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- Mar 24, 2011
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- Motherboard
- ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS
- CPU
- 2x E5-2683 v3
- Graphics
- W9100
Well having a GFX card with an internal DP OUT and a DP IN on the mobo isn't gonna happen anytime soon if ever.
Not a chance. The Mac pro has all its graphics card ports internally routed to thunderbolt. There is no way to do that on this board. the best current option for doing this is kinda sloppy, but the Asrock Extreme11/AC has DP input that routes the signal to thunderbolt so you can have one port of your discrete card (or more with MST) sent over thunderbolt. I believe it uses the same chip as the gigabyte board and so is a good contender as well. Will likely need an MSR patch but otherwise hardware is OS X safe.
Hopefully some card makers (and board makers, who are also usually the same companies) will start making internal ports on their GFX cards and motherboards so this routing can be done easily and cleanly in future generations.
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Hello, I'm trying to figure out the best configuration that will allow to work with my 27" Thunderbolt Display, what you say about Asrock Extreme11/AC is very interesting, but I couldn't find any post where this is reported to work with Thunderbolt Display, have you any direct experience on this ?
Way off topic. Post in Audio.All I am getting is stereo on the SPDIF output.
I can confirm that the Thunderbolt video output works with the Asrock Z87 Extreme9/ac. I have dual HD 7970s connected to the DP input on the motherboard and output via the thunderbolt connection to an Apple thunderbolt display.
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