Apple 30" Monitor
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- mirrorball
I have a ATI Radeon 9600 XT Graphics Card in my G5 Dual 2GHZ
Will this be enough to drive one of these monitors at it's maximium resolution?
- acescence0
no
you need the 6800 ultra DDL
- mirrorball0
Anybody know where to get a graphics card that will let me plug a 30" inch Apple Cinema Display and a 19" LG Lcd monitor into the same card?
- mirrorball0
anybody got any suggestions?
Baring in mind my budget would be pretty tight after buying one, whats the cheapest card that could drive it at its highest resolution?
- Bender0
ATI Radeon X1900 XT will let you run a 30" + a second monitor, but once you hook up your 30" the 19" will look like a stamp.
if you want more screen estate than the 30" can offer, go for 2x23"
I picked 2x23" instead of one 30" at work and wouldn't trade it for anything, workflow is better that way imo
- ribit0
I got a 30" and exchanged it after a week for a 23" (30" was just tooo big, too wide a vision angle to deal with, menus are way off to one side high, other stuff waaay down there...etc)... now have a 23" running off a MacBookPro at both home and work... just right. Seems 2x23" would be good too, more versatile for presentations..
- mirrorball0
Will my Graphics card be able to run two 23" Apple Cinema displays then?
Might go the 2 x 23" screen route instead. As it might work out cheaper that way too!
- Bender0
Yes it will, I run 2x23" on the same G5 as you and it's more than enough.
I highly recommend the 2x23" setup, 100 times better than one 30", regardless of type of work you do
- Rand0
I love the 30" monitor for print--
full 2 page spread big enough to edit without zooming
- Bender0
i agree on that, but still too much cursor travel distance imho
- Rand0
a little carpal tunnel never hurt anyone
- Crouwel0
i agree on that, but still too much cursor travel distance imho
Bender
(May 4 07, 07:38)yes. think about the climate change!
- Bender0
not to mention the hungry kids in africa!
- Daro0
and we all need a good daily dose of monitor radiation
- andre_andreev0
I just got a refurb 30 and i love it. I have a 23 at work and it was lookin a lil small. I'm not a fan of the dual monitor thing and i dont have the desk space so it works out quite lovely. 30!