What is the result of connecting a single link (DVI-D) video source to a dual link monitor?

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> We have a monitor running at 2048x1536 resolution. That's higher
>> than the 1900x1200 that the specs state.
>
> I suspect Apple is playing it safe with the advertised specs. From
> what I'm looking at, single-link DVI supports up to 2.75 megapixels ...

  There's more to resolution than the signal cable.  It may be a
question of available frame buffer memory, or memory bandwidth, or the
capabilities of the graphics chipset, or whatever.  I'm not saying it
won't work, just that the capabilities of DVI alone don't tell us
much.  :)

-- Ben