Apple HD monitor

Is it possible that my tower does not support it? it's pixelated and the icons on the desktop are bigger than they should be.

I ran into this before on a reality show, the very same monitor too, the editor worked the whole job (7-8 episodes) with HUGE pixelated images. My buddy went and messed with the settings and cables and it went to such a beautiful picture, we watched the "300" HD trailer and i think i cried.

I went into SP and made it sure the display was at 1280x800 which is the highest i can see. not sure if i need a cable or what.

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ok, i need a Nvidia anyway.

is that my answer, I need a graphics card?

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>>Is it possible that my tower does not support it?<<

What tower? PC? G4? G5? MacPro? and what graphics card and which HD Monitor (23 or 30 inch?)

my comp spec are on my profile, i updated them. just click on my name!

30inch

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Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2.5 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7

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have I not connected this correctly, I really only have one option on the back of this tower. says display not connected at bottom of the list.

GeForce FX 5200:

Chipset Model: GeForce FX 5200
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0321
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 2060
Displays:
Cinema HD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Display:
Status: No display connected

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Not familiar with your card, but checking the specs, the 30 needs either a GeForce 6800 or better, or an ATI 9650 or better.

You're right about that boat.


Clay

If all you have is one video card its kind of hard to not connect it correctly. If someone fiddled with the settings then it might be you have your resolution set to high. This causes your monitor to flicker. Or it might be a cable issue. Check to see if any of the pins are bent. Or it could be a video card issue but the stock card in a dual G5 can handle a 30inch screen I think. Its plug and play.

Michael Horton
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Yes you need at least an X800 in your Mac to drive the 30" ACD

I run my 30" ACD in 2560x1600 on a Dual 2Ghz G5 with X800 and it looks schweeeeet!



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cool!

so the GeForce FX 5200 is not gonna do it? yeah, its looks great when it has what it needs.

Thanks Michael, no image flicker here, just pixelated.

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and from these which should I choose?

[www.nvidia.com]

thanks for the info!

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This is copied from tech specs

The ATI Radeon 9650 or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics card is required to power the 2560 x 1600-pixel resolution of the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays. An NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics card is required to power two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays.

Michael Horton
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thanks Michael!

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X800 is much faster than 9650...

Oh that link... [www.nvidia.com] is to PCI Express GFX cards NOT AGP

Even if you had PCIe you cannot use the PC GFX cards without serious flashing of ROMs etc on the GFX boards.

[ati.amd.com]

I couldn't find anywhere to buy either the X800XT or the Nvidia6800 for the Mac so you need to shop around and find an AGP ATI (AMD) Radeon X800XT Mac Edition or AGP Nvidia 6800 Ultra DDL Mac Edition.

You may have to look at a second hand one or call Nvidia or AMD directly and see if they have any from their trade-in deals...



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OWC has 'em (AGP Mac X800) for $350. Pricey but you'll see improved performance in Motion too.

- Justin Barham -

Cheers Justin Google wasn't coming up trumps for my efforts!



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pricey indeed! I am thinking this one guys

[store.apple.com],

I don't know motion well enough to even see a performance improvement. (i need a instructional QT/DVD on Motion, i want to get the 3d cams/lights down.)

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Hi Mark - you may have missed some of my points earlier...

You have AGP not PCIe and you cannot get anything above the X800XT or the Nvidia6800 in AGP for Mac PPC.

You are stuck with a choice of those two at the highest end option of your Mac unless you buy a new MacPro Intel machine with PCIe.



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thanks Ben

Sorry, i did miss the above post before.

Nvidia 6800 it is.

shopping away.

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