On 29 August 2010 13:07, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Tobio wrote: > >> The current mac pros video card has one DVI and one display port >> adapter, so you will need to factor DVI adaptors into the mix. Also, >> I would highly recommend you buy your extra video card(s) at the time >> you purchase the mac! It is possible to mix and match the cards that >> go in later on, but the difficult part is availability. It would be >> nice to just be able to buy a cheap PC video card and use it, but that >> wont work. >> >> >> > ah, now this is the kind of thing I knew I needed to flush out into the > open. I will want to run two or possibly three monitors. I have one with > DVI/VGA and one with VGA only (the DVI is broken). I also have a USB vibook > adaptor (though you don't get the full refresh, by a long shot, so you can't > eg watch video on it very well). Given that one of my screens is the laptop > itself (and a bit limited) I can probably manage with only two! > > The Store says > Configure your Mac Pro with two cards to power up to six displays > simultaneously for visualization projects and large display walls. > > So how many can one card run? That implies three -- which will do for me. > > The website says.... "includes two Mini DisplayPort outputs and a dual-link DVI port, so you can power up to three displays with a single card." This is on the 5770 and 5870 cards.
I used to run a 5 monitor set up for editing with scopes and preview screens. I now use 2 x 27" displays and a Standard LCD TV via a BlackMagic Intensity card for previews. MacPro's are very nice machines and will see you sorted for a good few years I think. My other desktop is a dual screen, G5 from 2004 which is still going strong 6 years later. I added an extra hard drive to the second slot and upgraded the DVD burner a while back. Remember to buy your memory from somewhere like www.crucial.com/uk rather than direct for Apple, there some significant savings to be had - pays for the extra graphics card! Cheers B. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
