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Which cables should I use?

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  • 650
  • Cable
  • Motherboards
  • VGA
  • Graphics
  • GPUs
  • 78LMT
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August 29, 2014 6:41:56 AM

My friend is purchasing a PC with a gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 motherboard and a 650ti GPU. They only have a VGA cable and while both their monitor and motherboard offer VGA slots, their GPU does not. Will there be any issues with using the VGA slot on the motherboard and not one of the options on the GPU besides the slightly lower quality of picture due to the VGA cable being analogue?

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a b V Motherboard
August 29, 2014 6:44:12 AM

You can get a DVI-I to VGA adapter to plug it in your GPU.Then you will be able to plug the monitor in the GPU.
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August 29, 2014 6:48:55 AM

But would they NEED to buy that?
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a c 491 V Motherboard
August 29, 2014 6:49:29 AM

look to see if there monitor has a dvi port if it does it be the same cost as the dvi adaptor to buy a new cable at a local computer store or best buys.
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a b V Motherboard
August 29, 2014 6:50:50 AM

fuzzytom said:
But would they NEED to buy that?


It's like $5 anywhere.
You can also try and find a cable that goes in the monitor one way and other way in the GPU,without using the adapter.
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August 29, 2014 6:51:09 AM

Okay but what I mean to ask is would it be okay if they were just to plug the VGA cable into the motherboard?
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a b V Motherboard
August 29, 2014 6:54:05 AM

Yes,but that means that if he puts the 650 Ti,it won't matter.The motherboard has an integrated GPU that isn't pretty good.
I would suggest buying that DVI-I to VGA adapter to fully use the GPU he has bought.In this case,the 650 Ti. ;) 
All the best. ;) 
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August 29, 2014 7:00:31 AM

Oh so it wouldn't use the GPU? That is something I wondered about but couldn't find the answer to anywhere. Thank you for your answers, the monitor does support DVI cables as does the GPU so I will let them use one of the spares I have
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a b V Motherboard
August 29, 2014 7:02:11 AM

If you plug the cable onto the motherboard,then it doesn't matter if you put the 650 Ti or not.
We are glad to help.
Don't mind picking a solution. :) 
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August 29, 2014 7:05:57 AM

:) 
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