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Graphics Card Best Connection to Monitor ? HDMI or VGA

jasonsony735

jasonsony735

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Hi guys i just got a new MSI 6950 2GB and i noticed it has HDMI connection on it , What is it for ? Is it for connecting to my pc montor or should i just use old VGA , Im really confused ! What will give me the best picture ? HDMI to HDMI or VGA to VGA
 
If you have a DVI or display port connector on your monitor use that, if not then hdmi connection, VGA is the worst out of the connections and should be avoided really.
 
DVI = HDMI quality wise, HDMI carries sound too if your monitor has speakers. They'd be crap anyway

VGA isn't as bad as Purgatory makes out. At lower than HD resolutions you'd be superhuman to notice the difference between a decent VGA connection and DVI/HDMI
 
DVI and HDMI are both digital, and equivalent in terms of display quality.

VGA is analogue and thus susceptible to RFI.
 
Well tonight ive been playing around with it but im still not 100% sure if i like HDMI to HDMI /

Example if i look at photos on FB with VGA the photos look nice but when i go try with HDMI to HDMI the photo looks very soft and blurred , I dont know if this is the settings that done this but i dont like it , I just played a game of BF2 with HDMI to HDMi and that looks great. but overall the picture just looks washed out with HDMI to HDMI . umm its hard to know what i feel is best. another problem ive noticed is when looking at pictures in windows with HDMI to HDMI it lags when moving on to the next photo ? Doesnt do this with VGA ........
 
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The monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster P2270HD set at 1920 x 1080 native Res

The other problem i have is in VGA mode you can use a setting called magic bright in the TV settings on this monitor and it looks gorgeous , But when using HDMI -HDMI it doesnt let you select this mode :( Also doesnt let me change the sharpness but does with VGA .... Anyone got any ideas

The Card in Question is ATI MSI 6950 2GB . It lags in windows photo viwer when moving on to the next one but only in the HDMI - HDMI .

I know everyone says HDMI - HDMI should be better but from what ive seen VGA is better.
 
In theory HDMI should be better but if you prefer the image that you get using VGA then use that.

They're your eyes so use what you like the best.
 
jasonsony735 said:
The monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster P2270HD set at 1920 x 1080 native Res

The other problem i have is in VGA mode you can use a setting called magic bright in the TV settings on this monitor and it looks gorgeous , But when using HDMI -HDMI it doesnt let you select this mode :( Also doesnt let me change the sharpness but does with VGA .... Anyone got any ideas

The Card in Question is ATI MSI 6950 2GB . It lags in windows photo viwer when moving on to the next one but only in the HDMI - HDMI .

I know everyone says HDMI - HDMI should be better but from what ive seen VGA is better.
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stick with vga if it looks better to you.

pardon my noobyness, but at a res of 1920 x 1080, isn't it the res that counts, and not the connection ie. dvi, etc.... would it be easy to spot the difference between vga and dvi?
surely a 1920 x 1080 res using a vga cable is better than 1680 x 1050 with a dvi connection?
 
I would personally use dvi rather than hdmi unless you need to plug your headphones into your monitor headphone jack for some reason.

I have experienced some weirdness using my hdmi out to a samsung syncmaster, where the monitor becomes a "syncdisaster" rather than a master, and a central strip across the monitor bounces about wildly on launching some applications (and randomly too) until i turn the monitor on and off and it stabilizes. I have never experienced this while using the dvi out though....
 
I bought a DVI > HDMI cable because I was mislead into thinking that HDMI was better.

I cant really tell if it is, but it works fine.
 
If I use a DVI connection do you think it will let me select the magicbright options on the monitor ? If so then i think this will fix my problem , I guess all I can do is purchase a cheap DVI - HDMI connection and see how i get on with it , Maybe HDMI - HDMI is not the best way to connect a Graphics card direct to a PC monitor ( Not Samsung S Master any how ) but maybe for TVs.
 
VGA is fine, still using it here, I also ditched HDMI for it on my media centre, it's blurry etc with HDMI. that's from a radeon hd3450. not tried it with my 470, don't need sound anyway.
 
If the picture via HDMI was blurry that means you have some overscan issues. HDMI is the better connection ALWAYS.
 
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