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a question about graphics cards

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July 24, 2014 7:39:56 PM

Hi I just built my first pc and I am jusg wondering what cord do I use to hook my graphics card up to my monitor I got a blue head cord and a white head and my graphics card came with a DVI to VGA adapter. Any help is good help

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July 24, 2014 7:43:36 PM

It dosent matter much.
Blue is VGA, which is the oldest connector GPUs use
White is DVI, which is the mid ground
HDMI is typically the newest with display port.

I would use DVI simply because its newer and gives marginally better performance.
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a b C Monitor
July 24, 2014 7:44:02 PM

what cord is off the monitor ?? like this crt has a vga so I use the dvi adapter to hook it to the card my hdtv has hdmi and vga on it but I use a dvi[card] to hdmi [hdtv] cord for it
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July 24, 2014 7:55:55 PM

So do I plug the DVI (white) into my graphics card and my monitor and what that DVI to VGA adapter?
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July 24, 2014 7:56:02 PM

HI........... Listen, that DVI port is always white in color while VGA port is always blue. If u have a vga port then put the monitor's vga wire in that. If u have a dvi cable then put it in dvi port. U have to buy dvi port. it doesn't comes with the monitor. No big difference bw vga and dvi but now-a-days DVI is better. Some graphic cards have converter (i.e. from dvi to vga). if have not dvi cable then use this converter.
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July 24, 2014 7:58:09 PM

did I not explain that above
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July 24, 2014 8:01:00 PM

One more question I ran out of usb 2.0 to plug my mouse into cause my keyboard takes 2 usb ports so can I plug my mouse into the usb 3.0 port?
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July 24, 2014 8:13:16 PM

yes u can plug it in 3.0 port.
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July 24, 2014 8:40:44 PM

then why is my dvi port pink? LOL!
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July 27, 2014 7:06:51 PM

Till now, i haven't seen pink color of dvi port. its better if u attach the pic.
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July 27, 2014 7:26:48 PM

i don't have a camera. it's pink, and i was just pulling your leg. lol. it really is pink though. even i was surprised that it was.
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