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Originally Posted by TickleMeElmo;14165309
The fact you paid 700 does not mean it should include everything in a product that costs only 300. The onus is on the buyer to make sure that a product fits his or her needs.
What do you mean it shouldn't? I shouldn't expect the highest priced video card from AMD to be able to support out of the box two monitors higher than 1920x1200 when cards at a fraction of the price do? And I shouldn't expect XFX to include a single DisplayPort adapter, even when other vendors of the same product are, when they're selling an AMD part which is made up entirely of Mini DisplayPort interfaces outside of one dual link DVI connection?
Unlike nVidia's GTX 590 which comes with 3 dual link DVI interfaces the 6990 only has one so without a Mini DP to DP adapter it only supports one monitor at a resolution over 1920x1200. My complaint here is that a video card of this price should support at least 2 high resolution monitors out of the box and this particular vendor as well as a couple others chose not to provide that support.
Here you can see the eVGA Classified GTX 590 priced at $749.99 and not only does it include the 3 dual link DVI interfaces but it also includes the Display Port adapter for its Mini Display Port interface thus supporting 4 high resolution monitors out of the box.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130630&cm_re=gtx_590-_-14-130-630-_-Product
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Originally Posted by TickleMeElmo;14165309
Why did you buy XFX over another AIB partner? Probably because it was cheaper/it was the only one in stock. Maybe it is you who cheaped out on not buying a card that included all the accessories you needed? Does AMD or anyone else for that matter specify a "standard" accessory pack for HD6990s?
Because at the moment you don't have a choice which brand of 6990 you want to pick when you go to buy unless you want to wait forever and maybe not even get one at all. You buy when one comes in stock before it sells out in a matter of a couple of minutes since even the large retailers like Newegg are only getting a handful per week.
Price had nothing to do with it because the reference 6990's are all within a similar dollar value of one another and the XFX is in fact one of the more expensive ones that was priced at $734.99 ea from Newegg whereas the PowerColor 6990 priced at $709.99 ea includes a DisplayPort adapter.
And I can get by for now just using the one dual link DVI port but its the premise that a card this high-end should include enough acceessories to make use of at least one or two DisplayPort's since it only has one interface capable of running a monitor over 1920x1200 without having to go out and spend more on adapters.
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TickleMeElmo;14165309
http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/hd%206000series/6990.aspx?lang=en-us
On their site the only thing it is said to include is the installation CD and the card itself. Any adapters you got is an added bonus.
Adapters are not an added bonus when the cards interfaces are unusable without them. Displays don't ship with Mini Display Ports on them. You have to use an adapter to convert it to a usable Display connector. AMD should of made it mandatory that at least 1 or 2 Display adapters are included since they chose to use 4 Mini DP interfaces instead of providing multiple dual link DVI interfaces like nVidia.
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Originally Posted by TickleMeElmo;14165309
By your logic since your monitor cost more than your graphics card and most displayport outputs are of the mini dp variety the Dell U3011 should come with any necessary adapters. Or maybe it is AMD who is cheaping out and not including dual link DVI outputs.
The Dell U3011 comes with a Display Port cable as well as cables to connect to most other interfaces but monitors come with cables, not adapters. Adapters are up to the video card vendors to include based on which type of interface they choose to use on the card. Mini DP is an unusable interface without an adapter to convert it to something else. And your right AMD is partly to blame for cheaping out and not including more than one dual link DVI output or making sure that at least one or two Mini DP to DP adapters are included with their flagship $700+ model cards.