08-07-2015, 04:56 PM
Gareth wrote:
[quote=Jack D.]
Right. And Apple says my mini will support "..up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on a dual-link DVI display using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
That adapter is $71 at Monoprice unless I'm looking at the wrong adapter. Why is that particular adapter $71 and all the others are under $10?
mDP to DL-DVI adapters are expensive. It's not just a cable conversion. It has circuitry to do a signal conversion, or something? I also find the adapters to be a little buggy and annoying to use.
This is why I prefer more expensive monitors that have DisplayPort, but in your case, it might just be an odd circumstance where that model of mini will only do 2560x1440 over the adapter.
This monitor has DP. That's the part I don't get. If the mini has a mDP and the monitor has a full size DP are they not the same ports? Why does the mini's mDP need to go to a DL-DVI if that's where the 2560x1440 is coming from????