VGA-DVI adaptors loss ?

[HHM]

Putting together some systems with various HD 2400 based cards, for now I use
2 x 19" CRT´s (1600 x 1200), so at least one monitor needs a DVI-VGA, in same
time I will upgrade to 2 x 24" LCD (1920 x 1200) later, so my question is would it
be better to get a model with 2 x DVI from the start to avoid feeding the LCD
through a VGA-DVI adaptor ??? (or is the quality-loss in adaptors neglible)

thanks for any help

 

[decto]

Putting together some systems with various HD 2400 based cards, for now I use
2 x 19" CRT´s (1600 x 1200), so at least one monitor needs a DVI-VGA, in same
time I will upgrade to 2 x 24" LCD (1920 x 1200) later, so my question is would it
be better to get a model with 2 x DVI from the start to avoid feeding the LCD
through a VGA-DVI adaptor ??? (or is the quality-loss in adaptors neglible)

thanks for any help

I use DVI-VGA adapters all the time, I don't have a monitor with DVI so I have a couple of LCD's and a couple of CRT connected to various PC's with Dual DVI out using adapters.

It works just fine, only issue is that some budget cards don't have a VGA output on both DVI's

As far as a know the Analogue signal is just passed through the adapter from the card, the adaptor doesn't do anthing apart from change the physical connection

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[HHM]

Thanks for the answer, sounds fine, but what if I bye a mixed DVI/VGA-card now, and
then I need 2 x DVI for LCD´s later ? is there any such thing as VGA-DVI ? any loss ?

I have ordered DVI-VGA´s for now, happy to hear it works well, but I could imagine to
turn analog into digital is a bit more troublesome if possible at all, (what I try to figure
out is if it would be a bad idea in the long run to get ANY card with VGA-ports at all, as
I build several systems and need more cards, with or without VGA ports)

 

[HHM]

It works just fine, only issue is that some budget cards don't have a VGA output on both DVI's

Seems ok,... also dual 1920x1200 DVI for my upcomming 24" samsungs

===========from the data page============

# Two integrated DVI display outputs

* Primary supports 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at all resolutions up to 1920x1200 (single-link DVI) or 2560x1600 (dual-link DVI)1
* Secondary supports 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at all resolutions up to 1920x1200 (single-link DVI only)1
* Each includes a dual-link HDCP encoder with on-chip key storage for high resolution playback of protected content2

# Two integrated 400 MHz 30-bit RAMDACs

* Each supports analog displays connected by VGA at all resolutions up to 2048x1536

 

[HHM]

Well guess I just avoid VGA versions for the safety of it