A new PC is about due as the one I have is now long in the tooth (9 years old) and still running Windows7. I may also be at the beginning of some hardware problems - it's hard to know as various glitches could equally be due to running Windows7, for which various software updates (Perhaps including TRS19) is not the ideal O/S.
Well, whether I have a need or merely a want for a new PC, I don't need or want a new monitor. I have a 30" NEC Multisync that's a very fine thing, especially for photography ... but everything else too.
Imagine my dismay, then, to discover that the latest GPUs with the sort of oomph I require no longer have a DVI-D dual link output to drive a 2560 X 1600 screen. This is the only high-res input my NEC has. There seems to be only a couple of active conversion leads available (display port to DVI-D) that will run anything above 1080p resolution - but both have serious issues, from poor reliability to a refusal to handle DRM-protected content. Our PC is also the tele and stereo, so that would be a nuisance.
Will I have to fork out for a new monitor, then? A new NEC of the sort I have costs nearly £2000! I suppose there may be less expensive high quality monitors but nevertheless.....
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Has anyone else found and solved this connection-of-new-to-old problem somehow or am I to be condemned to an even greater bout of consumerism than that involved with buying a fine fat PC?
Lataxe
Well, whether I have a need or merely a want for a new PC, I don't need or want a new monitor. I have a 30" NEC Multisync that's a very fine thing, especially for photography ... but everything else too.
Imagine my dismay, then, to discover that the latest GPUs with the sort of oomph I require no longer have a DVI-D dual link output to drive a 2560 X 1600 screen. This is the only high-res input my NEC has. There seems to be only a couple of active conversion leads available (display port to DVI-D) that will run anything above 1080p resolution - but both have serious issues, from poor reliability to a refusal to handle DRM-protected content. Our PC is also the tele and stereo, so that would be a nuisance.
Will I have to fork out for a new monitor, then? A new NEC of the sort I have costs nearly £2000! I suppose there may be less expensive high quality monitors but nevertheless.....
****
Has anyone else found and solved this connection-of-new-to-old problem somehow or am I to be condemned to an even greater bout of consumerism than that involved with buying a fine fat PC?
Lataxe