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i am looking into getting a new monitor but i only have a single hdmi port a vga cable and DVI port on my video card (my hdmi is being used) so my question is if i have a DVI to HDMI adapter will it look the same as HDMI With no adapter

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Just now, AddisonHawke said:

i am looking into getting a new monitor but i only have a single hdmi port a vga cable and hdmi port on my video card (my hdmi is being used) so my question is if i have a DVI to HDMI adapter will it look the same as HDMI

No

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Just now, Donut417 said:

No

Will it make a noticeable difference 

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In my experience they work perfectly with zero noticeable difference unless you have an option like Dynamic Super Resolution (AMD) or the nVidia equivalent to increase DPI and overall image quality :)

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3 minutes ago, AddisonHawke said:

i am looking into getting a new monitor but i only have a single hdmi port a vga cable and DVI port on my video card (my hdmi is being used) so my question is if i have a DVI to HDMI adapter will it look the same as HDMI With no adapter

Are you sure your monitor doesn't have DVI? I've yet to see a monitor that doesn't. To answer your question, no, it shouldn't look any different. 

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Just now, Mkfish said:

In my experience they work perfectly with zero noticeable difference unless you have an option like Dynamic Super Resolution (AMD) or the nVidia equivalent to increase DPI and overall image quality :)

Thank you i appreciate your help 

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1 minute ago, bgibbz said:

Are you sure your monitor doesn't have DVI? I've yet to see a monitor that doesn't. To answer your question, no, it shouldn't look any different. 

No it only has vga or hdmi

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HDMI is digital, VGA is Analog. See the problem. You need an active adapter. Even then Im pretty sure VGA cant do HD. However you can covert VGA to DVI pretty easily. But keep in mind I would not count on getting full HD. 

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Just now, Donut417 said:

HDMI is digital, VGA is Analog. See the problem. You need an active adapter. Even then Im pretty sure VGA cant do HD. 

im talking about dvi to hdmi not vga

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Just now, AddisonHawke said:

im talking about dvi to hdmi not vga

Then that case you should be able to buy a cable with HDMI on one end and DVI on the other end. Sorry I miss read the post. I have one of these cables. Or you can just buy a simple adapter. 

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Amazon do incredibly cheap cables/adapters that work brilliantly (from experience)
You're lucky that the 970 comes with HDMI 2.0 output ports, on the R9 Fury I just bought the HDMI is only 1.4 which means 4K(UHD) only runs at 30hz... 
I had to buy a £30 display port 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 active adapter to finally get 4k(UHD) @ 60hz.. it was totally worth it though ^_^

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Just now, Donut417 said:

Then that case you should be able to buy a cable with HDMI on one end and DVI on the other end. Sorry I miss read the post. I have one of these cables. Or you can just buy a simple adapter. 

Ok, thanks for the wisdom

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Reversible HDMI-DVI..

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Get the 6 feet atleast ... I got a double pack of 3 feet and they were so, so short I had to buy longer ones xD 6 feet I find is good... YMMV

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Just now, Mkfish said:

Get the 6 feet atleast ... I got a double pack of 3 feet and they were so, so short I had to buy longer ones xD 6 feet I find is good... YMMV

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