ACD 30" and PC Video Cards

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ACD 30" and PC Video Cards

Chris Auld created an excellent thread for the 20" and 23" Cinema Displays with PC Video Cards. I wanted to do the same for the ACD 30" and PC Video Cards.

There have been numerous posts on the topic of using the ACD 30" with PC video cards, but they are inconsistent.

Note: The Apple 30" Cinema display runs at 2560x1600 and requires Dual-Link DVI, which is not the same as Dual DVI.

I'd like to request posting specifics using this template ...

Monitor :
Video card manufacturer :
Video card model :
Dual-Link DVI :
Operating system :
Displays post info :
Displays GUI :
Comments :

Example (not based on real data, just an example I've made up) ...

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : ATI
Video card model : Fire-GL V7100
Dual-Link DVI : yes
Operating system : Win XP SP2
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and lower
Comments : works flawlessly at multiple resolutions once Windows starts.

Posted on Jul 15, 2005 3:51 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 15, 2005 4:06 PM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : Asus
Video card model : V9999 Gamers Edition (nv6800)
Dual-Link DVI : yes
Operating system : Win XP SP2 & Linux
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and lower
Comments : Post info display is unstable until card warms up (~15 minutes). GUI is always stable.

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : PNY
Video card model : 6600GT AGP 128MB Dual DVI
Dual-Link DVI : yes (both ports)
Operating system : Win XP SP2 & Linux
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and lower
Comments : European version only has a single DVI port, and apparently is NOT dual-link compatible

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Answer 2

Jul 15, 2005 7:57 PM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : NVidia
Video card model : XFX 7800 GTX
Dual-Link DVI : yes (single)
Operating system : Win XP SP2
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and lower
Comments : works flawlessly at multiple resolution, a few games you have to hack in order to get it to run at that res, or lower. Using the nvidia "custom resolutions" feature, you can add other resolotions like 2048x1536 to run games that dont support the full 2560x1600.

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Answer 3

Jul 22, 2005 4:58 AM in response to Gerry Percy

Hi, after seeing some manufacturers stating that their Geforce 7800 cards support Dual-Link DVI, and others appearing to not even understand what a dual-link DVI connector is (yes Sir, it has two DVI connectors...) I thought that it might be helpful to share an email I just received from NVIDIA regarding their new Geforce 7800GTX cards:

***SNIP***
The reference(proof of GPU concept) card has one DUAL LINK DVI connector. However, we cannot tell if all of our customers card products support this. Please confirm with the add-in card manufacturer or vendor.

http://www.nvidia.com/content/wheretobuy/SBR.asp

Best regards,
NVIDIA

****SNIP***

Anyhow, have ordered an Asus N7800 GTX as it appears to be very close to the reference design,

ta ta

Jake

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Answer 4

Jul 23, 2005 12:31 AM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : ACD 30"
Video card manufacturer : ATI
Video card model : FireGL X3
Dual-Link DVI : only on one of two dvi ports
Operating system : Win XP
Displays post info : Bios yes
Displays GUI : yes
Comments :
works real well at max. monitor resolution

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Answer 5

Jul 23, 2005 1:12 AM in response to Gerry Percy

OK - the Asus card arrived and works fine 🙂

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : ASUS
Video card model : N7800 GTX
Dual-Link DVI : Yes
Operating system : Win XP SP2
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and lower
Comments : Dual-link is on bottom DVI ONLY, otherwise flawless

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Answer 6

Kenn Ch

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106 points

Jul 26, 2005 7:20 AM in response to Alan Van Ryzin

hi Alan, which dvi port on the XFX card is dual linked? Top or the bottom dvi? Thanks alot.

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Answer 7

Kenn Ch

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106 points

Jul 26, 2005 7:21 AM in response to Gerry Percy

hi Alan, which dvi port on the XFX card is dual linked? Top or the bottom dvi? Thanks alot.

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Answer 8

Qde

Level 1

30 points

Jul 26, 2005 8:34 AM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : ACD 30"
Video card manufacturer : DELL
Video card model : GeForce 6800 GTO
Dual-Link DVI : yes
Operating system : Win XP Pro, Win XP Pro x64, Linux
Displays post info : Bios yes
Displays GUI : yes
Comments : at 2560x1600x60 - dancing pixels problem, not related to OS or Video Board, at 2560x1600x58 - work most of time and work well

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Answer 9

Jul 26, 2005 4:51 PM in response to Kenn Ch

HI Kenneth,

the port closest to the motherboard (side of PCI x16 port) is the Dual Link one.

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Answer 10

Jul 26, 2005 11:16 PM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : ASUS
Video card model : V9999 Gamers Edition (NV6800)
Dual-Link DVI : YES
Operating system : Windows Media Center 2005
Displays post info : YES
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and below
Comments : No post info display unless the other VGA port was plugged in by another monitor.

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Answer 11

Jul 27, 2005 2:14 PM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : 30" ACD
Video card manufacturer : ATI
Video card model : X800XT
Dual-Link DVI : Yes
Operating system : Mac OS X 10.4.2
Displays post info : N/A
Displays GUI : Yes
Comments : Flashing green pixels start to appear after about 2 hours of use. Display enclosure is also extremely hot to the touch.

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Answer 12

Aug 9, 2005 2:51 AM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : Apple Cinema HD 30"
Video card manufacturer : PROLINK PixleView
Video card model : PixelView GeForce 7800- GTX PV-N70GXE(256JV)
Dual-Link DVI : yes
Operating system : Windows XP
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600 and lower
Comments : All Geforce 7800 GTX cards (based on nvidia reference board) support Dual-Link DVI

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Answer 13

Doug F.

Level 2

189 points

Aug 14, 2005 11:38 AM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : ACD 30" with Gefen Dual-Link DVI KVM
Video card manufacturer : BFG
Video card model : 7800 GTX (PCI-Express) on ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard
Dual-Link DVI : Works great, only on the first monitor connector (has a second non-DL DVI)
Operating system : Windows XP SP2
Displays post info : Yes (clones on both monitors even)
Displays GUI : Just fine
Comments : BFG informed me that although it is not supported, they had some reports from customers that SLI at full 2560x1600 works. I have not tried installing the second BFG board as I'm still working out some motherboard stability issues. The two games I've tried (Everquest and Guild Wars) work fine at full resolution.

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Answer 14

Aug 17, 2005 11:06 AM in response to Gerry Percy

Monitor : 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : XFX
Video card model : Two 7800GTX in SLI mode
Dual-Link DVI : Yes
Operating system : WinXp sp2
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : yes @ 2560x1600
Comments : Games (EQ2, HL2, Doom3, BF2) have some random flashing (not serious but very annoying) when in 2560x1600 native resolution but it gone away if lower the resolution below 2560x1600. Try to swap the cards didn't cure the problem. Moreover, my display have the famous green/blue flicking pixel problem.

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Answer 15

Keven

Level 1

15 points

Aug 18, 2005 1:21 AM in response to David Liu1

Monitor : ACD 30" aluminum
Video card manufacturer : Asus
Video card model : 2 of Extreme N7800GTX/2DHTV in SLI mode or non-SLI mode
Dual-Link DVI : Yes
Operating system : Windows XP SP2
Displays post info : yes
Displays GUI : 2560x1600 max; supports 1280x800, 1600x1000, 1920x1200.
Comments : Seems flawless so far. No green flicking pixel problem so far.

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