New Dual-Link Adapter on Gateway 30" Monitor, Thinks DVI!

I have the new dual-link cable attached between my macbook pro and a Gateway 30" Display. For some reason my display is only detected as having a regular dvi cable attached and won't support a resolution higher than 1920X1200. The monitor itself is capable of 2580X1600 and works on a Windows pc this way.
Do I have a defective cable or is there something I'm doing wrong?

Not that it matters, I suppose... But I'd like to know who it is that is diverging from the Dual-Link DVI specification. If the panel works with any brand and model of 'PC' graphics card that supports Dual-Link but does not work with Apple's Dual-Link DVI port, who is really the culprit? That's assuming it's a hardware issue.
If it's a software/driver issue, then I see no reason that this wouldn't be fixed by Apple as other third party hardware support issues are fixed by them all the time. Some might say that Apple ensuring more sales of their own displays is the reason, and they may be right, but I find that a disservice to the end user.
I'm staying steady on with the monitor as on January 9th the real reason for it's purchase will arrive: A Penryn-based PC with 3 Nvidia 1GB GTX 280's running in 3-way SLI. This year I switched to Mac after 20 years of Windows. However, after 20 years of being a hardcore PC gamer, I accepted that my changeover would come with the price of having to maintain two systems: One that can play some games, and one that can play all games, and play them at the top of their performance potential. It will be my first Vista machine, and I enjoy the humor in the fact that it will never be used for anything other than playing games. (Anyone who understands what '20 years of hardcore PC gaming' means will know not to bother uttering the word, 'console'.)
I'm going to keep Googling around to see if I can find any evidence of someone running a previous gen MBP with this monitor. If it's a bust, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I may still switch back to a previous gen as I have a couple other issues with the new one, but either way, I'm still super happy that I've made the switch to OS X and I can't imagine ever going back.
Though I'll be making daily visits for things like this:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3672/00012hm8.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/618/00013ys5.jpg
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5006/29378126jl1.jpg
I can't get over how much those last two images look like where I live:
http://picasaweb.google.com/billymogg/Saba2007# (Not my photos, but a good collection of shots from the 5-square mile island I live on. Not 5 miles square, mind you.

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