If PC's display card has a mini display port,could I connect it with iMac?

My PC has a ATI HD6870 display card,the display card has 2 mini display ports.Could I connect PC to iMac27(new vision) with mini display ports?I just want to use iMac as PC's Monitor in some time.

The short answer is yes, get a cable and try it; should work.
This guy wrote a long answer, still yes in your case:
http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/01/05/27-imac-monitor-tips/

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But I wanna know what is the best way going ahead to get this fixed.
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Its not a thunderbolt adapter. its a mini display to vga adapter. my hp ency pc has a mini display port next to the hdmi port.

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