Although this feels like a pretty stupid question, I believe it's warranted coming from someone who has only just bought their first PC from years of using laptops.
When I was finally ready to plug in my system to a monitor and download my favourite games, I notice the different video outputs on my Asus Z97-A and my Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970. The monitor that I had came with a VGA cable, and the only VGA output was on the motherboard. After plugging it in and turning it on I got no display. Eventually I had to dig up an old DVI cable and found that I had to plug it directly into my graphics card.
The question is, do I use the video outputs on the motherboard at all? Or is that only if I don't have a dedicated graphics card?
Thanks.
(Also, when I plug my speakers into rear speaker output, they don't work, and I had to put them in the front speaker output. Is this normal?)
When I was finally ready to plug in my system to a monitor and download my favourite games, I notice the different video outputs on my Asus Z97-A and my Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970. The monitor that I had came with a VGA cable, and the only VGA output was on the motherboard. After plugging it in and turning it on I got no display. Eventually I had to dig up an old DVI cable and found that I had to plug it directly into my graphics card.
The question is, do I use the video outputs on the motherboard at all? Or is that only if I don't have a dedicated graphics card?
Thanks.
(Also, when I plug my speakers into rear speaker output, they don't work, and I had to put them in the front speaker output. Is this normal?)