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Old 01-26-2009, 09:36 PM
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I am assuming you are saying that your monitor has DVI-I Dual link and your computer has DVI-D Single Link?

I do not know of any conversion device but there are a bunch of graphics cards out there which support DVI-I Dual Link.

What kind of graphics card do you have now? Personally I have never come across a DVI-D Single Link but then again ive only had my hands of a small number of cards.

Even if there were some kind of adapter you still wouldn't get dual link support from your card and your refresh rate would probably give you seizures. Single link can support high screen resolutions but can't keep up as fast as dual link.

A second issue is that some displays, those with ADC which have an ADC-DVI converter, have an additional USB cable which is required to adjust brightness. I don't think non-OSX systems can recognize this so you might not be able to adjust brightness. Then again this is only with older cinema displays.

PS If the computer has enough available female parts to accommodate the male parts on your display then it should work out great

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