Mac Pro DVI cable..is this the right one?

[Souljas]

heyy..

I am going to be putting my Mac Pro in another room and therefore need a long stretch of cable for the monitor. I am going to be connecting the monitor end of the DVI cable to a wall-plate on the wall. I was just wondering if this cable will work with the MacPro and connect to a wall plate? or do I need a M/M cable for the wall plate?

http://www.lindy.com/uk/productfolder/04/41248/index.php

also...on the apple website it says 'dual-link DVI', is this the same as DVI-D as in the link?

thanks
Soul

 

[suneohair]

That will work fine as long as you are using a digital signal. If not you would need a DVI-I cable. And example would be using a VGA monitor on a DVI connection.

DVI-D is digital only. It excludes the 4 pin array around the long pin.

DVI-D Dual Link, is when using resolutions higher than 1920x1200. So a 30" ACD for example.

You are paying more for the dual link, that site doesn't seem to have a single link extension cable. So if you bought from there you would have to get the one linked.

If you aren't doing higher than 1920x1200, I would look for a nice single link extension cable.

 

[betelgeuse1]

Just an FYI, be careful of how far you're sending the video signal. The official DVI spec only specifies a signal distance of 5 meters, so depending on the video card you're using, you might see some video degredation (pixelation, flickering, etc.) See this link for more info.

 

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