[SWLUG] What's the difference between a VGA & DVI cable?

[Mark Summerfield]

Thanks to you and Neil & Geraint.

I have a VGA port.

Thanks:-)


On 2009-07-15, Steve Hill wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > The last time I bought a monitor was so long ago I can't remember
> > whether I have a VGA or a DVI port, and I don't know what the difference
> > is.
>
> VGA is analogue and is carried in a 15 pin high density D connector
> looking something like:
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/VGA_Stecker.jpg
>
> DVI comes in 3 flavours: DVI-A (analogue, carries the same signals as VGA
> but in a different connector), DVI-D (digital) and more commonly DVI-I
> (both digital and analogue).  Looks like:
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/DVI_Connector.jpg
>
> > I don't have the manual to my monitor and the manual for my PC
> > doesn't say. I want to buy a new monitor (24" 1910x1200 so any
> > recommendations appreciated:-) and I'm looking at a Samsung but there
> > are two different versions and the only difference appears to be the
> > cable.
>
> I'm very happy with my 24" Dell that does 1920x1200.  It has VGA, DVI,
> Svideo, Composite and Component inputs.  Be aware that some older graphics
> cards are unable to do 1920x1200 on DVI (I run my monitor off the VGA
> port because my nVidia FX5200 can't do high resolutions over DVI even
> though it can over VGA).
>
>   - Steve
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>
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