Short question about DVI-D

[apaydinabdul]

Short question:

 

I want to use a DVI-D dual link connection for 75hz gaming, do ALL dvi-d ports on a motherboard/GPU allow DVI-D dual link connections? Or does my DVI-D port have to be special or something? I've seen on pictures that DVI-D dual link uses 6 more pins than a normal DVI-D cable.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Bananasplit_00]

not all DVI-D are dual link, there is single link and dual link DVI-D

[apaydinabdul]

12 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

not all DVI-D are dual link, there is single link and dual link DVI-D

 

26 minutes ago, apaydinabdul said:

Short question:

 

I want to use a DVI-D dual link connection for 75hz gaming, do ALL dvi-d ports on a motherboard/GPU allow DVI-D dual link connections? Or does my DVI-D port have to be special or something? I've seen on pictures that DVI-D dual link uses 6 more pins than a normal DVI-D cable.

 

Thanks in advance.

 Please read the bold text..

[Bananasplit_00]

5 minutes ago, apaydinabdul said:

 

 Please read the bold text..

well the answer to that question is no

[Glenwing]

50 minutes ago, apaydinabdul said:

Short question:

 

I want to use a DVI-D dual link connection for 75hz gaming, do ALL dvi-d ports on a motherboard/GPU allow DVI-D dual link connections? Or does my DVI-D port have to be special or something? I've seen on pictures that DVI-D dual link uses 6 more pins than a normal DVI-D cable.

 

Thanks in advance.

All motherboard devices (and output devices in general) have Dual-Link DVI, that I know of. No one puts Single-Link DVI ports on anything except monitors when their specs are within Single-Link DVI limits (and even then they use Dual-Link connectors so DL cables will still fit).

[Oshino Shinobu]

Unless your GPU is ancient, it should use dual-link. Not all of them are, but if it was made within the last decade, it's almost certainly going to use dual link. 

[apaydinabdul]

2 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

well the answer to that question is no

You're such a funny guy. Really.

2 hours ago, Glenwing said:

All motherboard devices (and output devices in general) have Dual-Link DVI, that I know of. No one puts Single-Link DVI ports on anything except monitors when their specs are within Single-Link DVI limits (and even then they use Dual-Link connectors so DL cables will still fit).

That second thing you say is true, didn't know why I hadn't thought about that! Thx man.

1 hour ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Unless your GPU is ancient, it should use dual-link. Not all of them are, but if it was made within the last decade, it's almost certainly going to use dual link. 

Well, the GPU is good. I was just wondering if my monitor would support it, but it does. Thanks anyway!

[Bananasplit_00]

On 2017-03-05 at 1:04 AM, Glenwing said:

All motherboard devices (and output devices in general) have Dual-Link DVI, that I know of. No one puts Single-Link DVI ports on anything except monitors when their specs are within Single-Link DVI limits (and even then they use Dual-Link connectors so DL cables will still fit).

i have sevral GPUs(well i sold most of them already) that have single link on them, my GTX 660 FTW has a single link DIV-D, and i think my 970 has one aswell(havent checked recently though)

[apaydinabdul]

1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i have sevral GPUs(well i sold most of them already) that have single link on them, my GTX 660 FTW has a single link DIV-D, and i think my 970 has one aswell(havent checked recently though)

I'm getting NVIDIA Pascal. So that's OK.

[Glenwing]

7 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i have sevral GPUs(well i sold most of them already) that have single link on them, my GTX 660 FTW has a single link DIV-D, and i think my 970 has one aswell(havent checked recently though)

Yeah, I know there were a few XFX AMD cards as well, but on the whole it's pretty unusual.