New NVIDIA (and AMD?) GPU's have no DVI-I?

MrN1ce9uy · Aug 18, 2016

I bought an EVGA GTX 1060 3GB today, but just realized it has a DVI-D instead of DVI-I. My other EVGA GTX 950 came with a DVI-I to VGA connector, so I'm guessing this will come with a DVI-D to VGA connector/converter as well? My hdmi port on my monitor hasn't worked in years. I know I need a new one, but it's all I have right now.

But why the (seemingly) sudden change?

basroil · Aug 18, 2016

You CANNOT convert DVI-D to VGA without an active converter. DVI-I is what has the VGA output included!

Nvidia cards since the mid 2000s have used DVI-I instead of DVI-D, with the exception of a few cards that had one DVI-I and one DVI-D (and usually a third output in the form of HDMI or VGA)

MrN1ce9uy · Aug 19, 2016

I got the DVI's mixed up on the original post, but I've never seen a video card with DVI-D before recent. Like I said, my GTX 950 has DVI-I, as well as every other card I've owned.

MrN1ce9uy · Aug 19, 2016

dexxterlab97 :

Actually, I think I could buy a DVI-D cable since my monitor does have a DVI-D port.. that would work. Not sure why I haven't bought one before, oh wait, because I'd never seen a video card with a DVI-D port.

basroil · Aug 19, 2016

MrN1ce9uy :

https://www.techpowerup.com/222326/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-does-away-with-d-sub-vga-support <-- well, that explains it, pascal doesn't even support analog anymore, there's no DAC on the board!

If you want analog, you'll need to buy a DP to dsub converter, you can usually find them for ~$20

MrN1ce9uy :

If your monitor supported DVI, you should have been using that already! You're wasting about a dollar a month on higher electrical bills due to the analog conversion (assuming 2x monitors 24/7)

MrN1ce9uy · Aug 19, 2016

Okay, so my monitor has a DVI-D dual-link, so could I get either one of these? What would be the point of HDMI to DVI-D? Would it output better?

->https://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-PCM-2296-06-HDMI-Cable/dp/B0007MWE1E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1471580324&sr=8-3&keywords=6ft+dvi-d+cable

->https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Plated-DVI-D-Ferrites/dp/B007NJ0S1W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471580324&sr=8-1&keywords=6ft+dvi-d+cable

*I wasn't aware that DVI-I could convert to DVI-D (I don't think it does), as far as should have already been using DVI goes.

basroil · Aug 19, 2016

MrN1ce9uy :

No, that's not how it works! DVI-I means DVI+VGA in one port, DVI-D means DVI only. Monitors are either DVI or VGA, but the graphics card can support both

MrN1ce9uy · Aug 19, 2016

basroil :

My monitor has VGA, DVI, and HDMI, but the HDMI doesn't work :/ But come to think of it, my GTX 950 does have both DVI-I and DVI-D, so I should have been using it by now.

RobCrezz · Aug 19, 2016

VGA and DVI-I are dieing off because its old analogue tech. Digital signal is better.

Search

New NVIDIA (and AMD?) GPU's have no DVI-I?

MrN1ce9uy

Judicious

RobCrezz

basroil

Glorious

MrN1ce9uy

Judicious

MrN1ce9uy

Judicious

basroil

Glorious

MrN1ce9uy

Judicious

basroil

Glorious

MrN1ce9uy

Judicious

RobCrezz

Expert

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page