can a PC drive the Cinema 30"

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wbm - 20 Jan 2005 05:26 GMT

I currently have a dual 2G G5 sharing an UltraSharp 2001FP with a Alienware
PC with a DVI switch box
I want to get the 30" Cinema display, and sell the 2001FP
Do you all know if I can keep the same sharing configuration? (I am
assuming I need to upgrade my Alienware with the GeForce 6800 Ultra)
Appreciate any knowledge, speculation, or pointers to resources.
THX and regards,
Will

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Ian - 20 Jan 2005 16:35 GMT

>I currently have a dual 2G G5 sharing an UltraSharp 2001FP with a Alienware
>PC with a DVI switch box
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>THX and regards,
>Will

Kinda sort of :-)

See Feb Maximum PC for details, to summarise:

Apple 30" display requires a video card with two DVI outputs
(something to do with bandwidth requirements) Apple use a proprietary
GeForce 6800 based card with this display, there is currently no PC
equivalent.

Maximum PC managed to drive the display using a workstation style
graphics card that gave a poorer quality display and abysmal Gaming
performance.

HTH

Ian

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can a PC drive the Cinema 30"