DVI-D Single link not supporting 1920x1080

[Blazhun]

So I bought a MSI GTX 1060 6GB version but I didnt have a DVI-D cable only VGA. I went forward to buy a DVI-D Single link cable but now my monitor cant handle the 1920x1080 resolution only the 1680x1050 one. I cant even set it higher, the latter mentioned is the last resolution. Any ideas why cant I set it to higher resolution? Maybe its a driver problem? Also the monitor worked just fine with my HD7870 with VGA cable, this had me thinking that maybe the DVI-D port of the monitor might be faulty. Thanks for help!

 

[junkeymonkey]

well if your monitor is analog dvi-d don't support it and why the card with a dvi-I will - I feel replacing dvi-I with dvi-d on cards is a mistake as now your findng out and why I bought a 900 card with native analog support ..

you may need to look at ''active'' converter adaptors

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


so your card don't support analog natively 10 series cards are all digital only

 

[Blazhun]

Well thanks for the answer, I either had to go with HDMI or DVI-D but my monitor didnt have HDMI plug either only VGA or DVI-D I went with the DVI-D.I tried messing around in Nvidia resolution settings but I only end up with a kind of blurry image so I guess I will go with the 1680x1050.

 

[SkyNetRising]

DVI single link supports (1,920 × 1,200) @ 60Hz.
What's the model name of your monitor?

Anyway - you can also create custom resolutions, that for some reason are not exposed by your monitor (in Nvidia Control Panel).

 

[junkeymonkey]

you need to get a active adaptor to convert the all digital signal to analog DVI-I carries analog DVI-D /hdmi / display port does not and will not work proper on a analog display

DVI is designed to deliver uncompressed digital video and can be configured to support multiple modes such as DVI-D (digital only), DVI-A (analog only), or DVI-I (digital and analog).

 

[Blazhun]

Its a samsung viewsonic vx2255wm-2 like 8 years old, so that might be the problem.

 

[SkyNetRising]

It's 1680x1050 monitor and doesn't support 1920x1080.
http://ap.viewsonic.com/me/products/lcd/VX2255wmb.php?#pSpecs

 

[Blazhun]

Well thanks for the answer, oddly enough 1920x1080 worked perfectly with VGA cable on the HD7870! Solution picked tho And sorry for the lame question afterall.

 

[SkyNetRising]

oddly enough 1920x1080 worked perfectly with VGA cable on the HD7870!

That's unusual. Perhaps analog to digital video signal converter of the monitor was able to downscale fullHD image to native resolution.