Question 1

Im considering buying a GIGABYTE GV-R5876P-2GD-B Radeon HD 5860. Unfortunately, the only ports it has are 6 MiniDisplay ports. If I buy two of these (as i run a dual monitor setup), will it work just fine?

Accepted Answer

Hello there fellow shopper, I bought one of these cables for my intel NUC computer and it has been working great for about 4 months, so I can say that the quality of the cable has been great so far.

To answer your question:
Yes, this cable will work just fine for your setup as long as your monitors have the standard DVI inputs that pretty much all monitors do these days.

Here's some more info that will probably be helpful to you:
The only thing this video adapter cable does is transport the video signal from miniDisplay port to DVI port.

Basically, it just matches up the correct wiring pins from one side to the other so that your video card (that sends the signal through the miniDisplay interface) can talk to your monitor (that receives the signal through the DVI interface).

The video source (video card) determines how many displays are supported. If a video card supported 100 simultaneous displays, then 100 of these cables would transport the video signals from miniDisplay to DVI and all 100 monitors would work.

Question 2

does it work with apple mac book pro?

Accepted Answer

I have a 2008 MacBook (not Pro) and it works fine.  As for your MacBook Pro, a forum page at Apple says

"If you have a newer Macbook Pro, the mini display port is actually the Thunderbolt port. You can plug any mini display port connector into the Thunderbolt port."

so it sounds like this DVI cable should work fine on your MacBook Pro as well.

Question 3

is this an active adapter? for use with AMD Eyefinity

Accepted Answer

No its not active, nonetheless works great for what it is.

Brand	Rosewill
Model	RCDC-14017

Type	DVI Cables
Cable Length	3 ft.
Connector Number	2
Connector Detail	Mini DisplayPort to DVI
Terminal Gender	Male to Male
Specifications	Connector Type:MINI DP M TO DVI M Connector finish:Gold Plated Conductor:Tinned copper Gauge: 32AWG Shielding Level: Triple OD:4.8mm Fire Flame:VW-1

Rosewill RCDC-14017 - 3-Foot White Mini DisplayPort to DVI Cable - 32 AWG, Male to Male

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