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    What DVI connection is this?

    I remember getting it wrong when I first got the graphics card and had to get another cable, but I can't remember now.

    I believe it's a DVI-I dual link connection. Is that right?

    http://www.productwiki.com/upload/im...on_hd_4850.jpg

    Also, I'm looking to get an adapter to change a VGA monitor cable to this DVI connection. Any ideas where I can get one cheap?

    Many thanks!

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    Yep its DVI-I dual link.

    Normally you can get those dvi to vga adaptors free with almost any gfx card you might buy nowadays.

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    Cheers!

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    The adaptor (dvi male to vga female) normally comes with the card.
    You can buy them but they are fairly expensive £10-15 if I remember correctly.

    The sockets on a video card are full pin ie they will take any dvi lead, for monitor connection you'd want dvi-d or dvi-i (single or dual link will not matter unless you're running multiple monitors off a single cable)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pob255 View Post
    The adaptor (dvi male to vga female) normally comes with the card.
    You can buy them but they are fairly expensive £10-15 if I remember correctly.
    Are they? On ebay they are going for about £1 or so.

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    i remember this conversation from a certain OCUK based thread

    id say i quid is fair monies, although a lot of places really bleed you dry for them
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    Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin you, but be filled with the Spirit
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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pob255 View Post
    (single or dual link will not matter unless you're running multiple monitors off a single cable)
    or a resolution over 1920 × 1200.

    Anyone who has paid over £2 for a DVI/VGA adaptor has been done. I've gave loads away on this forum too....£15 makes me cringe
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    And by trying to force me to like small pants, they've alienated me.

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    DVI-I is good, as it allows conversion to analogue due to it carrying analogue signal, the graphics card shouldve come wth one. DVI-D is different as half of the middle small pins are missing.

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    dvi-i is best as it allows both digital and analogue signals, and is necessary for HDMI etc.. dvi-d only carries an analogue signal, so will not work on a digital TV or through HDMI

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    DVI-D is digital only
    DVI-A is analogue only
    DVI-I carries both

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pob255 View Post
    (single or dual link will not matter unless you're running multiple monitors off a single cable)
    wait, what? you can do that? I thought after market splitters are only for cloning the image, apart from those special Matrox ones which allowed two monitors from one custom port.

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    I thought dual-link was for high resolution monitors which need greater bandwidth than a single link can provide?

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    Re: What DVI connection is this?

    Quote Originally Posted by watercooled View Post
    I thought dual-link was for high resolution monitors which need greater bandwidth than a single link can provide?
    That's what I thought.

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