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  1. February 5th, 2004, 01:52 PM #1
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    DVI connector? how do i connect it?

     
    Ok so I'm about to get the Radeon 9700 Pro to use with my LCD monitor. The video card comes with a VGA-DVI adapter thing, but how do I connect the monitor to the video card?? Don't I need a DVI CORD to connect them together? This 9700 Pro on newegg.com just says it comes with the adapter so what do I do?

    http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...131-199&depa=0
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  2. February 5th, 2004, 01:55 PM #2
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    If you're LCD has a DVI connector, then plug it into the DVI connector on the card. If it's a 15-pin VGA connector on the monitor cable, plug it into the adapter then plug the adapter into the 15-pin VGA connector.
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  3. February 5th, 2004, 01:57 PM #3
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    well i think it has both? i dont know

    i know it has the 15 pin VGA cord coming out of the monitor, but it also has a DVI slot, not a cord in the back...which means i would need some time of cable to connect the two slots! does this make any sense?
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    Yeah, you need a DVI cable.
    Good job, friend-of-friends!
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  5. February 5th, 2004, 02:45 PM #5
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    Originally posted by tony_j15
    Yeah, you need a DVI cable. It goes form the card to the monitor.
    well why wouldn't that come with the card?! and i can't find this cable on newegg! shouldn't they have some of those?
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  6. February 5th, 2004, 02:47 PM #6
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    They dont ship it with the card. Only the adapter. You'll have to go to your local tech shop (BB, COMP USA) or whatnot and pick one up. Just a couple bucks.
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  7. February 5th, 2004, 02:48 PM #7
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    ok thanks
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  8. February 5th, 2004, 02:48 PM #8
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    i just figured they'd sell it online too! weird that they dont...

    ok i found it ONE on compusa's website


    http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...392&pfp=SEARCH


    over $20 for a cable!?!
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  9. February 5th, 2004, 02:55 PM #9
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    ok I found this http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...pa=0&section=3

    on newegg.com for $16 but it's for DVI-D. Will that work for my Dell LCD monitor and my Radeon 9700 Pro?
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  10. February 5th, 2004, 03:04 PM #10
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    Ok, from what I remember there are a 2 or 3 different DVI-things. I believe all will plug into your 9700, the only difference is the bandwith each offers. Like one cant handle anything over 1600x1200.
    Good job, friend-of-friends!
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  11. February 5th, 2004, 07:39 PM #11
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    You need a single-channel DVI-D cable. No it never comes with the cards - if anything, it comes with the LCD monitors. Albeit not the cheap ones.
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  12. February 5th, 2004, 07:43 PM #12
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    I think Peter is correct with the dvi cable suggestion, however, the VGA cable will work just fine and from what I've seen there is no noticeable difference (perhaps I'm just naive though)
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  13. February 5th, 2004, 08:01 PM #13
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    yeah Peter seems to always know everything! haha

    so Peter will it make a noticable difference in quality?
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  14. February 6th, 2004, 04:50 AM #14
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    It'll make a difference in that no party involved has a chance of screwing it up. Color representation will always be the way the graphics card rendered it, unlike on VGA where it is converted to analog, going through the cable and then being resampled in the display. Pixel edge sharpness inherently also is always perfect through DVI, and might be not-so-good through VGA, particularly not on cheap cards at high resolutions. Radeons don't suffer from that problem normally, but still, digital transmission inherently is lossless, while analog is not.
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  15. February 6th, 2004, 01:25 PM #15
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    good enough for me
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