DVI madness
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Hi there,
Are you sure your graphics card only has a DVI-D output and your monitor has a DVI-I input? Usually it is the other way around and a standard DVI-D cable works fine.
May I ask what make and model number graphics card and monitor you are using?
Are you sure your graphics card only has a DVI-D output and your monitor has a DVI-I input? Usually it is the other way around and a standard DVI-D cable works fine.
May I ask what make and model number graphics card and monitor you are using?
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Yea, thats sounds better.
No need to worry in that case. DVI-I just means that it carries both the digital and analogue video signals out of the graphics card on a single connector- so a passive DVI-I to Dsub (VGA) adapter can be used if required to run a VGA monitor. If you plug in a standard DVI-D to DVI-D (male-male) cable like this between the graphics card and the monitor then it will work fine. There is some good info here.
Did your monitor come with a DVI-D cable?
No need to worry in that case. DVI-I just means that it carries both the digital and analogue video signals out of the graphics card on a single connector- so a passive DVI-I to Dsub (VGA) adapter can be used if required to run a VGA monitor. If you plug in a standard DVI-D to DVI-D (male-male) cable like this between the graphics card and the monitor then it will work fine. There is some good info here.
Did your monitor come with a DVI-D cable?
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Yea, absolutely certain (I do this stuff a fair bit).
The pins you can see in the picture of that cable are just the pins that are required to drive a single-link DVI-D connection (which has plenty of bandwidth to drive your 1080p 60Hz digital monitor). You only need a dual-link cable (like this) that uses many more of the connectors if you are driving a much higher resolution monitor (eg a 2560x1440 res one) or a monitor that refreshes at 120Hz.
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You just need the first one - so long as 2m is long enough (i was just linking to the dual link one to show you an example of a cable using most of the connectors and how it was priced in comparison - for your current monitor a dual link DVI cable wouldn't work any better than a single link one but it costs more and is less flexible).
If you need something longer then I would go for this one.
If you need something longer then I would go for this one.
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The first one I linked to (the cheapest one) as well as the 5m version use gold connectors 
Really - it doesn't make any difference at these lengths - it's a digital signal.
Really - it doesn't make any difference at these lengths - it's a digital signal.
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Yes, that will work fine. The cable itself will be thicker than the white one and less flexible (since it is a dual link type and has more connections), but in terms of passing the video signal to the monitor it will work just as well.