do i need to hook up my monitor to my video card or my motherboard

ZombieBunny

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I purchased a monitor and i was wondering if i should hook up the monitor to the graphics card or the mobo and why should i hook up the monitor to one of the other also if i use a vga to dvi adapter will it affect performance at all?
 

ZombieBunny

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why is it better? and if i use a vga to dvi adapter will there be a performance hit?

 

ahmeday2012

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Video card has better performance than internal graphics and the reason dvi is better to use than vga is... check this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMVDejZH4kw

Hope it helps :D