What is the best connetion DVI vga or HDMI

nightside

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Im confused what i should plug my graphics into-

My graphics card is 9800GTX+

and my monitor is Asus 25.5 HD HDMI DVI-D screen
Do i plug my graphics card into the VGA/ HDMI/ DVI-D

Im running at 1920X1200 resoultion
 

daedalus685

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Dvi and hdmi are the same quality (though most dvi wont accept sound whereas hdmi does.)

Dsub (vga) is inferior in general. But if you have a properly shielded cable and good analog conversion the difference is minimal.
 

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so i should connect with dvi to dvi-d because i have a sound card and speakers connected to my sound card and not speakers in my monitor. Correct?
 

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HDMI has teh exact same pin signal as DVI-D. If you have all of the above on the monitor a dvi cable is generally cheeper, so go with that as you dont need the sound.