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ahh! no dvi!!!!!!!

Fri Aug 16, 2002 9:38 pm

i just ordered online a gainward card (ti4200 128mb) from gameve.com. I was happy until i realized the one i ordered had no dvi. is this a serious problem? i don't plan to buy any lcds for a long time, but i was wondering if i lost something valuable by having no dvi.
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 12:48 am

does it have two vga instead?
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:58 am

nope just tv-out and vga..... so is this card good without dvi?
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 10:12 am

I don't think it would make any difference without DVI. If you plan on using an LCD you always get a converter.
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 11:19 am

Yes, but the converter wont have DIGITAL, and god knows everyone wants DIGITAL.
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 2:30 pm

so is dvi only for lcds? I dont plan to buy lcds, and just use plain monitors. so does not having dvi matter?
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 3:16 pm

As long as you aren't looking to run dual monitor or a digital LCD, you won't be missing it.
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Sat Aug 17, 2002 4:59 pm

great thanks!!!!! my card is coming in a couple of days... i so can't wait for it!
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Sun Aug 18, 2002 7:49 am

i have another question. what is a dvi-to-crt converter? does it change dvi signal to vga? if it does is this quality higher or the same as just plugging into a vga port? and does leadtek WinFast A250 LE TD contain a dvi-to-crt converter in its package?
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Sun Aug 18, 2002 8:08 am

DVI has a lot of pins. The DVI ports on some video cards are DVI-A, which means that they also have the same analog signals that you are used to for VGA in addition to the digital signals. An adapter (such as used with ATI's cards) just brings those analog signals out to a conventional 15-pin VGA connector. These cheap devices are not doing any signal conversion. If you plug one into a DVI-D port (which is strictly digital), you won't get a picture.

You may have to dig in the video card specifications a bit to find out if it will handle two CRTs. NVidia's "Twinview" or ATI's "Hydravision" includes this feature.
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