looks like many of the lower priced cables do not support such a resolution. Have you found cheaper alternatives that work ? Thanks.
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Cheap Thunderbolt to dual DVI cable
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This one is $70, but doesn't enable the USB ports on your display, if you care about that.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=6904&seq=1&format=2
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=6904&seq=1&format=2
I used this adapter to run a 3rd 1440p monitor off a single GPU. Titan/670 only come with two dual-link Devi and needed an adapter to run the 3rd.
Don't need it anymore since I have 2 GPUs.
Don't need it anymore since I have 2 GPUs.
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Any chance the display has a Displayport connector? If so, you can use an inexpensive Mini Displayport to Displayport cable.
Actually the Apple adapter DOES pass USB to the hub/ports in the 30" monitors. I am running two of them. I you use a TB-FW800 adapter with an 800-400 adapter, it will happily light of the firewire ports as well (for example to run an original iSight camera).
Oops! Sorry, I forgot about that. Hell I forgot my 30 had ports on it. It hangs on a wall so I never think about them. I use the ports on the iMac that feeds it?
No need to spend more money than necessary, and I am worried that out of 479 customer reviews of the Apple cable, 220 are 1* (out of 5*): http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-adapter
A work colleague has this adaptor and runs it from a spare iPhone charger.
Using it with a large LG monitor.
That keeps it stable, the power supplied from many USB ports is just not enough, so
don't go there !!
OR get the Dr Bott version ( name IIRC )
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