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StarTech Mini DisplayPort to DVI Active Adapter

3.5 out of 5 stars 39 customer reviews
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Mini DisplayPort
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  • Connect a DVI monitor to a single-mode DisplayPort output from your computer
  • Compatible with Mini DisplayPort (Single-Link) equipped desktops or graphic cards such as Alienware M17x / M18x
  • Single-Link / Active Conversion / DHCP 1.3 / ATI Eyefinity / AMD Eyefinity
  • Supports Resolutions up to 1920x1200
  • Mini DisplayPort to DVI / Mini Display Port to DVI Converter / MDP to DVI / Mini DP to DVI-D / DVI Active Adapter
  • Mini DP to Monitor / MDP to Graphics Card / Mini Display Port to Monitor /
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Product Information

Style Name: Mini DisplayPort
Technical Details
BrandSTARTECH.COM
Item Weight9 g
Product Dimensions20 x 9 x 2 cm
Item model numberMDP2DVIS
SeriesMini DisplayPort to DVI Active Adapter
ColorBlack Active
  
Additional Information
ASINB004SUELLC
Customer Reviews
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Best Sellers Rank 48,590 in Computers (See top 100)
Shipping Weight9 g
Date First Available12 April 2011
  
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Product Description

Style Name:Mini DisplayPort

Product Description

Connect a DVI monitor to a single-mode DisplayPort output from your computer

The MDP2DVIS Mini DisplayPort to DVI Active Adapter (single-link) lets you connect your Mini-DisplayPort video source to a DVI-D display, including televisions and Apple Cinema Display HD, eliminating the expense of having to upgrade to a DisplayPort capable monitor.

Unlike passive video adapters, this Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter offers an active conversion for use with any Mini DisplayPort output - ideal for graphics cards that are not capable of outputting multi-mode DP++ signals (e.g. ATI Eyefinity).

Supporting resolutions up to 1920x1200, this compact device provides a simple solution for adapting PC or Mac Mini-DisplayPort output for DVI monitors, televisions or projectors.

The Mini DP to DVI adapter is compatible with Intel Thunderbolt, when connected directly to a supporting DisplayPort over Thunderbolt I/O port.

Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.

The StarTech.com Advantage

- This Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter offers active signal conversion, which helps overcome the limitation of some Mini DisplayPort video cards not being able to output a DP++ (multimode) signal
- Simple to use, small form-factor converter makes Mini-DisplayPort backwards compatible with your DVI-D single link display
Other Characteristics:
Colour of product: Black
Connector 1: Mini DisplayPort
Connector 2: DVI-D
Gender: Male/Female
Height: 2 cm
Length: 20 cm
Net weight: 70 g
Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 70 °C
Package depth: 20 cm
Package height: 4 mm
Package length: 20 cm
Package width: 22 cm
Width: 4.4 cm

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Mini-DisplayPort to DVI Adapter

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5.0 out of 5 starsRunning 4 Monitors using 6850 Graphics Card StarTech Mini DisplayPort to DVI Active Adapters
By Jester The Tester on 10 July 2012
Style Name: Mini DisplayPort Verified Purchase
These StarTech Mini DisplayPort to DVI Active Adapters work an absolute treat with my 6850's ~ I am using 2xDVi to DVi and 2x Active MiniDP to DVi cables, and now have 4 monitors running on each card and have Windows Experience scores of 7.7 & 7.7 out of 7.9 for Graphics & Gaming Graphics (on Win7 Ultimate 64bit).

My situation was...
I have 2 VTX3D Radeon HD 6850 X-Edition 1GB GDDR5 graphics cards.
Each card has 2xDVi, 1xHDMi and 2x MiniDisplayPort.
I wanted to use each card to run 4 DVi monitors...
So I bought some (Passive) MiniDP to DVi adaptors (long story short... passive ones won't work for what I needed), so I did some more research, found these StarTech active cables are / should be compatible...

But, at just shy of £21 each cable, I wasn't going to buy 4 on the hope that they would work... so I bought 2 to test them...and see if / how good they would work...

Then once I found out how good they are, I bought 2 more.

So my conclusion...
At just shy of £21 each cable, they're not cheap... (Amazon price is lower than anywhere else).
BUT they work!! And they work very well...
And I'm glad I've got them.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect for Eyefinity
By David on 23 April 2012
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I have more than 2 monitors, so you need one of these active adapters (not the passive type). I had no problem connecting them to my DVI cables and they're nice and strong, whilst being flexible so bend round the corner of my desk without getting kinks. Cheap price too, I don't see why anyone would pay more for a different adapter when these do exactly what they say on the tin.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent!
By N. Rance on 25 Oct. 2012
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I had mistakenly bought a mini-display port to HDMI cable to connect a 3rd monitor (Unaware that the cable would be a 'passive' one). I did some more research and found out you actually needed an 'active' converter. I found this one by Startech and it works perfectly, I can now hook up 3 monitors!

Great product, just wish it was a little cheaper though!
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5.0 out of 5 starsHighly recommended.
By Salamander on 17 Feb. 2016
Style Name: Mini DisplayPort Verified Purchase
I bought two of these active adapters for using three 24" monitors on a Mac Pro 5,1 with an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB graphics card.
The configuration is: Monitor 1 connected to ATI DVI input using a DVI-D cable. Monitors 2 & 3 connected to ATI Mini Display ports using the StarTech active adapters and two Dual Link DVI-D cables.
It works perfectly at the full resolution of 1920 x 1080 - working with three monitors is bliss.
These adaptors cost less than competing one and just work. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWorks well when it works
By Kai Went on 22 Oct. 2013
Style Name: Mini DisplayPort Verified Purchase
I've tried a few of these mini adapters from different manufacturers now and, whilst these ones seem to be the best I've yet encountered, they are by no means perfect themselves and I've needed to return a couple which have suddenly gone faulty. It just seems to be the nature of this type of adapter unfortunately. To stay as safe as possible I would say NEVER HOTPLUG OR HOTSWAP these things, always turn your device off first before disconnecting the adapters.
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2.0 out of 5 starsAt low resoloution it works fine - very impressive but the mini Display Port adapter ...
By Mike Rhowbotham on 12 Aug. 2014
Style Name: Mini DisplayPort Verified Purchase
Very dissapointed. My example works without any electrical reliability issues as reported by others, BUT it does not meet it stated specification.

I purchased this item specifically to play the upcoming game "Elite : Dangerous" (I signed up to the Kickstarter campaign as a Beta backer). My plan was to use the three 1920 x 1080 monitors with my Radeon 6950 card using Eyefinity, with 1 DisplayPort and 2 DVI connections.

At low resoloution it works fine - very impressive but the mini Display Port adapter cannot handle 1920 x 1080. When used at this resoloution the system halts, black screen then tries again etc. - completely unusable in the game.

My first thoughts were if the graphics card was up to the job? A bit of research seemed to indicate that it should be so I looked into it further - obviously a long story that I wont bore you with.

I found that when I set up a single monitor at 1920 x 1080, plugged in with a DVI cable, video worked just fine, change the connection to Displayport using the StarTech adapter and the game runs for a few seconds, and video is lost, comes back etc. - same behaviour as before.

I have concluded that the Displayport adapter is not up to the job at 1920 x 1080 and as such does not meet its specification.

If you run non graphics intensive software under eyefinity then it appears to work very nicely, Run graphics intensive games and it does not work.

I cannot recommend this item for any kind of graphics intensive use.
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4.0 out of 5 starsEssential for amd 3rd display
By Mr. C. Kelly on 23 Jan. 2015
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This enables me to use a 3rd monitor on my amd HD 6870 graphics card. Tried a cheap adapter previous to this, but was no good as it needed to be "active" which this one is! Only negative is cable seems somewhat thin, so be careful not to twist or pull it too much!
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1.0 out of 5 starsTerrible
By B. Douglas on 7 April 2014
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Worked as soon as I plugged it in. Used it for a whole day and shut down my PC for the night. Turned on the PC the next day and nothing. Switched the ports, nothing. Carried on using my computer and after about 4 hours it suddenly started working again. Shut down the PC for the night and came back the next day and no life whatsoever. It's been dead ever since and is now going back.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Works perfectly and is a active adapter for those worried.

Published 4 months ago by Tencao
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent Value for money

Published 20 months ago by Kevin Hodges
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

great but have 2 out of 5 die and get replaced.

Published 21 months ago by A J Richards
5.0 out of 5 starsused for multiple screens with r9 270 gfx card

bought a new gfx card r9 270 to use multiple screens but had issues with getting the third screen to work,looked online and this items was recommended. Read more

Published on 26 Jun. 2014 by lee pepper
2.0 out of 5 starsdid not function correctly

the adapter was needed to enable me to hook up three monitors to my pc, and at first it did work, but then it stopped and only worked when it felt like it, after some research i... Read more

Published on 29 May 2014 by Pamela Somers
5.0 out of 5 starsCost effective EyeFinity solution

I previously had a very expensive USB powered solution to power my eyefinity monitors but I somehow lost that....

This was an ideal replacement. Read more

Published on 26 April 2014 by Dave
2.0 out of 5 starsDid not work

Very well made adapter with excellent build quality but did not work. Ordered a replacement from Amazon and it arrived next day with no charge and worked straight away. Read more

Published on 14 Mar. 2014 by Mr. Michael Parsons
1.0 out of 5 starsUseless

Should of read properly reviews of this adapter, worked for about 10 minuets and the completely died no exaggeration, little white burn mark above one of the pins (far left). Read more

Published on 27 Dec. 2013 by Ryan
1.0 out of 5 starsNever Worked

I received this item a couple of days ago and i tried to set up Eyefinity with it on that day to no avail. Read more

Published on 13 Dec. 2013 by Ross Clark

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