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Triple display works!
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Well Macworld specifically said the Radeon Mac mini as 3 display capable and NOT the other versions. I know about the different thunderbolt chip on the MBA but there might be other limiting factors on the Mac Mini 2.3 and the Server such as the 3000HD chip.
There has been a lot of back n forth on this but i'm glad to hear it. I'll be getting a new TB Cinema display now!
that's a good point. as the hd3000 was designed for lower res notebook displays, i don't know if it's capable of driving two 27" 2560x1440 and a 1920x1200 hdmi display. that's 7040x4080 pixels for $3000+. ouch.
if you really needed 3 displays, for that kind of money you'd be better off getting a 27" imac + 27" tb display + 1920x1200 monitor. it would cost a little less and you'd be getting a much better mac. the point i was trying to make is that only a very small minority would drop $2000 for dual tb displays for their $800 mini.
not all of us are in it for gaming. some of us do actual work that needs multiple displays.
HD3000 only has two outputs, and one of them might be hardwired to the HDMI output, like how on the MBA and 13" MBP it has one output tied to the internal LCD.
Well ... does it work?
Would HD3000 version of 2011 Mini be able to drive 3 monitors (2x 1920x1200 and 1x 2560x1440)?
Or is ATI 6630 version needed? BTW, has this version any more video outputs (than HD3000)?
Or won't none of 2011 Minis do for 3 monitors?!
Anybody got it working? How would you daisy-chain* Thunderbolt to two Displayport monitors? Any expensive
adapters needed?
* if this is indeed the solution
PS. Yes, I know that iMac would be better value, but you can't rotate the display, huh?
Would HD3000 version of 2011 Mini be able to drive 3 monitors (2x 1920x1200 and 1x 2560x1440)?
Or is ATI 6630 version needed? BTW, has this version any more video outputs (than HD3000)?
Or won't none of 2011 Minis do for 3 monitors?!
Anybody got it working? How would you daisy-chain* Thunderbolt to two Displayport monitors? Any expensive
adapters needed? * if this is indeed the solution
PS. Yes, I know that iMac would be better value, but you can't rotate the display, huh?
Why did you get a gaming video card and not a proper workstation card such as a Quadro or FirePro?
Seems like some people just don't realize a "gaming" gpu still has potential in the work place. I use an eyefinity setup all the time for design and motion projects.
Doesn't HDMI support 1920x1200 resolution (even from the 1.0 version)?
All 3 monitors have both DisplayPort and HDMI (and DVI). If daisy-chained, must both monitors share the same resolution? Or what exactly is involved here?
If yes, then the 2 1920x1200 monitors should be daisy-chained and the 3rd monitor would have 2560x1440 via HDMI (version 1.3+). Would this work?
If not, then there's even less problem ... or not?
PS. Surely some of you have already tried this out ... and, in 2011, this really should "just work".
Just found that the larger of the 3 is "compatible" with Mac Mini:
Now, I hope there are no additional adapters needed for the 2 1920x1200 monitors left?
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Sorry for being picky, but bad math makes me sad
3000/((2(2560*1440))+(1920*1200)) = $0.0003100198413 per pixel
Minor note, yes, but it's still three times as much
Also, for future reference, that's how you combine monitor resolutions, not by just adding together all the horizontal and vertical resolutions into one YxZ measurement.