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Thread ID: 77609	2007-03-15 22:58:00	LCD advice	mejobloggs (264)	PC World Chat

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533376	2007-03-19 07:46:00	Oh, and not sure about the DVI stuff. The monitor has "15-pin mini D-sub and DVI-D" My graphics card: www.msi.com.tw (pretty sure it's this) Will this be compatable? I know, I know, people say they can't see a differnce between vga and dvi, but I just want dvi ok? ** Ok, it looks like from the picture of my graphics card, and the examples on wikipedia, that my card has DVI-I, which is apparantly digital and analogue, so it should be sweet right? DVI-D into DVI-I would work perfectly I assume. No idea what D-sub is, anyone care to explain that? Hey Jo, D-sub is also known as the vga port/plug. It is what has been in use for years and years. Your CRT monitors use D-sub. It is the blue port on the graphics card.	Sherman (9181)
533377	2007-03-19 07:48:00	K, sweet as, thanks.	mejobloggs (264)
533378	2007-03-20 00:56:00	K, sweet as, thanks. Great effort going for a better monitor mejobloggs, honestly, you will not regret it!.. I'm jealous though......have to see the wife about the budget.....:xmouth:	SolMiester (139)
533379	2007-03-20 04:39:00	Yeah, quite excited actually. Just got the rest of the parts tonight. No idea how to assemble a computer, but meh. I will probably end up wrecking some parts, knowing me. Perhaps I should read some tutorials or something beforehand...	mejobloggs (264)
533380	2007-03-20 05:22:00	Yeah, quite excited actually. Just got the rest of the parts tonight. No idea how to assemble a computer, but meh. I will probably end up wrecking some parts, knowing me. Perhaps I should read some tutorials or something beforehand... Toms Hardware used to have a good 'straightforward' guide with pictures ;) The hardest thing for me has always been connecting the case wires to the motherboard.... big fingers, small holes :annoyed:	Shortcircuit (1666)
533381	2007-03-20 21:42:00	I'm having trouble pulling cables off the old pc. They are stuck on so hard, and things start bending quite badly when I yank away at them. Oooh, pictures at tomshardware, that will be helpful, thanks!	mejobloggs (264)
533382	2007-03-20 23:00:00	Ok, I think I'm going for the "Viewsonic VX2025wm Black 20" Widescreen 16:10 1680x1050 8ms DVI LCD Monitor" for about $600. From reviews it seems it has very nice colour quality, and it's not too expensive. Only thing is, that is one heck of a resolution. These are my system specs: Athlon xp 2000 768mb ram Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Will that be able to handle games even on minumum specs at that resolution? Or should I be upgrading to a 7300GT? That video card is really really going to struggle to play games on that screen at its native resolution. Upgrading the video card is a waste of time, the rest of the PC will still be a bottleneck, and the 7300GT isn't that great anyway. Best bet is to start saving and get a whole new PC. A friend of mine just upgraded his 9600XT because it was struggling with modern games @ 1024x768!	Pete O'Neil (6584)
533383	2007-03-20 23:54:00	Yeah ok, I will flag games then. Except for maybe freeciv and bzflag. Should be able to play those.	mejobloggs (264)
533384	2007-03-22 22:14:00	So come on Joe, what did you get? :nerd:	Shortcircuit (1666)
533385	2007-03-22 23:25:00	Nothing yet, just finished building the pc last night. Plus I have just found a Samsung 215TW with $250 off. That is seriously tempting. Maybe I should just buy both :annoyed: Stupid decisions. Looks like my graphics card doesn't have DVI after all. It has 2 vga connecters. Which is odd, because all the MSI 4200's seemed to have DVI. I can't find any there without it, yet mine doesn't have it. Maybe I was too tired when I looked, will check it again tonight. Man, can't believe such a great screen is going to be wasted on this puny computer. Going to work hard now to save up for another :) End of this year hopefully. *mejobloggs drools at the pictures of the lcd's*	mejobloggs (264)
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