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What's a good 30 or 32-inch monitor for a Mac Pro?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tuppy" data-source="post: 1918201" data-attributes="member: 408224"><p>Thanks Nick! A very helpful web page, that. </p><p></p><p>One problem I would have with most of these new monitors is the video cards that I have in my Mac Pros, which are mostly ATI Radeon HD 5770s that have DVI and DisplayPort 1.1 connectors, while the newer monitors have done away with DVI entirely and have the newer DisplayPort 1.4, USB-C, and HDMI cables. </p><p></p><p>I read that if a monitor has a DisplayPort 1.4 cable, and I connect it to my Mac's DisplayPort 1.1, the monitor's resolution will be reduced 1.1 level, which means that I wouldn't be able to get the new monitors' higher resolutions.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure whether there are any video cards available that will provide my Mac Pros with the kind of connections these new monitors require. I'll have to do some research. I went to the OWC website and found that they don't sell any PCIe cards at all anymore--none. I guess PCIe technology has been declared obsolete.</p><p></p><p>The alternative is to keep buying used monitors with connectors that are compatible with my Macs' video cards, but there I'm back to being uncertain what I'm getting, what condition these old monitors might be in, and how much life they have left in them. Drat!</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tuppy, post: 1918201, member: 408224"] Thanks Nick! A very helpful web page, that. One problem I would have with most of these new monitors is the video cards that I have in my Mac Pros, which are mostly ATI Radeon HD 5770s that have DVI and DisplayPort 1.1 connectors, while the newer monitors have done away with DVI entirely and have the newer DisplayPort 1.4, USB-C, and HDMI cables. I read that if a monitor has a DisplayPort 1.4 cable, and I connect it to my Mac's DisplayPort 1.1, the monitor's resolution will be reduced 1.1 level, which means that I wouldn't be able to get the new monitors' higher resolutions. I'm not sure whether there are any video cards available that will provide my Mac Pros with the kind of connections these new monitors require. I'll have to do some research. I went to the OWC website and found that they don't sell any PCIe cards at all anymore--none. I guess PCIe technology has been declared obsolete. The alternative is to keep buying used monitors with connectors that are compatible with my Macs' video cards, but there I'm back to being uncertain what I'm getting, what condition these old monitors might be in, and how much life they have left in them. Drat! Tom [/QUOTE]
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