Not sure what dvi cable i need for monitor

liamcrane · 5 Dec 2009 at 10:33

hi everyone, i need to get myself a dvi cable for my monitor, i have just checked the spec and it says the monitor a 20" lcd and it has a dvi-d slot where as my graphics card which is a 260gtx has a dvi-i slot.

Do i need to get a specific cable as the to outputs are slightly different?

many thanks

mothermachine · 5 Dec 2009 at 10:38

i think DVI-D is dual link. dual link allows you to run a monitor at very high res, like 2560x. if you use a regular single link DVI cable it won't go that high. best off buying a dual link DVI then you needn't worry.

mothermachine · 5 Dec 2009 at 10:38

that said a 20" monitor won't go that high AFAIK....

Earth[Tera].bin · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:04

no

DVI-D = DVI-digital
DVI-A = DVI analogue
DVI-I = Compatible with Both a digital and analogue signal

Chances are you wont need a Dual DVI cable unless you 30+ " monitor.

liamcrane · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:06

ok cool yea that max res on native res on this monitor is 1600x900 but might just get a dual one for future preference, just to make sure tho as my graphics card is dvi-i and monitor is dvi-d it doesnt matter what cable i get out of the 2?

Earth[Tera].bin · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:16

Pick up a DVI-D cable, that's the only one your monitor will take.

DVI guide

liamcrane · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:28

ok mate cheers for the link that helped a lot, the only thing is my graphics card says it supports dvi-i will a dvi-d cable still plug into it ok

Earth[Tera].bin · 5 Dec 2009 at 11:32

Yeah it will do pal. If you look at is this way, your graphics card has the slots to take the pins on DVI-D cable, but your monitor doesn't have the slots to take the pins on the DVI-I cable. So, you want to get the DVI-D cable. ^^

liamcrane · 5 Dec 2009 at 12:10

many thanks for your help mate much appriciated

liamcrane · 5 Dec 2009 at 14:24

I have just bought myself a new dvi-d cable but im having a bit of an issue, when i boot into XP everything seems fine but when i boot into windows 7 which is installed on another HD the windows 7 logo come up then the monitor just flicks between analog and digital then goes off! I am running the latest drivers from nvidia on both XP and 7, yet when i connect up with the vga cable it boots into both XP and 7 fine

any ideas why 7 is doing this? thought it might be the fact the 260 card i have says it has a dvi-i port on it and im using dvi-d as thats wat my monitor supports but if it boots into XP ok clearly that cant be the issue