Sapphire is in the adapter game as well

[Mach1.9pants]

Hopefully they will be more competitively priced ;)

No costs yet seen.

[BHawthorne]

Whoever is the OEM for the BizLink adaptor, they must be raking in about now. Hopefully quantity sales will ramp up production runs on the thing and drive down individual unit cost. IMHO, the only reason why it was ever expensive is that noone needed one.

[Magic Man]

Yep, does seem strange why an active DP to DVI converter (i.e. digital to digital) is 3 or 4 times (or more) more expensive than a DP to VGA converter (i.e. digital to analogue)

[mikeysg]

That Sapphire model looks like the Bizlink model which looks like the Accell B087B-002B that I'd gotten myself -

[scooby]

They look exactly alike and if they came from the same supplier I think their may still be some issues as the other adaptors. I hope that Sapphire fixed some of the issues that the other adaptor had or we're all back where we started from.

Way to go Sapphire.

BTW are they available yet?

[BHawthorne]

They're all the same OEM part. These things are being made by a single OEM manufacturer someplace and rebadged.

Yep, does seem strange why an active DP to DVI converter (i.e. digital to digital) is 3 or 4 times (or more) more expensive than a DP to VGA converter (i.e. digital to analogue)

I think what might make this a bit more expensive is that it might have to do digital-analog-digital transcode. Purely a guess on my part though. Would be nice to get an answer from the manufacturer if it is digital-digital or digital-analog-digital transcode.

[Dave Baumann]

An apapter like this includes a DP recieved, two DVI transmitters, a USB power controller and possibly a translation device as well. One of the issues faced is that the DP reciever may not be made by the same company as the DVI transmitter.

[BHawthorne]

So, multiple chips involved = more cost. I still think the analog VGA adapter is the best route atm.

[geniv2]

when I saw the title of the thread I though it would be a smaller and cheaper adapter that does not require USB

ahh it's just the same thing with a differnt sticker on it.



btw: I'm surprise so many people are having problems with the adapter and screen blanks.

I got mine from dell and have worked flawlessly since.

maybe it's the monitor I'm using.



btw: If anyone is running at 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 I would recommend the DVI one oppose to the cheaper VGA one.

to me the quality difference is worth the money. sine you will be staring at your monitor for god knows how long a day.

[fatlazyhomer]

If the VGA can pull 19x12 (and some people have been able to) would the quality be worse?

Also, isnt the sapphire one suppose to be cheaper?

[chineseleper]

price will be around 80€, as a Sapphire tech told me.

[boboli]

available in Italy at 88 euro
http://www.tecnocomputer.it/prodotti/dettaglio.asp?id_prodotto=6647&id_categoria=13&id_sottocategoria=137

[scooby]

The image on that site is of a Accell adaptor....interesting. :wink:

[lm24hrs]

For those in the UK Ebuyer will be stocking them http://www.ebuyer.com/product/188282 not cheap though at £80.69 :(

[McKie]

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/media/?psn=0004&articleID=2475

I find it kind of a bold move for Sapphire to claim that they "Solved the Eyefinity issue!" when in fact this adapter was available way before DEC 14 2009.


"Now SAPPHIRE has introduced an active powered DisplayPort to DVI converter".

I kind of think this is misleading. The credit should go to the people that really introduced it. and really . you cant tell me that they Tested this thing before putting there Sapphire sticker on it.

[shawnoen]

With a Sapphire card and a Sapphire adapter, there really won't be anyone to blame for any perspective problems will there? Other than Sapphire of course! Hopefully they've tested it on a ton a different monitors and resolutions.

[fatlazyhomer]

If they are charging 80$ for the damn thing, I could see a flaw in their "solution".

[McKie]

With a Sapphire card and a Sapphire adapter, there really won't be anyone to blame for any perspective problems will there? Other than Sapphire of course! Hopefully they've tested it on a ton a different monitors and resolutions.

Good point, they may of just opened up a box of worms for themselves.

I'm just taking a wild shot in the dark here, but I don't think they tested thoroughly. If they did put it though the ringer testing it in multiple situations. I think they would of thought again about slapping there sticker on it and putting it out to the masses. and then claim it was there brain child.

[dragon-fly]

How Disapointing, but expected.

I've been OOGLING eyefinity for a while, and have just finished testing three games with SoftTh and Dayum, i friggin love triple 24" 5760x1200.

My final setup should be 3 24" displays in eyefinity with an additional Nvidia graphics card with modded drivers for Physx, With a Logitech G27 for racing games, but after all the reading i've done and preliminary 24 hours of testing with a 5870, i am not super excited with all the potential issues and random costs involved if something does not work well.

Doesnt look like the 30-40$ price target for the sapphire adapter will be reached soon. :(

Maybe i will just go 5870 + Nvidia card + Softth, although that has its own set of problems. (aka some games not liking softth, two different GPU brands with no support for Cuda, etc)

(Aside - Joke)
So, what are you guy's New Years Resolution(s)? Mine is going to be 5760x1200 and 1920x1200x3!

Happy new years guys!

[TJ]

Mmmmm

Has anybody got this Sapphire adapter ??

I have preordered this adapter in Europe 1 week ago and there is no stock till middle Jan.

Mmmm a little strange... isnt it?

Regards...