DVI Cable ?

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

I was wondering is it worth upgrading from a standard monitor cable to a DVI cable?

Would it improve the quality at all?

Majorharper · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:01 pm

Yes greatly, I have the difference myself having two monitors, and my video card has DVI and normal, and I use DVI monitor for gaming, and normal for msn, fb, xfire, vent, skype. You see the difference in colors, by a whole lot, especially the white balance, it will also be easier on your eyes, without you knowing. It's worth it believe me

KillAndChill · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 770 **Location:**

you lose a little quality with VGA cables due to conversions between digital and analog

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

Thanks for the reply guys

Azilius · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 4236 **Location:** CS:GO

If you can notice the difference you must have some insane vision going on or an unconventional monitor of some sort =\

Cables are a dime a dozen so doing an A/B test should be easy as pie, as in plug in one and try to guess if it's DVI or VGA.

cpinney · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:12 pm

and for the love of god don't buy some over priced crap hdmi cable.

Majorharper · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:27 pm

Azilius wrote:

If you can notice the difference you must have some insane vision going on or an unconventional monitor of some sort =\

Cables are a dime a dozen so doing an A/B test should be easy as pie, as in plug in one and try to guess if it's DVI or VGA.

Actually I can especially for grey stuff, and there is a fuzzy thing on my VGA screen that I can see. Yes I have perfect eye sight. /No sarcasm /No joke /Took tests for my pilot license

William-CL · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 7363 **Location:** N/A

There is. VGA is super outdated and is Analog. I hate when people say there is no difference. Makes it look a little more crisp.
Saying VGA = DVi is like saying weed = tobacco.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Told my dad to get an HDMI cable. He bought a 75$ one.

wtf i thought they were 20?

rumblemilitia · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 357 **Location:**

There is a big diffrence between analog and digital out.Not only quality also performance.Digital out reduced ghost effect a lot.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:16 am

.Ex wrote:

Told my dad to get an HDMI cable. He bought a 75$ one.

wtf i thought they were 20?

lol yeah, what brand is that tho?

satman83 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 9541 **Location:** London

.Ex wrote:

Told my dad to get an HDMI cable. He bought a 75$ one.

wtf i thought they were 20?

wow 20 for HDMI cables? :shock:

I got 3, 2 meter cables for £5 each (2 blu-ray players + gaming use) and they are amazing

Azilius · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 4236 **Location:** CS:GO

Master_of_Puppets wrote:

Azilius wrote:

If you can notice the difference you must have some insane vision going on or an unconventional monitor of some sort =\

Cables are a dime a dozen so doing an A/B test should be easy as pie, as in plug in one and try to guess if it's DVI or VGA.

Actually I can especially for grey stuff, and there is a fuzzy thing on my VGA screen that I can see. Yes I have perfect eye sight. /No sarcasm /No joke /Took tests for my pilot license

A lot of the time when you get a 'fuzzy' effect from VGA, it is because your refresh rate is not set properly. Most LCD monitors refresh at 60 Hz and VGA will often default to 75 Hz. Most gfx card drivers have ways of changing the refresh rate, and I'd say try that to see if it gets rid of the blur. Also changing phase/clock settings on your monitor can greatly alter the quality between VGA and DVI. With optimal settings you really shouldn't notice a difference, that being said, some monitors just don't do the conversion and other processing as well as more mainstream monitors and loss of quality does ensue.

I'd really just go with a simple A/B test..and potentially save yourself money (buying new cable or monitor or whatever).

satman83 wrote:

.Ex wrote:

Told my dad to get an HDMI cable. He bought a 75$ one.

wtf i thought they were 20?

wow 20 for HDMI cables? :shock:

I got 3, 2 meter cables for £5 each (2 blu-ray players + gaming use) and they are amazing

Yup, companies like monster cable charge like 1000% more than they should..simply because they can and people buy their shit. It's unfortunate they also try to justify their price by saying there is a difference when in reality all HDMI cables are the same in signal quality..

William-CL · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 7363 **Location:** N/A

Azilius wrote:

satman83 wrote:

.Ex wrote:

Told my dad to get an HDMI cable. He bought a 75$ one.

wtf i thought they were 20?

wow 20 for HDMI cables? :shock:

I got 3, 2 meter cables for £5 each (2 blu-ray players + gaming use) and they are amazing

Yup, companies like monster cable charge like 1000% more than they should..simply because they can and people buy their shit. It's unfortunate they also try to justify their price by saying there is a difference when in reality all HDMI cables are the same in signal quality..

Nope. Gold HDMI sends those 1's and 0's much faster than a regular one.

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