What 30" monitors will work with old MacPro 10.6.8?

My Apple 30” Cinema HD display is cutting out. It might only be the DVI adapter box, which I’ve replaced before, and already ordered another. But soon there won’t be any more of these on eBay, so I’d like to get another, new monitor - hopefully one that can connect directly to the Mac and not an adapter, and can use the same port without an expensive hardware/card upgrade.

I know a limitation will be the default connection the MacPro has. Don’t know what this connection is called but attached is a pic. Another forum user says its “Dual-link DVI”.

I want to keep this MacPro running OS 10.6.8 to use obsolete legacy apps. (I have a newer iMac too)

It must have 2560 resolution. Color accuracy isn’t critical. Does it have to be an Apple monitor?

Would appreciate a searchable term or links for compatible 30" monitors.

LMK if more info is needed...

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Earlier Mac models

Posted on Mar 7, 2024 11:20 AM

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Mar 7, 2024 2:16 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Model No.: A1289 EMC No.:2314 100-240V, 50-60Hz., 12-5A

Mac Pro 2.26_8CX/6X1G/640/GT120/SD-USA

Did you mean 10.6.5 ?

...Drivers were first included in 10.16.5...

onefiftymph Author

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Mar 7, 2024 3:47 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

While I wait to see the results of a replacement adapter, would still like alternative monitor recommendations..

onefiftymph Author

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Apr 11, 2024 3:24 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

It goes completely black.

when its on, its picture perfect.

onefiftymph Author

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Apr 11, 2024 2:24 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

The card is the original NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 / 512MB VRAM

$70 for the used adapter and 2 wks later, same problem - intermittently cutting out thats fixed temporarily by unplugging and replugging the racetrack shaped plug from the adapter, and then holding in the button on the monitor to restore the brightness (that doesn't work via keyboard). On the previous adapter(s) - this latest is #4 - this unplugging/replugging eventually stops working.

Now it seems with the replacement adapter I'm back to square one. Don't know if I just have a series of bad luck getting faulty adapters, or something else is making them fail....

For now I can use the monitor and keep unplugging/replugging it until this adapter fails too. Sometimes it runs for hours without failing, other times like today, I had to unplug replug it 10 times...

Its just an ugly cycle and I had hoped maybe it wasnt the adapter causing it after all.

This is why the title question of my post seems to be the only remaining step, unless someone can offer another solution....

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