>friend buys video card
>says he has no idea how to connect it to his monitor
>go to his house
>see this
Most retarded thing I saw.
>>51997881
We use those cards at work. Laugh at him for me.
Get a refund, idiot.
Then shoot your friend for being stupid. Or sterilise him, whatever.
Displayport? Buy him some adapters for christmas.
>>51997881
>Most retarded thing I saw.
Is your friend invisible, or did you just not look in a mirror?
>>51998131
Mini displayport I believe.
Compatible cables and adapters aren't that widespread yet.
"Normal" monitors use HDMI and DVI.
>>51999149
http://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=104&cp_id=10428
>>51998131
>>51999149
I have some hdmi 2.0 TVs (and no new GPUs) and I am frustrated that the adapters have been so slow in coming out.
they're already nominally released, but nobody has any stock.
the only upside is that they'll sell for $30 instead of ~$100 like the old active DP -> DVI-DL ones did.
>>51999168
With HDMI you can go to a store that primary sells fucking refrigerators and get a HDMI cable.
>>51999172
>~$100 like the old active DP -> DVI-DL ones did.
those things are still fucking expensive.
from:
>>51999168
normie-grade DP->DVI-SL/HDMI are cheap as fuck though, since they're all DP++ where the GPU does all the complicated work.
I went to a friend's house and he had a 970.
>>51999212
forgot pic related like a retard
>>51999149
>Compatible cables and adapters aren't that widespread yet.
Bullshit
>"Normal" monitors use HDMI and DVI.
Bullshit
It's just mini DP that's not common, but every MacBook has it, so it's easy to find an adapter.
>>51999221
>>51999212
Bullshit
This whole thread is full of /v/ bullshitters
>>51997881
Buy >>51999297 and fuck off /v/irgin
>>51999297
He is talking about Dual Link DVI.
If you were to use that with a monitor that requires a Dual Link DVI input you wouldn't be able to drive it at native resolution,
You need dual link dvi for 2560x1440 and up.
>>51999358
correct.
this faggot obviously hasn't ever even heard of DVI-I/D/A SL/DL and probably only has the vaguest idea of what UHD or bandwidth requirements are:
>>51999297
this whole thread is either bait or normie-tier worthlessness.
>>51999149
I had to bring a late 2006 iMac to an apple store once,
it took the genius and a manager at least ten minutes to find a mini-display port cable
>>51999358
I'm pretty sure 2560x1440 and higher monitors have displayport though. Even the cheap ones I'm looking at have it, so I'm not sure why you brought this up.
>>51999496
I made a mistake, you're not the one who brought up dual link DVI. So I'm not sure why it was brought up in the first place. Sorry about that.
>>51999496
They don't.
16:10 2560x1600 monitors have existed for at least 10 years in the professional world, they all used Dual Link DVI.
>>51997881
>Give a Half-Height, Low Profile card 4-video outs by using a smaller connector
>somehow the most retarded thing OP has seen
Jesus fuck, what kind of reality distortion field do you live in, where 4, easily converted Mini-Display ports on a GPU is the most retarded thing you've seen.
Fucking order a $12 adaptor off Amazon/eBay/Anywhere and shove off. Need it today? Go to a fucking Apple Store, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, or basically anywhere that might cater to people who own macs, and pickup one from there, return it when your order comes in.
>>51999527
I'll concede that, but again I don't think it is relevant because most 1440+p monitors people are using are not the 5+ year old professional models, seeing as those cost thousands of dollars back then. I guess people could be buying them used though.
>>51999149
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0R31E6
I bet you faggots is going to claim that a MST hub is a widespread product.
>>51999581
>>51999527
>>51999496
for fuck's sake, the other anon was just being thankful that upcoming high-end adapters seem to be cheaper than what used to be required:
>>51999172
>the only upside is that they'll sell for $30 instead of ~$100 like the old active DP -> DVI-DL ones did.
this does look accurate, surprisingly enough:
> http://www.amazon.com/Club3D-Mini-Displayport-HDMI-CAC-1170/dp/B0194F1MPI/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=079GAP7BSEJNDHEPY1NP
it's just pathetic that Pascal/Arctic Islands will be out in like 6 months with universal HDMI 2.0/DP 1.3, making these these obsolete for anyone who's not dead-set on keeping a dinosaur GPU in their system.
>>51999853
>> http://www.amazon.com/Club3D-Mini-Displayport-HDMI-CAC-1170/dp/B0194F1MPI/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=079GAP7BSEJNDHEPY1NP
That still wont work with a dual link DVI only monitor.
>>51999900
no kidding. the point isn't that HDMI 2.0 somehow magically works with DL DVI but that DL DVI was always a hack technology with ripoff adapters and that the most common interface needing active adapters now (HDMI 2.0) won't rape consumers as badly.
>>51999900
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQX9526
>>52000350
>http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQX9526
If you actually have a Dual-link DVI display, which based on the title, would seem to be the primary reason for purchasing this item, it will not work. Inside is a Parade Technologies PS171 chip which does not at all support dual-link DVI. I have two different displays that ONLY support dual-link DVI, and neither of them worked with this device and either a dual-link or single-link cable - meanwhile the 4k tv worked with EITHER the dual link or the single-link cable.
First review of the product.
>>51999775
I use that but with DP to 3 DP is good
