connecting 20 cinema display to mid 2010 mac pro

[Sossity]

will I need any special adapters? I have the older 20 inch silver cinema display, will it connect to the mac pro?

 

[scott.n]

Display and USB will work fine. There's no FireWire 400 port on the Mac Pro, though.

 

[h9826790]

I think the FireWire 800 port on the Mac Pro 5,1 has backward compatibility to the FireWire 400, isn't it?

 

[filmak]

I think the FireWire 800 port on the Mac Pro 5,1 has backward compatibility to the FireWire 400, isn't it?

Yes, as you wrote, it is compatible, just a small adapter needed fw800 to fw400, and this only if the OP plans to use the monitor's fw400 ports.

 

[r6mile]

I have the 20 ACD - no adapters needed, just plug-in the DVI cable onto the computer.

 

[ZombiePhysicist]

will I need any special adapters? I have the older 20 inch silver cinema display, will it connect to the mac pro?

You might be able to get it done with 4 of these...

http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-7750-GDDR5-MiniDP/dp/B00C7EPSVS?ie=UTF8&keywords=eyefinity 6&qid=1461603069&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

UPDATE: Oops, sorry, I misread this as I though you wanted to plug in a quantity of 20 displays! Nevermind.

 

[Sossity]

You might be able to get it done with 4 of these...

http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-7750-GDDR5-MiniDP/dp/B00C7EPSVS?ie=UTF8&keywords=eyefinity 6&qid=1461603069&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

UPDATE: Oops, sorry, I misread this as I though you wanted to plug in a quantity of 20 displays! Nevermind.

wow, I could use 6 monitors with this? thats right, I am not looking to use multiple monitors right now, just one, but maybe 2 in the future.

this got me thinking what if I wanted to watch or work with 4k content on the mid 2010 mac pro?

 

[MultiFinder17]

I have a pair of 20" ACDs hooked into my 2010 Pro, one via DVI and one via a MiniDP-->DVI adapter. They both work like a pair of champs