need to know..very desperate.

Yugi Starwind · 08-28-2004, 11:25 PM

okay, i'm a prowd mac owner. there's a downside with thsat though. barely any games are avaialable on the mac. so i decided to build my own windows PC, but be cheap and not buy a monitor for my windows one. I found an aapple product(DVI to ADC adapter) that lets me change monitor types, per se, (IE: lets me use my flat screen mac monitor w/ a windows machine). I tried it on a windows machine.(a gateway 2000. approx. 5 yrs old @ most) and, to my anger and perplexment, got no display on the monitor when pulgged into the gateway. i then used it on my mac. works fine. so, is there a way i can get this DVI-ADC adapter to support a windows machine?(i weas running 98 v.2 on the gateway. my new machine will either be ME or XP). is it just a problem all together, or is there something i'm missing? and yes, i have 1 other adaptor plugged to the DVI/ADC. it's simply a port/pin adaptor to go from mac monitor types to "windows" / regular monitors. so once more i ask you, is there a solution to the dilemma?

Jonbo298 · 08-29-2004, 01:01 AM

I don't have an exact answer to your problem but your new machine better have XP on it otherwise you can jsut toss it out the window if it has ME

Typhoid · 08-29-2004, 01:03 AM

Ok...i have a few simple steps for you.

Step One: Throw your Mac out the window.

Step Two: Dont buy a Mac.

Step Three: Enjoy.

KillerGremlin · 08-29-2004, 01:10 AM

Why? Macs are far superior computers then a PC. They just lack support.

manasecret · 08-29-2004, 01:20 AM

You haven't built the new machine yet, right?

So how do you know the adapter you have now won't work for the new machine? Wait until you have the new computer so you can test it.

By the way, most videocards now have a direct DVI plug in them. Is this a different DVI than the Mac one you got?

And I've never heard of ADC. Do you mean VGA (the standard monitor input, before DVI), or is it a standard to do with Macs?

GameMaster · 08-29-2004, 01:41 AM

I'm not sure either, but I bet Null can help you out.

Hero2 · 08-29-2004, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Why? Macs are far superior computers then a PC. They just lack support.

And games and a command prompt(not including 10 or higher).

There just locked down pieces of sh*t. Buy a PC there alot more open you can do alot more on it and you'll be all the more happier with the purchase.

Yugi Starwind · 08-29-2004, 08:13 PM

GeForce FX5600 256MB card would have it, right?(the DVI port that i need)