DELL 3007WFP-HC with MacPro/ATI X1900XT?

I am considering buying Dell 3007WFP-HC as the second monitor for my Mac Pro (equipped with ATI X1900XT).
Is there any problem using this combination, especially the flickering/dancing pixel problem?

No, I've had no problems. Philip provides the core monitor components to apple and dell for these items. The OS "saw" the dells instantly, loaded a solid default profile and they look really good. You can still tweak these like any other monitor.
That is not to say that may not prefer the apple product over the dell. But, I'm really happy with the dells and independant testing by multiple labs has not reported the "flickering/dancing pixel" problem that is being reported by users.

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i am running a MacPro 2x2 2.66 Ghz with 12GB Ram, an ATI X1900 XT 512MB and a GeForce 7300GT. The ATI is in Slot 1. Connected to the ATI card is an Apple CD 30", connected to the GeForce is an Apple CD 23" and a Sanyo TV-LCD.
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I have a MacPro (2.1) with an ATI X1900XT graphics card (2 DVI ports). It is currently hooked up to a single 24". My usage is mostly Browsing, Final Cut Suite and Video. I am planning on upgrading to Dual Displays (2*24" or 2*27") but read about some vague issues the ATI might have when using dual displays and FCP (Color more specifically). Are there any specific issues I should be aware of before getting a second display?
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One graphics card? Two displays? ZERO ISSUES! Not sure what "vague issue the ATI" cards have, but I have that exact card, and run two 24" displays with no problems. I have run dual displays for years. I find working with one very...cramped.
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The resolution shown at start-up comes from PRAM. Partway through the start-up sequence, the computer loads the displays preferences and switches to those stored resolutions. That is probably the point at which your displays go black due to settings that are out of range.
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OK… it's my turn to ask a question and have a problem. In actual fact is less a problem than a big annoyance.
What is happening is that when I either boot, reboot or come out of sleep, the entire displayed image/desktop is shifted 1 pixel both up and to the left. The simplest way to tell is that the top left corner isn't rounded like the top right corner because it's chopped off by 1 pixel each way.
I can however rectify it by turning my display off then back on again else resetting the display to default via the OSD. This can get hugely annoying as one could imagine.
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By the way, I'm using a Dell 2405FPW 24" display although I doubt it's the display as it's be working fine with both a Mac mini and a PowerBook.

Ned you have a tough one here
LOL!! Why is it always my problems that are the tough ones. I would have thought it would be fairer if we shared them.
As for your suggestions, I didn't think of trying a lower, yet "incorrect", resolution though I'll give it a shot after I finish installing Windows… for the 100th time . Hmmm… I'll see if it does it in Windows too.
Like you, I think the issue is either with the card or the driver although right now I'm leaning towards the driver. I've still got to install Mac OS X on another driver so I'll see if it happens there as well.
To anyone else, if you wouldn't mind taking 2 seconds to have a look at the top left of your display the next time you reboot to see if I'm the only one with this. Thank you!

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Can anyone tell me how to divide an Carbobn based OpenGl rendering over two (or three) screens using two ATI X1900XT videocards..
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This is not a problem when I create a large window with a border using glutInitWindowSize(windowWidth, windowHeight); followed by glutCreateWindow("window").
But when using glutGameModeString("3072x768:32@75"); followed by glutEnterGameMode();
only the first screen will function at it's maximum screensize..
I've found something about Rendering contexts.., but I don't know how to implement it yet..
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/OpenGL-MacPr ogGuide/openglcontexts/chapter_7_section_3.html#//appleref/doc/uid/TP40001987-CH216-SW5
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Need 3 monitor support and currently have ATI X1900XT

I have a single x1900xt and now have 3 monitors I need to power. Is it possible to combine NVIDIA cards and ATI or do I need to purchase another x1900xt? It is important that this setup work both in windows XP as well as OSX. I am planning on connecting a 30" and 2 20" monitors. Anyone have a similar configuration yet or can make any recommendations on a proper setup?
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For the benfit of others, my (AKA Neurorad) original posts from Macrumors:
I have two Apple XT1900 upgrade kits. Installing the second card can be hazardous - it is a tight fit for slot 3. Removing the adjacent SATA drives will help. The release tabs on the slot sockets can be easily broken off if you do not have good access - I have proven that.
1. Yes, you can install two ATI cards, one in the 16 lane slot 1 position, and the other in either slot 2 or 3. It will not fit in slot 4. Slot 2 shares bandwith with slot 1 and can give you up to 8 lanes each. Slot 3 can give your 4 lanes at most for a card, but leaves slot 1 at 16 - probably the best if a secondary monitor is used on the slot 3 card. BUT - only the Mac OS works properly. Windows XP Pro get confused and the device manager has several additional unusable system components, including the 16 lane PCI express slot. Bootcamp 1.1.1 does not correct this. In Windows, you cannot properly activate a monitor on the second card or properly adjust to monitor attached to the slot 1 card. Not very useful. The grossly reduced bandwith of the second card in Mac OS X and the conflicts in Windows makes this useless for anyone who wants to boot into Windows.
More info: http://developer.apple.com/documenta...mentation.html
There is an application that helps manage the card settings called "Expansion Slot Utility" that appears after you add a card. It is in the /System/Library/CoreSerivces folder.
2. You CAN run the ATI X19000XT in slot 1 and put a Nvidia 7300 in slot 4. Again, Mac OS X handles this without a problem, but - surprise - Windows chokes and cannot use both at the same time.
Next, an RMA for the second card. Any suggestions from anyone??
Windows does boot with either Two ATI or an ATI and Nvidia card. WIth two ATI cards, only one the slot 1 card is active (tested with only one monitor hooked to each). The resolution is too low and cannot be properly set. With an ATI and Nvidia card, I was able to boot into the ATI card on one monitor, again only is low resolutions. I reinstalled the Nvidia drivefr then windows would boot only to the Nvidia card,a lthough at decreased resolution . I did not try the Nvidia card in slots 2 or 3.
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ATI X1900XT and Boot Camp 1.3

I've just upgraded to an ATI X1900 XT connected to two Dell 24" LCDs. When booting into Windows XP using Boot Camp Beta 1.3 the screens flicker badly and the second screen shows only about ont third the width until the Windows 'Welcome' page appears, after the drivers are loaded.
When I had the nVidia 7300GT in both screens mirroed normal quality (stretched 640x480 8bit) video during boot until the drivers loaded.
Is this normal with the ATI? It doesn't look right but works OK once Windows has booted and runs both monitors at 1920x1200 32bit colour.
When booting into Mac OSX the card works normally.
Has anyone experienced this 'fault'.
I've installed a clean version of Boot Camp and Windows but nothing has changed the fault.

It's certainly the case that the drivers haven't loaded, I uderstand that. What I don't understand is why the nVidia card could operate both monitors during the intial load, prior to the Windows drivers loading, and display correctly on both monitors but the ATI isn't doing this.
As I said I suspect the card isn't locing into an accepted resfresh rate for the monitors until the drivers are loaded.
I'm not inclined to change the Windows drivers to Catalyst as the cards use EFI firmware and I'm not sure about the compatibility with Boot Camp. Regardless, once loaded the drivers work. It's during boot up, only into Windows XP, the card is acting weirdly.
The other weird anomally is that it requires the monitors to be connected in reverse order for Windows. The main monitor is connected to the 2nd DVI port and the secondary monitor to the 1st DVI port. If not when Windows finishes booting it indicates my right hand monitor is monitor 1 (with the Windows menus/start etc) and the left is monitor 2.
When booted into OSX the monitors are detected correctly.
By changing them and then rearranging the monitor order in OSX I can work around this but it is seriusly weird.

Mac Pro 1,1 Ati X1900xt black screen on cold boots

I am having trouble with my video on cold boots. The video does not respond when directly booting into OS X but I can boot into bootcamp blindly and then I can restart into OS X. Kinda a back door entrance to OS X. I cannot tell if it is the Video Card (ATI x1900xt) or if it is in the Monitor as they both work under windows then back into OS X. As soon as I shut down, everything goes black sceen and I get no video input. I have tried three brand new different adapter from DVI-d to VGA on the computer all of them do the same thing. If there is ANYONE that might be able to shed some light on this, PLEASE HELP!!!!
Here is Everything I have tried...
1. nvram reset - done
2. SMC reset - done
3. pulled all ram and video card out - done.
4. pulled all extra drives out - done.
5. re installed OS X - Done.
6. checked DIAG-TEST - all LED's respond normally.
7. tried talking to the "genius techie" at MAC store to no avail - he was completely useless.
Thanks in advance.

This is now a three week plus old question.
There are tips on video cards like this:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
To pull the card every 3-4 months to remove dust clogging the card's air chamber;
To boost system 3 of 4 fans to improve cooling and air flow.
Problems with that card and WoW have been around since early days on WoW forum.
And that there is a recall for some of the Mac Pro X1900s, also found on above web site.
AT this point in time, I'd skip ebay for ATI 5770 as long as you run 10.6.5 as you won't be able to boot anything lower than 10.6.4, so you need some good bootable backup strategy and more.
I have the 8800GT 1st gen (from Apple) $279 though there are/were tips on flashing too.
And ebay 'macvideo' or something has had 8800s if you want to go that route.

Colour difference issues on wide gamut Dell 3007wfp

Hey guys,
I was wondering if someone could help with this problem that is driving me insane. I have tried a lot of possible solutions I found online, but nothing seems to work.
The problem I've got is that when I save a JPEG in Photoshop through Save for web I get oversaturated and darker colours in web browsers on both of my monitors.
What I am trying to achieve is seeing the same colours in PS as the ones I get in web browsers. I don't really care about the colours in PS being incorrect for print, etc, as I am a web designer and the only thing that matters to me is monitor colour.
While playing around with colour settings (changing them and then doing a Save for web) I was able to achieve exactly the same colours on both monitors that did at the same time match the initial Photoshop design - stupidly I can't remember what I have changed in the existing PS file colour settings, but the colours went quite dull, then when saving for web they looked exactly how I wanted them to look on both monitors, they also did match the initial colour of the PS file. Of course switching to different colour settings each time I need to save something for web is not ideal, but I would be quite happy if someone could explain to me how to at least achieve this...
My setup:
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Dell 2405wfp
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Thank you

I don't really care about the colours in PS being incorrect for print,
etc, as I am a web designer and the only thing that matters to me is
monitor colour.
photoshop prints through a Source Profile> Print Profile CONVERSION
your monitor profile has nothing to do with how Ps prints your source color
(at least in my work flow)
photoshop displays RGB color through a Source Profile> Monitor Profile CONVERSION
your print profile has nothing to do with how Ps displays your source color
after you get your monitor profile ruled out,
the next step is to verify if Ps is using the correct Source Profile, and if you are Saving your web images in sRGB, and if you are embedding the sRGB profile or not
the last step would be to nail down if your test browser reads embedded profiles (it is color managed like Ps)
and what profile the browser applies by Default (in the case it is not color managed, or the test files are untagged)
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I have installed the ATI x1900xt card and have a solarization issue with images in the Canon .CR2 RAW format. JPG images are fine.
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I had done a re-install of Aperture to bring it back to 2.0 but still had the problem (and upgraded back to 2.1.1)
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