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Best way to get 2 monitors

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jonnykk

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solidsponge said:
I have a mac pro at work, ancient july one dual core. It only has one DVI output, how can I get another monitor (not just clone of screen) on this thing? Will some sort of ebay adaptor work, recommendations?


(its this one http://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-3.0-specs.html but with a ATI Radeon HD 5770 in)
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If you have a ATI 5770 in it that is meant for an Apple, it should have (2) Mini DisplayPort outputs as well as the DVI. There are Mini DisplayPort > "X" adapters available depending on what connections your other monitor(s) have.

Adapter Examples:

Mini DisplayPort > HDMI
Mini DisplayPort > DisplayPort
Mini DisplayPort > DVI

If your other display is older and doesn't have a HDMI or DisplayPort connections, then going with a Mini DisplayPort > DVI may be your best bet.
 
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solidsponge

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Jun 16, 2013
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jonnykk said:
If you have a ATI 5770 in it that is meant for an Apple, it should have (2) Mini DisplayPort outputs as well as the DVI. There are Mini DisplayPort > "X" adapters available depending on what connections your other monitor(s) have.

Adapter Examples:

Mini DisplayPort > HDMI
Mini DisplayPort > DisplayPort
Mini DisplayPort > DVI

If your other display is older and doesn't have a HDMI or DisplayPort connections, then going with a Mini DisplayPort > DVI may be your best bet.
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Ah brilliant it does have those! Excellent, I will try and get one of those. Im glad I asked as I thought they were thunderbolt ones haha. Thats great, I will go for mdp > dvi then.

(to other poster, cant get work to buy new card unfortunately nor a new mac haha)

Forgot to say, thanks :)
 
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paulrbeers

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Dec 17, 2009
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solidsponge said:
Ah brilliant it does have those! Excellent, I will try and get one of those. Im glad I asked as I thought they were thunderbolt ones haha. Thats great, I will go for mdp > dvi then.

(to other poster, cant get work to buy new card unfortunately nor a new mac haha)
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From a video standpoint, Thunderbolt and MDP are the same and the adapters are compatible. Just FYI.
 
ActionableMango

ActionableMango

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Sep 21, 2010
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paulrbeers said:
From a video standpoint, Thunderbolt and MDP are the same and the adapters are compatible.
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Almost the same! You can't connect a Thunderbolt monitor to an MDP card. :rolleyes:

I only mention this because every now and then someone thinks they can connect their Mac Pro to a Thunderbolt ACD but there is no way to do this, even with adapters.
 
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paulrbeers

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ActionableMango said:
Almost the same! You can't connect a Thunderbolt monitor to an MDP card. :rolleyes:

I only mention this because every now and then someone thinks they can connect their Mac Pro to a Thunderbolt ACD but there is no way to do this, even with adapters.
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Good additional point. In the context of this thread looking at adapters to hook monitors up to MDP/Thunderbolt, they are the same.
 
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