Re: Apple Help - Ignorance Personified
- From: Steven Fisher <sdfisher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:11:34 GMT
In article <daneNOSPAM-FCB2B1.14414504092008@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dane <daneNOSPAM@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
If anyone happens to know if you can run a 30" (2560 x 1600) and 2 x
21"'s (1600 x 1200) and be able to configure those monitors in portrait
mode on one video card, please reply! Another option is a 24" (1920 x
1200) and 2 x 19"'s (1280 x 1024).
Apple's web site says the following:
A 16-lane, double-wide PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot supports the latest
graphics cards for up to 8 GBps of data throughput, up to twice that of
a previous-generation PCI Express slot. And by supplying up to 300 watts
of total power to all PCI Express slots, the Mac Pro provides the
headroom for high-performance, next-generation graphics cards.
Choose among these graphics card options.
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
For excellent all-around performance in creative and productivity
applications, choose one or more ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT cards. This card
features a 256MB GDDR3 frame buffer, PCI Express 2.0 interface, and two
dual-link DVI ports. With up to four ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics
cards installed, a Mac Pro can support up to 8 30-inch Apple Cinema HD
Displays.
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
For even greater graphics performance, choose the latest-generation
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512MB of GDDR3 video memory. With a unified
shader core and massive memory bandwidth, the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
brings advanced performance to graphics-intensive applications like
motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering and animation. Featuring a PCI
Express 2.0 interface for high bandwidth connection to the Mac Pro and
two dual-link DVI ports for connecting up to two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD
Displays.
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Featuring a massive 1.5GB frame buffer of GDDR3 memory, the NVIDIA
Quadro FX 5600 is the ultimate workstation-level graphics card. It¹s
ideal for industrial-strength 3D design work, modeling, animation, and
stereo 3D visualization. One of the most advanced graphics cards
available, it has an integrated stereo 3D port, so you can use stereo
goggles for stereo-in-a-window visualization applications. With two
dual-link DVI ports, you can connect two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD
Displays.
Dual-Display Modes
Each graphics card offers built-in dual-display support in two modes.
Extended Desktop mode allows you to work on two monitors at once for
increased desktop real estate and enhanced productivity. Video mirroring
mode is useful when presenting to groups ? the same image that you see
on your local display also appears on a projector or auxiliary display.
Simply attach two monitors and the Mac OS will recognize both displays.
Use the Displays system preference to configure your monitors in either
extended desktop or video mirroring modes.
You can attach multiple Apple flat panels with DVI connectors to your
Mac Pro graphics card directly. If you have an Apple flat panel with an
ADC connector, the optional Apple DVI to ADC Adapter is required (sold
separately).
....so the answer is you'll need two video cards to drive three monitors.
.
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