Nvidia 8800 GTS with Dell 2407WFP monitor connection help

Hi,
Ive recently upgraded my video card and monitor and would like to know if i should be using the regular dvi cable or should i go for dvi-d if possible to connect my video card to the monitor. the different cables are just confusing me. any help would be appreciated to get the best out of the 24 inch widescreen.
thanks in advance for your help

Just use the DVI cable that came with the monitor.

The 2407 has ONE DVI port...use the cable that came with it...same setup I have, and it works just fine.

It is HDCP, and it will work over the DVI port...no HDMI on the monitor, and not needed....unless you want to hook up a cable box or dvd player with HDMI, then obviously you can't.

EDIE: Last I looked the price came down since they released the 27" at CES too. It's $674 now, I paid $719 in October or so.

Thanks guys for the help. im upgrading from my samsung syncmaster 191t, so im expecting a major difference , should i keep the 191t as a second monitor? since the 8800 has two outputs?

ehh, not really worth it, the 2407 is more than enough for the gts, especially with high amounts of aa and hdr, plus, I see no need, the 2407 is massive and it would just be weird to game with a 2407 and a 191t

I think that whoever can afford stuff like blue-ray or other high-def content that need the hdmi port, getting a monitor with a hdmi port should be the least of their problems, especially when there are some pretty cheap ones

right. the trick is making sure the display is HDCP enabled. believe it or not, not all are. my 42 inch sony hdtv has an hdmi port, but no hdcp support!!!!!!!!!

Use the standard DVi cable will be fine...I thought about the Dell but I went with the Gateway 24 inch 1080p and Hdcp supported monitor($679) at BB,and I love it! It has just one Dvi and 2 component no HDMI. There are no high end video cards yet that have hdmi so wouldnt worry about it. 1920 x 1200 is friking awesome with my evga superclocked 8800 gts. Well worth the money on both counts! I do like the look fo the Dell monitors though.

...correct its 1080p ready as its advertised. All monitors should be 1080p at 1920 x 1200 but only Gateways is advertised as such that Ive seen so far, I have yet to see it yet hooked to a 1080p source, but games like Company of Heroes and BF 2142 look perfect!

with a resolution of 1920x1200, 1080p support is implied. all lcd displays at that resolution are capable of 60hz.

but gateway is smart to advertise the 1080p "support" you're right, most oem's don't and people get confused.

But that's completely useless, because you always want to run lcd's at their natural resolutions, you'd want to keep the 16:9 ratio, and not change that. I think considering the 2407 is only 650 on dell's site right now, that would have been the better deal.

right... but i'm pretty sure that display supports 1920x1080. so it should be able to do 1080 without having to change the aspect ratio. i could be wrong though....

i'm pretty sure i'm not because my 19 widescreen LCD has a native res. of 1440x900, which, as you know is a little better than 720p. but my hdtv OTA receiver hooked up to it looks completely normal.... no stretching or anything. so clearly that display is capable of 1280x720.

so... i'm pretty sure that 24 incher can do 1920x1080.

Doesnt the Dell30" just have 1xDVI (dual link) input, same as the Dell 24"? Only difference is you need 2x DVI (dual link) at the gpu end, the 24" doesnt.

What other people have forgotten to specify is to make sure you are using 1x DVI (dual link) cable to get 1920x1200 resolution as a single link cable will stop you at 1920x1080. Dual link does not imply that it is like the dell30" setup, the 30" needs 2xDVI Dual link (splitter @gpu end), you dont need 2x duallink, only 1x duallink.