DVI-D to VGA

[ibehymer]

i have a DVI-D port on my motherboard and a VGA monitor. i have heard that using an adapter, such as: http://www.amazon.com/Male-DVI-D-Female-VGA-Adapter/dp/B007EA48MA/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1441841058&sr=1-6&keywords=dvi+to+vga, will not work if you have a DVI monitor and a VGA motherboard. but will it work the other way around?

[Oshino Shinobu]

DVI-D is a digital signal, VGA is analogue. You would need an active adapter to use it. That adapter won't work, no matter how you connect them. 

 

EDIT: You'd need something like this http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-DVI2VGAE-1920x1200-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00C93JQXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1441841753&sr=1-1&keywords=dvi+to+vga+active to go from DVI-D to VGA. Or you'd need to use a DVI-I port with an adapter to VGA. 

[Glenwing]

DVI-D does not adapt to VGA. Only DVI-I can do that.

[ibehymer]

DVI-D is a digital signal, VGA is analogue. You would need an active adapter to use it. That adapter won't work, no matter the way you connect them. 

https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/StarTech.com-DVI-D-to-VGA-Active-Adapter-Converter-Cable-1920x1200/3049285.aspx?cm_cat=GoogleBase&cm_ite=3049285&cm_pla=NA-NA-STP_CC&cm_ven=acquirgy&ef_id=VfC94wAAAALFV-6k:20150909233629:s&gclid=Cj0KEQjwsb-vBRCLj7TvqpGx_MoBEiQALgFGnigRoCNOCJHYy5-lhFJcve7vKJYii0w_5TSTElFKUD4aAh5f8P8HAQ&s_kwcid=AL!4223!3!58786190179!!!g!78800926712! so i would need something like this?

[Oshino Shinobu]

https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/StarTech.com-DVI-D-to-VGA-Active-Adapter-Converter-Cable-1920x1200/3049285.aspx?cm_cat=GoogleBase&cm_ite=3049285&cm_pla=NA-NA-STP_CC&cm_ven=acquirgy&ef_id=VfC94wAAAALFV-6k:20150909233629:s&gclid=Cj0KEQjwsb-vBRCLj7TvqpGx_MoBEiQALgFGnigRoCNOCJHYy5-lhFJcve7vKJYii0w_5TSTElFKUD4aAh5f8P8HAQ&s_kwcid=AL!4223!3!58786190179!!!g!78800926712! so i would need something like this?

Yes. 

 

However, if you have a DVI-I port, you can buy a cheap adapter to go to VGA. If you have a port with the four extra pins this this, you can buy a DVI-I adapter for a few $

 

[Tommy59375]

https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/StarTech.com-DVI-D-to-VGA-Active-Adapter-Converter-Cable-1920x1200/3049285.aspx?cm_cat=GoogleBase&cm_ite=3049285&cm_pla=NA-NA-STP_CC&cm_ven=acquirgy&ef_id=VfC94wAAAALFV-6k:20150909233629:s&gclid=Cj0KEQjwsb-vBRCLj7TvqpGx_MoBEiQALgFGnigRoCNOCJHYy5-lhFJcve7vKJYii0w_5TSTElFKUD4aAh5f8P8HAQ&s_kwcid=AL!4223!3!58786190179!!!g!78800926712! so i would need something like this?

 

Any active adapter would do the trick but expect to lose some quality.

 

Also stop using VGA.

[ibehymer]

Any active adapter would do the trick but expect to lose some quality.

 

Also stop using VGA.

i will once i get my 980. right now im stuck with hdmi, vga, and dvi-d

[ibehymer]

Yes. 

 

However, if you have a DVI-I port, you can buy a cheap adapter to go to VGA. If you have a port with the four extra pins this this, you can buy a DVI-I adapter for a few $

 

all i got is dvi-d

[Tommy59375]

i will once i get my 980. right now im stuck with hdmi, vga, and dvi-d

 

So.. get a new monitor?  I find it hard to believe that any modern monitor has only a VGA input.

 

I don't know.. just do anything to get away from it.

 

Maybe other people don't care or can't tell a difference but for me going from DVI to VGA is like night and day (urr, I mean day and night.. or something).  Anyway, it's a piece of junk at the higher resolutions and on flat panel displays.  It worked great back in the days of 800x600 and CRTs but we really need to move on now.

 

Also you can adapt single-link DVI-D to/from HDMI.  This is enough data rate for up to 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz.  You don't need an active converter, just a cable that essentially rearranges some pins.

[ibehymer]

So.. get a new monitor?  I find it hard to believe that any modern monitor has only a VGA input.

 

I don't know.. just do anything to get away from it.

 

Maybe other people don't care or can't tell a difference but for me going from DVI to VGA is like night and day (urr, I mean day and night.. or something).  Anyway, it's a piece of junk at the higher resolutions and on flat panel displays.  It worked great back in the days of 800x600 and CRTs but we really need to move on now.

 

Also you can adapt single-link DVI-D to/from HDMI.  This is enough data rate for up to 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz.  You don't need an active converter, just a cable that essentially rearranges some pins.

once i get my GTX 980 im going straight to displayport with 1080p 144hz monitors

[ibehymer]

So.. get a new monitor?  I find it hard to believe that any modern monitor has only a VGA input.

 

I don't know.. just do anything to get away from it.

 

Maybe other people don't care or can't tell a difference but for me going from DVI to VGA is like night and day (urr, I mean day and night.. or something).  Anyway, it's a piece of junk at the higher resolutions and on flat panel displays.  It worked great back in the days of 800x600 and CRTs but we really need to move on now.

 

Also you can adapt single-link DVI-D to/from HDMI.  This is enough data rate for up to 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz.  You don't need an active converter, just a cable that essentially rearranges some pins.

would dvi-d single link to vga work? and is a dvi-d single link cable compatible with a dvi-d dual link port?

[Tommy59375]

would dvi-d single link to vga work? and is a dvi-d single link cable compatible with a dvi-d dual link port?

There is NOTHING you can do for ANY kind of DVI-D -> VGA apart from active converters.

 

Single link simply has half the bandwidth of dual link and everything will run at "lowest common denominator" so if anything is single link you will be limited to single link.

[ibehymer]

There is NOTHING you can do for ANY kind of DVI-D -> VGA apart from active converters.

 

Single link simply has half the bandwidth of dual link and everything will run at "lowest common denominator" so if anything is single link you will be limited to single link.

oh alright. thank you