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What happens when I plug a DVi Single Link to a DVi Dual Link?

roy12
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The monitor that I currently have is quite old and I am saving up my money for a new monitor. There is only a VGA and DVI Single link on this monitor, since my Mobo only has Dual-Link and HDMI I chose to use the single link due to the fact that I cant plug into the dual link. I'm not quite sure what will happen tho. Could anyone tell me what happens when I plug a DVI Single Link to a DVI Dual Link?

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6 minutes ago, roy12 said:

The monitor that I currently have is quite old and I am saving up my money for a new monitor. There is only a VGA and DVI Single link on this monitor, since my Mobo only has Dual-Link and HDMI I chose to use the single link due to the fact that I cant plug into the dual link. I'm not quite sure what will happen tho. Could anyone tell me what happens when I plug a DVI Single Link to a DVI Dual Link?

Your computer will blow up and burn everything you have ever loved to ashes. /s

 

It'll be fine. Single-Link DVI supports a maximum of 1920x1200 @ 60Hz, whereas Dual-Link DVI supports up to 2560x1600 @ 60Hz.

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