Graphics card with thunderbolt ports

Why would you need those?

To learn more about Thunderbolt (TB) and its compatibility with Mini DisplayPort (MDP):
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And because Thunderbolt is based on DisplayPort technology, the video standard for high-resolution displays, any Mini DisplayPort display plugs right into the Thunderbolt port. To connect a DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, or VGA display, just use an existing adapter.
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Seemed the next logical step. Not running the cabling down the back of the desk would be great. Guess i'll have to wait.
 
A lot of people have been speculating about how the next MP is going to implement Thunderbolt. I have to say, all of the solutions suggested so far sound awkward and "un-Apple-like" in one way or another. I will be very curious to see what Apple ends up doing.
 
Rick86 said:
Seemed the next logical step. Not running the cabling down the back of the desk would be great. Guess i'll have to wait.
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I think it will likely come but I think it may need the cooperation of motherboard and/or chipset manufacturers. It's also a question in my mind as to whether we'll see the video piped into the MB and out a full-spec TB connector or whether the GFX cards will supply the full-spec TB out the back of the card.

In either case I guess this won't happen for a long while (18months to 2 years before the press-release stages, ??) and when it does it may be the 20GB version of TB as i don't see the 10GB version being a large enough draw.

Of course things are happening pretty fast these days so maybe something will come a long and overshadow the entire TB thinggy... ? :rolleyes:
 
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