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CarlHataway

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Hello all, Carl Hataway here and precluding my question I apologize forthwith for posting a thread that more than likely has been posted before! That said, I will very soon become a Windows Refugee! I am buying a Mac Pro mod. Z0LG-0002, 2X 2.4GHz Xeon E5620 8 core Westmere, 16GB mem, 3X 1TB HDD, ATI HD5870 1GB GDDR5. I want to use 2X 27" monitors, however, don't want to pay $950-$1000.00 per display. I am looking at the HP 2710m monitor w/VGA + DVI-D + HDMI (HDCP) also looking at the 27" Viewsonic and Samsung. Your prolific guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Carl
I have two secrets to success in life;
#1. Don't tell everything you know
#2.
 
Hello all, Carl Hataway here and precluding my question I apologize forthwith for posting a thread that more than likely has been posted before! That said, I will very soon become a Windows Refugee! I am buying a Mac Pro mod. Z0LG-0002, 2X 2.4GHz Xeon E5620 8 core Westmere, 16GB mem, 3X 1TB HDD, ATI HD5870 1GB GDDR5. I want to use 2X 27" monitors, however, don't want to pay $950-$1000.00 per display. I am looking at the HP 2710m monitor w/VGA + DVI-D + HDMI (HDCP) also looking at the 27" Viewsonic and Samsung. Your prolific guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Carl
I have two secrets to success in life;
#1. Don't tell everything you know
#2.

Any monitor,but for a laptops. lol
 
Those monitors will work, you just need to get the appropriate adapters for it, pending on which graphics card you have and what connection ports it has.
 
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Don't get the HP 2710m, they're horrible monitors.
 
the 5870 has two mini DisplayPort and a DVI connection. you will need an adapter for displays that don't use those connections.
 
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