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| Thread ID: 37466 | 2003-09-08 03:17:00 | Video card output..? | Rank32 (3732) | Press F1 |
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| 173739 | 2003-09-08 03:17:00 | If you have a *decent* video card.. A GeForceFX Ti5200 TV Out, DVI Out, AGP8x, 128Mb for example. Is the output of the 'DVI Out' and 'VGA Out' equal, is one *better* than the other? If the 'DVI Out' is *better* then would using a 'DVI-to-VGA' adpater make that the *better* option to plug in your ordinary-everyday-monitor, instead of using the built-in 'VGA Out'..? Or, does it not matter? |
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| 173740 | 2003-09-08 04:02:00 | DVI is better, if you use a monitor with DVI input, and a DVI-DVI cable. If you convert DVI to analogue then you have converted it to VGA output, same as the on-board VGA. I doubt that any difference between VGA and (DVI-->VGA) would be seen. If there is any bias, its likely the on-board VGA would be better than an adapter derived VGA, but thats speculation not fact. The difference between real DVI and VGA is noticeable but you need a good monitor before you will see any difference. I use an LCD with DVI input and its certainly slightly better on DVI. As a CRT based monitor is by nature an analogue device (whereas an LCD is digital) I doubt much difference would be seen even if the CRT was equipped with DVI in? |
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