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DVI connector or VGA connector?
My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I
have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? |
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Bobtail wrote:
My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? On an LCD, if it has a DVI connector, you should generally use it. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ |
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"Robert Hancock" wrote in message
news:GSPRe.349820$5V4.210499@pd7tw3no... Bobtail wrote: My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? On an LCD, if it has a DVI connector, you should generally use it. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ But this is about monitors/LCD screens with only a VGA connector. I'd like to know this aswell. With a screen that only has a VGA connector, is it better to run the video card through a standalong VGA cable or is it better to run the video card through a VGA-DVI connector first??? Do you get different results with an LCD via DVI-VGA over VGA, and also with a CRT running through a DVI-VGA connector over a VGA? Cheers Dre |
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Robert Hancock wrote:
Bobtail wrote: My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? On an LCD, if it has a DVI connector, you should generally use it. The monitor has a VGA connector. The vid card I upgraded to came with both DVI and VGA connector inputs and a VGA to DVI adapter. Which one to use is my question. |
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Dre wrote:
"Robert Hancock" wrote in message news:GSPRe.349820$5V4.210499@pd7tw3no... Bobtail wrote: My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? On an LCD, if it has a DVI connector, you should generally use it. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ But this is about monitors/LCD screens with only a VGA connector. I'd like to know this aswell. With a screen that only has a VGA connector, is it better to run the video card through a standalong VGA cable or is it better to run the video card through a VGA-DVI connector first??? Do you get different results with an LCD via DVI-VGA over VGA, and also with a CRT running through a DVI-VGA connector over a VGA? Cheers Dre Exactly my question. Too bad Im too drunk to articulate the question so succinctly. |
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Bobtail wrote:
Dre wrote: Do you get different results with an LCD via DVI-VGA over VGA, and also with a CRT running through a DVI-VGA connector over a VGA? Exactly my question. Too bad Im too drunk to articulate the question so succinctly. There arent any difference. The "vga" signal that runs thru the dvi connector, is of exact same quality/strength as the "real" vga connector. There are simply just dedicated some pins to carry same signal as in the oldfashioned 15pin. Theoretically there is a little loss using the dvi adapter, as 2 connectors (can) give weaker signal than a straight cable. But in this context, you can safely disregard that, unless the dvi-vga adapter is rusty and stored it sal****er when not used. So save the hassle and use the vga connector with a vga cable. -- This episode is called: "an elephant ****s a pig". But the networks had it changed to "an elephant makes love to a pig". Which is kind of silly, because if an elephant was on top of the pig, it wouldnt be making love to it, it would be ****ing it ! [Trey Parker] |
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"Sune Storgaard" wrote in message
... Bobtail wrote: Dre wrote: Do you get different results with an LCD via DVI-VGA over VGA, and also with a CRT running through a DVI-VGA connector over a VGA? Exactly my question. Too bad Im too drunk to articulate the question so succinctly. There arent any difference. The "vga" signal that runs thru the dvi connector, is of exact same quality/strength as the "real" vga connector. There are simply just dedicated some pins to carry same signal as in the oldfashioned 15pin. Theoretically there is a little loss using the dvi adapter, as 2 connectors (can) give weaker signal than a straight cable. But in this context, you can safely disregard that, unless the dvi-vga adapter is rusty and stored it sal****er when not used. So save the hassle and use the vga connector with a vga cable. -- This episode is called: "an elephant ****s a pig". But the networks had it changed to "an elephant makes love to a pig". Which is kind of silly, because if an elephant was on top of the pig, it wouldnt be making love to it, it would be ****ing it ! [Trey Parker] Makes sense, I just wanted to know if the DVI signal may have been stronger for example. No worries, thanks for the info! Cheers Dre |
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"Bobtail" wrote in message
... Dre wrote: "Robert Hancock" wrote in message news:GSPRe.349820$5V4.210499@pd7tw3no... Bobtail wrote: My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? On an LCD, if it has a DVI connector, you should generally use it. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ But this is about monitors/LCD screens with only a VGA connector. I'd like to know this aswell. With a screen that only has a VGA connector, is it better to run the video card through a standalong VGA cable or is it better to run the video card through a VGA-DVI connector first??? Do you get different results with an LCD via DVI-VGA over VGA, and also with a CRT running through a DVI-VGA connector over a VGA? Cheers Dre Exactly my question. Too bad Im too drunk to articulate the question so succinctly. Cheers Dre |
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"Bobtail" wrote in message ... Robert Hancock wrote: Bobtail wrote: My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? On an LCD, if it has a DVI connector, you should generally use it. The monitor has a VGA connector. The vid card I upgraded to came with both DVI and VGA connector inputs and a VGA to DVI adapter. Which one to use is my question. Use the VGA connector on the video card, no need to use that adapter. McG. |
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If the monitor only has a VGA connection then use the video card's VGA
output. You do NOT need to use the DVI converter. -- DaveW "Bobtail" wrote in message ... My vid card came with an adapter for VGA to DVI. The Sony LCD monitor I have comes with a VGA connector. Should I use the DVI adapter or the VGA connetor? |
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