Can you get these cables?

Gamer_T · 13 Oct 2009 at 13:38

Hi guys,

I'm after a cable that plugs into my monitor (DVI) into the back of my graphics card (VGA). Can you actually get these?

cmndr_andi · 13 Oct 2009 at 14:12

Indeed you can, google "male vga to female dvi". Just connect the adapter to the graphics card and connect the monitor to the adapter using a standard DVI cable.

Gamer_T · 13 Oct 2009 at 16:09

Thanks for the reply. I've come across one on the bay and the description was

'THIS ADAPTER SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO A DVI-I CABLE IN ORDER FOR THE VGA SIGNAL TO TRANSFER THROUGH. DVI-I CABLES WILL HAVE THE 4 SMALL PINS SUROUNDING THE LARGE FLAT BLADE TERMINAL, WITH THESE THE CABLE WILL NOT WORK. '

But the DVI cable I have doesn't have the 4 pins around the blade. Does this mean I'd have to buy another cable aswell?

cmndr_andi · 13 Oct 2009 at 16:41

I suggest not getting it from the bay, when the guy refers to "DVI-I" my ears ***** up. Go for any decent retail company and you should get a converter for under a tenner.

Anyway, i just looked at a dual link DVI cable (DVI-D) I got from my dell monitor - it also doesn't have 4 pins around the blade - so I really wouldn't worry. Basically what you want is an adapter where the VGA end looks like this and the DVI end looks like this.

Gamer_T · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:16

What I need is some sort of fixture that'll allow a DVI monitor connect to a VGA graphics card. I still cant figure it out.

citycm · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:23

I was under the impression that this couldn't be done because the VGA signal from your graphics card isn't the right signal to drive a DVI monitor. It might be worth getting a cheap graphics card with a DVI port. I'm sure you could find a cheap one for around £10-£15

scrlk · 21 Oct 2009 at 21:26

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DVI_Connector_Types.svg

Which plug do you have?

JMRoe · 23 Oct 2009 at 15:16

Hi as long as you get vga to DVI-A the signal will be transferred in analogue and will work fine. 1 of these cables good quality can be purchased off ebay for about a 10er.
But with you havin a monitor supporting a digital input ya better off getting a new GPU as its worth the better picture quality, a nice cheap hd 3650 will do the job nicely.