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Mini DisplayPort Cable
Mini DisplayPort Cable
With the introduction of Thunderbolt technology on Apples new MacBook Pro laptop computers, there is now a degree of confusion regards whether existing computer peripherals will be compatible or not?
The port looks exactly the same as the mini display port. In fact the only way you can identify that is a Thunderbolt port is by the Thunderbolt flash logo.
You can still use it to connect to an Apple LED Cinema Display or to Mini Display Port adapters though. Thunderbolt technology is compatible with existing DisplayPort displays and adapters.
It is is backwards compatible, but you'll need a cable adaptor to connect to an existing DisplayPort monitor.
Apple's adapters for hooking up to HDMI, DVI and VGA video will also continue to work.
All Thunderbolt peripherals share a common connector allowing users to simply daisy-chain up to six devices one after another. Therefore all devices down the chain will need to have two ports except for the last peripheral. They are connected by a Thunderbolt cable that is identical to the mini displayport cable.
Each Thunderbolt cable actually consists of two 10Gbps PCI Express channels for transferring data and a DisplayPort channel for video. It combines data, video, audio and power in a single connection. A special Thunderbolt chip has to be present in the computer and each Thunderbolt peripheral to achieve Thunderbolt bandwidth performance.
The Thunderbolt controller chip provides protocol switching capabilities to support the two protocols PCIe and DisplayPort over a single cable.
Third-party vendors are planning to sell adapters that let you connect USB, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800 devices to Thunderbolt ports. Thunderbolt won't make these devices any faster however, they'll still be limited to the performance of their built-in components.
Sonnet have recently announced the release of two Thunderbolt adapters. The Allegro FW800 and Presto Gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt adapters allow users to connect to either a FireWire 800 device or Gigabit Ethernet connection.
Thunderbolt peripherals are thin on the ground at the moment but that's not surprising considering it is such a new technology. However a number of manufacturers have already committed to providing Thunderbolt products in the Summer of 2011.
To find out more about these new Thunderbolt peripherals visit http://www.thunderboltexternalharddrive.com
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PC: Are these components compatible?
I want to build my own computer using the following hardware:
Power - 850W ICUTE M PSU
RAM - OCZ Technology DDR3 4gb (2X2) Platinum 2000Mhz
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz 6MB Cache S775 1333MHZ
CASE - CoolerMaster BLACK CM 690 CASE
Graphics - XFX GeForce 9500GT 1GB DDR2 PCIE DVI HDTV VGA 550/800
Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB 7200RPM 32MB S300
Motherboard - XFX nForce 790i Socket 775 3 way SLI 1600FSB DDR3 onboard audio ATX Motherboard
DVD-RW - Optiarc (Sony/NEC) 20X SATA DVD-RW/RAM Lightscribe black + Nero 8
OS - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM
Are they all compatible? Many thanks!
@james w
Thanks for the speedy response and helpful info 
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@Dillon V
Thanks also!
yes they are but if your only running a 9500gt then you obviously not doing any hard core gaming so you dont need that fast of ram.
you could go with like 1333MHz ram or even 1600MHz to save a few bucks.
but for the type of processor your going to be running. your video card is going to be bottle necking it big time.
the 9500gt Isn't that good at all i wouldn't buy one. try something like at least a 9800gt or better because your running a quad core and DDR3 and your running a weak video card im sorry but that's a waste of money to me
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