Q: Hooking up a new monitor to a PowerMac G5 Tower
Hello All. I have ten PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GHz towers that currently use the 17" Apple Studio Displays via the ADC video port. These computers and monitors are 8 years old. I would like to purchase new 21.5" monitors, and run them through the DVI port. The new monitors come with only a VGA cable, and I do have the DVI to VGA adaptors. I would prefer to go straight with a DVI-DVI cable, bypassing any need for a VGA connector.
Will there be any improvement by using a DVI-DVI cable over the VGA to adaptor? If so, do I need to have a particular type of DVI-DVI cable, such as single link or double link?
I am running OS 10.5.8, and have the original video card in these. I have used a 17" Dell monitor with success that used the original DVI cable that came with the unit.
Thanks in Advance! ..... Paul
G5 Dual 1.8, Mac OS X (10.3.8)
Posted on Jul 20, 2012 9:07 AM