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5/22/12 at 2:41pm

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As the title suggests, I was wondering if a thunderbolt cable could be used for an AMD graphics card, or any card for that matter, that has a mini DisplayPort?
Might be a silly question but I have no clue.

FYI: I googled it and nothing came up.

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5/22/12 at 2:51pm

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5/22/12 at 2:52pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ragtag7

FYI: I googled it and nothing came up.

lol http://lmgtfy.com/?q=thunderbolt+and+mini+displayport

but srssly

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MC913ZM/A?pqid=QDJKFYU44KPF4H4429AAKDUFCUY4C47CTKTTJHFAK27FT97KP

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5/22/12 at 2:54pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaiger

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MC913ZM/A?pqid=QDJKFYU44KPF4H4429AAKDUFCUY4C47CTKTTJHFAK27FT97KP

Thank you!
So I can definitely use an HD 7970 that has a mini and connect it to an Mac monitor with mini.

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5/22/12 at 2:57pm

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http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20043524-263.html

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5/22/12 at 3:30pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrak

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20043524-263.html

wait what??? o_O

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ragtag7

Thank you!
So I can definitely use an HD 7970 that has a mini and connect it to an Mac monitor with mini.

Understand that Thunderbolt is an interconnect that also can carry a DP signal.

The DP connection on a 7970 and the DP port on a mac monitor are the same.

So, yes you can, but Thunderbolt has nothing to do with it, they just added something to the existing DP connection on their machines.

Further, with the new mac monitors, the cable is built into the system, it comes as a mini-DP connection, USB, and Magsafe (for a laptop). If you bought a mac monitor new (which would be silly unless you like wasting dollars) then you would need no additional cables.

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