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Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Sean — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:58:22 -0000

Are you able to get the Intensity Pro HDMI out to function as a regular monitor... or just previewing i.e. in Final Cut Pro?

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Framejunkie — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:49:28 -0000

This is how I connected 3 monitors to FCP

My system is a Mac Pro with ATI HD 5870.

The monitors are now connected as follows:

mini DisplayPort 1: 42" TV 1080p via VGA to mini DisplayPort adapter

mini DisplayPort 2: 24" Monitor via DisplayPort to mini DisplayPort cable

DVI: 24" Monitor via DVI to DVI cable

I think Final Cut offers full-screen preview (Digital Cinema Desktop Preview) on the main monitor and one other monitor.

I think the main monitor is the one that has Mac OS's menu bar in it.

You can move the menu bar to different monitors using System Preferences - > Displays -> Arrangement.

It is not clear to me how FCP chooses which other monitor is available for full-screen.

But, when I switched the order my displays were connected, FCP made the full-screen preview available on the monitor I needed.

Hope this helps.

p.s.

The reason I use the analog VGA connector on my third monitor is that the Mac Pros with the 5770/5870 require expensive 'Dual Link DVI to mini DisplayPort' convertors if more than one DVI monitor is connected.

It was not possible to connect 3 monitors
simultaneously when I tried using either the 'HDMI to mini DisplayPort'
connector, nor the regular 'DVI to mini DisplayPort' connector.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

JMF — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:48:37 -0000

Thank for figuring all this out, I ran into the same thing. I noticed $200 already gets you a cheap 24" display with display port, odd how those prices work.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Bryan Duke — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:51:00 -0000

Uggg. I'm sorry to hear about your pain. I still need to bite the bullet & throw out my Apple adapters & try the monoprice ones. My Apple ones have severe problems returning from sleep.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

dkaya — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:44:49 -0000

Thanks Bryan, I got into the same mess tring to connect these 3 DVI screens to my macpro with no luck. I bought to griffin MDP to HDMI + DVI connectors costing me $110 AUD from the australia store. I'm going to send them back, i better be allowed, they are useless now. Thanks for the advice, i'll have to purchase 2x MDP to DL DVI adapters then :(

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Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Matt — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:21:39 -0000

Thanks for the info Bryan. I bought the two dual-link $99 adaptors and still no go.
I have spent the last three days trying to find an acceptable solution but still to
no avail. I have two 25in HP's and my third display is a 42in Samsung so I'm wondering if the blackmagic card will work. Also, pondering the Matrox Dualhead2go. This is very frustrating after spending > 15k on this new system. Whenever I think I've found something that will work, it always turns out to be for PC. I've been a Mac guy for ever but this is a bit of a bummer!
but this kind of thing is really

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

titan — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:09:40 -0000

i got a displayport to hdmi cable at staples

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Jon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:17:24 -0000

Thanks for writing such a comprehensive article and thank you for helping me NOT waste days on this! The power is why we buy the computer but the seemingly simple use of 3 monitors is a flat out misrepresentation.

I'll send comment to apple - and go to sleep tonight rather than tearing out any hair.

Many Thanks again!

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Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Oli — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:13:53 -0000

I'm in more or less the same boat here as you are - just got the 6 core mac pro after researching the recommendations at the mac performance guide and got a new 27" LED cinema display - and was planning to connect a 24" samsung and 24" acer I have as well - both DVI.... so I won't repeat the obvious problem that lead me here !

I didn't get the 5870 however so could add a second 5770 - but as I could use my other monitors on my other computers still I am wondering whether I should instead (though obviously more costly) get another 24" LED Cinema display....

If i understand correctly I COULD have 2 LED cinema displays with their mini display port AND run one of the 2 DVI displays as a third monitor on the DVI port.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this configuration before I dump even more money into another monitor (I'm admittedly looking at this problem as a chance to spoil myself with another cinema display) but if it ends up I still need another card I should just go with buying a second 5770

After starting to use 3 displays using these (admittedly very slow) USB to DVI boxes from other world computing with my macbook pro I've gotten pretty addicted to the 3 monitor setup and can't settle for 2 anymore ;) as it seems is true for all of you as well!

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Javier — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:42:22 -0000

The best solution I found is to buy a Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro card $189 that has HDMI output and use any HDTV as the 3rd monitor. This card also captures analog video as well and costs the same as buying 2 Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapters.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Bryan Duke — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:03:23 -0000

I think you're right...I haven't seen a DVI to Mini DisplayPort adapter.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Bryan Duke — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:02:08 -0000

If you have 3 monitors and two of them are DVI, you need two of the $99 adapters. Ouch, huh?

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Bryan Duke — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:00:23 -0000

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Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Triguna — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:56:26 -0000

OK, I bought the Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter, which I was forced to do just to connect an extra monitor (happy Apple?). Now let's see things I could have bought with €99 ($135): espresso machine (does coffee and cappuccino); external 1.5TB iomega HD (does huge backups); 7' LCD Mini TV (I can watch telly on the go); portable DVD player (plays dvds); 1 electric blanket (keeps warm), dinner for two in very nice restaurant; 1 small bike for my 8 yo nephew; 1 cell phone; M-Audio 2 audio monitors or 1 audio interface or 1 49 keys musical keyboard; so many things at Ikea; 1 nice watch; 1 pair of trendy sneakers; 2 low cost return flight to a major city in Europe or 2 nights in a bed and breakfast; 7 liters of tthe very best quality olive oil; 750 kilometers worth of petrol for my car; 1 good quality tent; 5 or 6 original CDs or DVDs; and I can go on and on... Made my point? Sorry everyone, I am so p..... off with this whole monitor thing I needed to express...

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Triguna — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:10:41 -0000

What option is it I should only use one DVI monitor as Apple suggests in their "resolution of the problem"? They think I buy €4000 worth of Mac Pro to play f...... Pac-Man? I need the best monitor quality for work, I don't care for VGA. VGA? 2010 and I should use VGA? I feel so s.....

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Triguna — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:55:33 -0000

It is sad that as a customer I have not been given the exact informations about using 3 monitors with Mac Pro that i have just bought. Apple states that we can have up to three monitors at once hooked to the MP, but they do not mention in the product description that it isn't that straight forward and it is a costly option. How do I know I need several adaptors costing almost as the graphic card just to plug in the monitors? My crystal ball isn't working at the present, so I don't have a way to guess. If I plug 2 DVI monitors with the miniDVI to DVI connector I have bought just for that they do NOT work properly, or at all. Issues with the mouse are a side effect too. Also, why does the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter costs $99 for the USA market and it is €99 for Europe? If courrency differences are not arbitrary, it should be €73, am I not right?
They make wonderful computers but they need to upgrade the costumer care. Please don't treat us like we should know better.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Gus — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:08:53 -0000

BTW, the 2600 doesn't seem to require the x16 slot. It might do better in one, but it works in the x4.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Gus — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:07:40 -0000

Just a little update to my post. I bought a GT 120 to use with the 5770, that worked well. 10.6.5 just came out though, and it seems to allow the 5770 to work with the 2600.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

Triguna — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:07:20 -0000

I totally disagree with you. First of all, anyone who's a tad honest who reads on the Apple site that you can can have three monitors hooked on your new mac understands just that, you can hook three monitors. Nowhere it is mentioned that it isn't that simple, that you have to do research, ask people, buy expensive this and that. If they think lure people to think it is simple then it is not the fault of the costumer who is not smart enough, a genius as you say. I am NOT a technical engineer and I don't want to be one. I want a computer that works for my work, be it with an apple or some other fruit on it. But of course what did the snake use to lure Eve into its selfish schemes? While you may have time to research, I don't have it, I have work to do and I don't like cheap tricks. End of it.

Re: Buying and Setting up a 2010 Mac Pro with 3 Monitors? Read This First!

AlainMikli — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:55:44 -0000

Glad that I've a chance to face this problem together with you guys(that means we all have the most update MacPro, haha..)

Back to the topic, I just went to apple store and confirmed they won't charge restocking fee for the dual-link adapter, so I just get one to test my setup. And it works!!! So I'm going to return it and get a cheaper one...

Here's how I connect my current setup
-24" LED Display @ Plug directly to "mini-display port"
-23" Cinema Display @ Plug directly "to DVI Port"
-20" Cinema Display @ Plug into "Mini display to dual-link DVI adapter" then to the "mini-display port on 5870"

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Here's what I summarized when "connect 3 monitors with One 5770 or 5870"

*one of the monitor must be DVI
*you need 2 mini display to dual-link DVI adapter
or
*you have 2 24" or 27" Apple LED Display

*If you're running one 5770, you better get one more 5770 in stead of buying those ridiculously pricy adapter...

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I have a funny question, is it impossible to connect 3 24 or 27" LED display on one 5870?? because 5870 only got 2 mini display port....

I guess there is no such "dual-link DVI to mini display port adapter".....am I right?