DVI Question

slvryaris

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Hello again everyone. I got my XFX HD 5770 in the mail yesterday and hooked it up without a problem and I had a question about DVI connections. The DVI connection in the back of my monitor is a DVI-D and noticed that on the graphics card it is a DVI-I from what I could tell. If I buy a DVI-D cable would this work with both male ends or are they a completely different connection all together? They both appear to be the Dual link. Thanks for any info.

Here is a BS Wikipedia page for reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface
 

jprahman

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yes, a DVI-D cable will work.
 

slvryaris

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Thanks for the quick reply. I also forgot to ask if I am using the VGA connector on the monitor and using the DVi to VGA adapter would I see a big improvement on going to all DVI? I have a DVI and VGA connection on my monitor but I am just using th standard VGA right now.
 

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