Run Two 30" Apple Cinema Displays on a PC

dealcatcher writes "For those blessed by the Apple gods and actually own two 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays, this guide explains how to hook two of them up to a PC. The guide includes which graphics cards will support this configuration and a step-by-step of how to get it all going."

or to sum it up

[FidelCatsro]

1: buy two rather wonderfull but epensive monitors
2: buy expensive graphics card with duel dvi conectors and a framebuffer to support massive displays such as these
3: install graphics card(driver setup etc ) and then plug in new monitors ( if you buy one with conectors too close either, use an adaptor cable or slice up the one on your 3000 grand monitors... i know which i would do)
4: turn on system and configure your windowing system to use both monitors at a comfertable size .... in other words do exactly the same thing you would do(read:Should do) normaly

Wow.

[Moofie]

What a useful guide. You install the video card, plug in the displays, and it works. Gee, I never would have figured that out on my own.

Want to be helpful? Tell me how to get those two displays without selling both kidneys.

okay

[Sebadude]

Who has enough desk space for two 30" displays, That's what I'd like to know.

How practical is it? You'd have to sit pretty far away from them to see all that there is to see, but if you have to sit far away, why not go with two smaller screens and sit closer?

Re:and as you click here...

[avalys]

http://www.synapps.de/synapps/bin/view/Main/Rafael Laguna

I don't know, the guy looks old enough to have paid for them himself.

I know you were joking, but there's quite a big difference between having mommy and daddy pay for your extravagances, and funding them yourself.

Silly

[ed 'g3']

This is all a bit daft - he has a G5 with these two massive monitors and chucks it all because of the fan noise.

So, in some bizarre attempt at making it better, he hooks them up to a pc.

Reminds me of the Volksagon adverts - It's a Mini adventure. Those were bloody stupid as well.

Two big monitors are a pain in the arse

[Anonymous Coward]

Two 30" monitors are a pain, one tends to center their attention on one monitor and place things that are always open on the other.

The constant head turning and sometimes scooting your chair over to use the other monitor is just plain wasteful.

I've even tried placing one large monitor over the other, this seemed to help cut down on the scooting and head turning as I just can use my eyes to look up.

The work involved dragging windows up to the other monitor just isn't worth the effort.

Since any window can easily be minimized or using Expose in Mac OS X kind of makes getting a second 30" Display a total waste of money. I've been happier since I got rid of the other monitor. BTW I sit about 4 feet from the 30" to take it all in. Wireless keyboard is neccessary.

Of course the other person was very happy to receive it. :)

http://homepage.mac.com/hogfish/PhotoAlbum2.html

Re:Two big monitors are a pain in the arse

[Sebadude]

Yes, that's what I meant. For viewing images, photos, or film: great, obviously. My concern was with text apps. With two such large screens and their high resolution, you're either going to be doing a lot of leaning forward (& sideways) to read the screens, or you're going to be squinting like George Costanza when he's spotting pennies on the sidewalk.

Either way, it's not very healthy or productive. The point is that I think there's a limit to how large a desktop area can be, over that threshold it becomes unpractical and highly inefficient. Just my own 2 cents.