I have bought entirely too many of these, due to the fact that they are the most cost effective active adapters you can find that will work with Korean made 2560p IPS LCD displays such as Shimians and XCTs etc., of which I also have entirely too many of in the office. DVI-D is a dead form-factor sadly. On sale or with coupons you can get them cheaper here than directly from MonoPrice or that large website that has a 'river' theme ;). The maximum output is 60Hz, so the monitors I have setup at 75Hz profiles sadly are now hard limited. Sometimes you'll get a bit of shear or snow and will have to unplug and replug (maybe once every 3-4 months) to right it, but other than that I can't really think of any major drawbacks. Note that you cannot daisy chain them with any other dongles/adapters (like a powered HDMI) and then to the DP, or even from a miniDP to regular DP adapter.

When I first installed this adapter, things didn't exactly go to plan. The monitor kept flickering and I had some rather annoying green vertical lines. My first thought was that I had received a faulty unit. Playing with the frequency of my monitor helped for a short time but ever time I restarted the computer I would be back to square one. I was getting ready to request a replacement when I decided to google the problem. As it turns out, active adapters struggle with long distances. I had installed the adapter on a 10ft PrimeCables DVI cable simply because it was the easiest one to find. After reading a post from another company about how their adapters were best used with a maximum of a 6ft cable, I make the switch. Problem solved. It should also be noted that these adapters are capable of more than 60Hz if the screen resolution is lower than 4K though the max I managed on mine 1080P was 67Hz. TLDR; Good product, use a DVI that is max 6ft.

It works, but I do not believe this is a fully "active" adapter. My monitor was popping up an error stating this is the wrong cable to run 144Hz at 1600x900. It works, but won't help me achieve the refresh rate I wanted

Works great. Thx.

Finally one that works! My new docking station (DisplayPort) did not work with my monitors (DVI) despite trying all kinds of active and passive cables and adapters from Amazon. This is the first one to work. I'm able to get full resolution and refresh rate with no shimmering or video glitches. Thanks SP!

Works great with my Samsung 305t at 2,560x1,600 60hz!