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#3554334 - 04/11/12 09:57 AM DVI adapter queries
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 7397 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	I got a few screens that come with an old VGA cable, but my video cards are now DVI. I was wondering if I can use a 15-pin DVI adapter or should I buy a 25-pin one? Just scouring eBay for deals and found out about this difference. Apparently a few are being sold from Hong Kong or China, prefer to buy from a UK-based seller. Here's the eBay search page. _________________________ - Ice
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#3554569 - 04/11/12 03:27 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 3512 Loc: The Netherlands	Why spend money? Ask a friend, neighbour or the IT department at work. Odds are you'll have one on friday.
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#3554574 - 04/11/12 03:33 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Veteran Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 11916 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	make sure your GPUs have DVI with the Analog PINS, there is a FLAT pin on the Left Side of the Female Port, For the DVI Port to be Analog, you must have the 4 pins/holes (2 on top 2 on bottom). the only difference between 25 and 15 is 15 is Single Channel and 25 is Dual Channel _________________________ Skate Zilla William B. HAF922, 700W OCZ, ASRock Fata1ity 990FX Pro, Corsair H100,AMD FX8350 @ 5.15GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper@DDR2133, Sapphire DualX HD7950-OC@1.1 GHz Core/6GHz Mem, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champ., ASUS VS248HP 24" LEDx3, 5760x1080(6048x), Turtle Beach Earforce, RCA 5.1 Surround CH Fighterstick, Pro Throttle, Pro Pedals, Saitek EclipseII IntensityPro 10-Bit, Kinect For Windows, TrackIR 4 Pro WD 1.5TB Black SATA3, SG 1TB SATA2, 2x SG 500GB SATA2, 1x SG Ext. 1TB USB3
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#3554588 - 04/11/12 03:58 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 7397 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	Thanks SkateZilla. What do you mean by Dual/Single channel? Just connecting an old CRT monitor and an old LCD monitor... JAMF, wish I could. Do you have any? _________________________ - Ice
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#3554611 - 04/11/12 05:07 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 3512 Loc: The Netherlands	Check the back of your graphics card and compare it to the chart Skatezilla provided. I (and others nearer to you) can check which we have lying around. Most graphics cards have one in their box, casually dropped in amongst the rest of the bundled items.
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#3554695 - 04/11/12 08:06 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Veteran Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 11916 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	DVI-I Dual Link was setup so if you had 2 Monitors that supported Dual Link you could drive 2 screens off one DVD-DL Port. That fell through in Favor of HDMI and Display Port 1.2 _________________________ Skate Zilla William B. HAF922, 700W OCZ, ASRock Fata1ity 990FX Pro, Corsair H100,AMD FX8350 @ 5.15GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper@DDR2133, Sapphire DualX HD7950-OC@1.1 GHz Core/6GHz Mem, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champ., ASUS VS248HP 24" LEDx3, 5760x1080(6048x), Turtle Beach Earforce, RCA 5.1 Surround CH Fighterstick, Pro Throttle, Pro Pedals, Saitek EclipseII IntensityPro 10-Bit, Kinect For Windows, TrackIR 4 Pro WD 1.5TB Black SATA3, SG 1TB SATA2, 2x SG 500GB SATA2, 1x SG Ext. 1TB USB3
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#3555124 - 04/12/12 01:31 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
JAMF Frugalite & P-38 fan Senior Member Registered: 05/29/10 Posts: 3512 Loc: The Netherlands	For high res displays you would also need DVI-DL. SL limit is about 1920x1200, because the next standard resolution lies above it's limit.
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#3555237 - 04/12/12 04:51 PM Re: DVI adapter queries [Re: - Ice]
- Ice Hotshot Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 7397 Loc: Philippines / North East UK	Thanks guys! _________________________ - Ice
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