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lonewlf   09-18-2009 at 12:28:08 AM

i have a question..im buying a new cpu, vid card, memory and mobo..my question is about the monitor i have and the new video card

Radeon™ HD 4850 1.0 GB DDR3 (HD-485X-ZDFC)
Output: HDTV, , Dual-Link DVI

Package Contents: DVI Adapter, HDTV Component Adapter, 6 Pin Y Power Cable

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I have this monitor. Samsung SyncMaster 940BW
Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA), Video - 24 pin DVI-D

Will i be able to hook up this monitor to the video card?

this is the motherboard GA-MA785GMT-UD2H

please let me know thanks.

lonewlf

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aford10   09-18-2009 at 05:45:43 AM

The monitor has VGA connection. The video card uses DVI. However, the video card comes with a DVI/VGA adapter. So yes, it will work fine.

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ryanmission   09-18-2009 at 07:12:51 AM

lonewlf wrote :

i have a question..im buying a new cpu, vid card, memory and mobo..my question is about the monitor i have and the new video card

Radeon™ HD 4850 1.0 GB DDR3 (HD-485X-ZDFC)
Output: HDTV, , Dual-Link DVI

Package Contents: DVI Adapter, HDTV Component Adapter, 6 Pin Y Power Cable

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have this monitor. Samsung SyncMaster 940BW
Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA), Video - 24 pin DVI-D

Will i be able to hook up this monitor to the video card?

this is the motherboard GA-MA785GMT-UD2H

please let me know thanks.

lonewlf



It says you have a DVI connector, so...just use a DVI cable from end to end!

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