6-port mini display port ATI 5870 has us seeing sextuplets!

Even we bloggers aren’t always gifted with the latest and greatest. Sometimes we have to buy it ourselves and wait just like everyone else before we can get our hands on the gadgets we so desperately crave. Gaming is a great way to relax the mind, unwind, and scrub off some stress. A big, beautiful display does wonders for us nerds and gamers a like. But looks aren’t everything. To a gamer, the more pixels they have means the more they can see. Until display port came along, hardware for connecting monitors and displays was rather large. HDMI lessened the footprint though we still had the problem of what do when multiple monitors were needed. Enter display port and ATI’s Eyefinity cards. The magic of Display Port is that its small and versatile. One look at the card above while slightly comical is a testament to how beneficial the new found size reduction actually is. Of course, being able to daisy chain Display Port connected monitors doesn’t hurt either. If I had my choice, I’d get a card capable of Display Port — with one million ports. Eh, ’tis fun to dream…

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In the video connection world, USB is still the loser..

Take a stroll to your local electronics store and look at the back of a high end monitor or TV.  What do you see?  You’ll see every type of connection known to man kind and multiple’s of some of them.  One would ask, “How did we get to the point where we have so many connections?”.  It’s manufacturers thinking that they have the next latest and greatest, or best solution for the industry.  Naturally not everyone sees eye to eye and someone else or some other group release their own connection format and well there you go.  Currently, HDMI and DVI are the two main contenders when it comes to connecting HD components together.  Even though they look amazing, you still have to deal with the size of the connectors.  The camp behind HDMI is looking towards Wireless HDMI which would get rid of the cords and clutter.  Meanwhile another technology is coming into the foray going by the name Display Port (which was created especially for PC’s).  From display port comes mini-display port, a variation of Display Port that has a smaller connector.  Apple has thrown it’s support behind mini-display port as the next gen Hi-Def connection.