[CUBE] PC video card to drive the 22" Apple Cinema Display?

[Gary Waugh]

On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 01:59 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I may be adding a PC to the mix (there are a few things that just go 
> easier with a PC, though the Mac is my platform of choice).  I don't 
> have room for a second monitor, and I don't want to give up my 22" 
> Apple Cinema Display.  I plan on getting a Geffen ADC Switcher to 
> share the display between the G4 and the PC.  But, I need to purchase 
> a PC video card with DVI output that can drive @ 1600 x 1024 through 
> the Geffen box (I do not do games, so the requirement might be less 
> demanding).  The PC (an hp Pavilion) has an available AGP slot as well 
> as one unused PCI slot (I already placed USB 2.0 and Firewire cards in 
> the other two PCI slots).

> Any recommendations?


The PC version of the ATI Radeon 8500 works just fine with the 22" 
cinema display - providing you're running Win2k or later - the cinema 
display's native resolution isn't supported by this card under Win9x/me.

hth

Gary