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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: measter on January 23, 2005, 19:03

Title: dvi differances?
Post by: measter on January 23, 2005, 19:03

i've recently looked into buying a second moniter for my pc, and have been looking for dvi-i to vga adaptors(my graphics card has both a dvi-i and vga socket), and needless to say, i've not found one in england yet. but a week or so ago i got a hyundia Q17+, which has a dvi-d socket on the back. i wanted to know what the differance between the dvi types were, and if it was possible to connect a dvi-i to dvi-d without the need for an adaptor.

Title: Re:dvi differances?
Post by: Dack on January 24, 2005, 19:24

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1062206&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19 (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1062206&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19)

Should help you out :)

Basically -D = digital only, -I = integrated (Digital and Analog signals)

DVI to VGA adaptors are quite easy to find - about £2.50 plus vat plus delivery from a local supplier.

Title: Re:dvi differances?
Post by: measter on January 25, 2005, 02:37

brilliant! thanks dack. ;D