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August 12, 2013 5:03:48 PM

I am using a VGI -> Mini dp connector to connect monitor to my graphics card. Does this lower the visual quality? My graphics card appears to only have inputs for VGA, HDMI, and 2x Mini-DP. When I use HDMI the screen doesn't fill my monitor no matter what settings I use. I know nothing of Mini-DP. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

THANKS!

GPU: Radeon HD 7970 Sapphire

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August 12, 2013 5:24:54 PM

to fix the hdmi issue, just select overscan or scaling in the video card control panel. I've had to do that on just about every single hdmi based monitor i've ever set up.
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August 12, 2013 5:53:20 PM

getochkn said:
to fix the hdmi issue, just select overscan or scaling in the video card control panel. I've had to do that on just about every single hdmi based monitor i've ever set up.


I am not sure where in the control panel you find that. Any more details would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I am running windows 8 (unfortunately).
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August 12, 2013 5:56:04 PM

AMD or NVidia graphics or built on intel?
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August 12, 2013 6:03:03 PM

beegeepee said:
getochkn said:
to fix the hdmi issue, just select overscan or scaling in the video card control panel. I've had to do that on just about every single hdmi based monitor i've ever set up.


I am not sure where in the control panel you find that. Any more details would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I am running windows 8 (unfortunately).


Points:
1) HDMI inputs on monitors are often the same as HDTV inputs so you should likely be using the HDTV section of your graphics card Control Panel (i.e. 1080p_NTSC60, then adjust overscan).

2) It would help to know your MONITOR INPUTS.

3) Windows 8 is a great OS.
Since your issue with W8 is likely the interface, just get START8 from Stardock for $5. You can change some settings in that related to boot to desktop, removing Charms etc.
*With START8 my W8 experience is almost exactly the same as my W7 experience.
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August 13, 2013 6:45:27 AM

getochkn said:
AMD or NVidia graphics or built on intel?


Radeon HD 7970 OC Sapphire(AMD)
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August 13, 2013 6:53:32 AM

For AMD, go to the AMD control panel, my digital panels, scaling options, and check the check box and adjust the "scale" slider all the way to the left. It should fill your screen now.
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August 13, 2013 5:31:47 PM

To be clear:

1) If your monitor has DVI input, use that.

2) In CCC (Catalyst Control Panel) set scaling to "ASPECT"

3) In CCC set processing to "GPU" (forget wording). It then processes at your monitors native resolution so you won't get scaling issues from the monitor itself being set incorrectly.

4. If you use HDMI (not recommended unless no other choice), see my HDTV comment above.
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August 14, 2013 8:28:02 AM

getochkn said:
For AMD, go to the AMD control panel, my digital panels, scaling options, and check the check box and adjust the "scale" slider all the way to the left. It should fill your screen now.


ok thank you! Is there any benefit of using HDMI over using DVI->Mini-DP connection?

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August 14, 2013 8:30:03 AM

photonboy said:
To be clear:

1) If your monitor has DVI input, use that.

2) In CCC (Catalyst Control Panel) set scaling to "ASPECT"

3) In CCC set processing to "GPU" (forget wording). It then processes at your monitors native resolution so you won't get scaling issues from the monitor itself being set incorrectly.

4. If you use HDMI (not recommended unless no other choice), see my HDTV comment above.


My monitor has a DVI output (and vga + hdmi outputs), but my GPU doesn't have a DVI input. It has 2 Mini-DP inputs, 1 HDMI input, 1 VGA input. Right now I am using a DVI-Mini->DP connection converter to connect my monitor to my gpu. Is this the best connection given my options.
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August 14, 2013 6:16:59 PM

beegeepee said:
photonboy said:
To be clear:

1) If your monitor has DVI input, use that.

2) In CCC (Catalyst Control Panel) set scaling to "ASPECT"

3) In CCC set processing to "GPU" (forget wording). It then processes at your monitors native resolution so you won't get scaling issues from the monitor itself being set incorrectly.

4. If you use HDMI (not recommended unless no other choice), see my HDTV comment above.


My monitor has a DVI output (and vga + hdmi outputs), but my GPU doesn't have a DVI input. It has 2 Mini-DP inputs, 1 HDMI input, 1 VGA input. Right now I am using a DVI-Mini->DP connection converter to connect my monitor to my gpu. Is this the best connection given my options.


Hi again.
If that DVI->DP adapter works fine go ahead and use it. I'm not familiar with the details of this but if you have no scaling, resolution or quality issues then just keep it.

However, the most logical choice would have been to use the HDMI OUTPUT from the graphics card, to the DVI INPUT of the monitor using either an HDMI->DVI cable or DVI cable with HDMI->DVI adapter.

Chances are both solutions will give you exactly the same experience.
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