Monitor DVI-D Dual Link vs DVI-D Single link

[RarePupperFluff]

(Am Pc scrub no judge pls)Have somewhat old Monitor it only has VGA and Dvi-D dual link Comp has HDMI ports. So went out bought a dvi to hdmi cable get home realize its dvi-d single link cable. so my question is do i lose out on anything by using single link over dual link (DVI-D) like idk resolution? Or am I fine with keeping it? Reason i ask is my shitty old screen i used before gave more options for resolution scaling than this current somewhat old monitor?

 

[okcnaline]

I don't think you lose out on anything aside from audio from monitor. What GPU or motherboard do you have?

 

[BFG-9000]

If the old monitor is 1920x1080p or lower it's no issue. HDMI is only equivalent to single-link so many 2560 monitors until very recently couldn't show native resolution over HDMI or VGA and required Displayport or dual-link DVI.

For best picture quality it's best to avoid scaling if possible on any fixed-pixel display but some good implementations can be used as a sort of blur-type antialiasing.