Neil,
My bad. Mike popped up and told me to check my box. Sure enough, I did find
the DVI-DVI cable still in a sealed baggy! I'll put it on my project list
for testing this year................
I'm still so happy with the VGA of this panel, I have not thought about DVI
at all! This 20in WS is so nice, I may just pop for the 24in WS for the
new, improved gaming PC! It never ends.......Cha! Ching!!
Sorry,
Duncan
At 20:46 01/03/2009 +0000, you wrote:
You mean the Dell didn't come with a DVI cable? I would have thought it
should, my Dell 24" I got a year and a half ago came with both.
I don't know what the 20" panels are like, but my 24" is a lot better with
DVI than it was on VGA. Granted I went from a laptop with integrated Intel
graphics to a nVidia Quadro which probably helped too.
Neil.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DHSinclair
Sent: 03 January 2009 18:28
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] DVI-VGA adapters
Neil,
That explanation and link completely blew away all the smoke! I will move
forward as though all 3 adapters are compatible. Yes, I still operate in
the analog video modes because my KVM switch will only switch the old
15-pin DSub type of cable(s).
My new Dell 20in WS panel does have the DVI connector, but I do not have a
DVI-DVI cable to play with yet................ :)
One day soon, I may start a search for KVM switches that use USB
(kbd/mouse) and digital video switching.
Thank you so much. The Collective does rule!!
Happy New Year!!!!
Duncan
At 18:14 01/03/2009 +0000, you wrote:
>All you need to know (and more) about DVI can be found on Wikipedia (just
>like everything else :)
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface
>
>the four pins either side of the blade are the analogue signal. Some of the
>other pins contain analogue signals as part of the VGA/DVI spec. It's
though
>these pins that monitors detect whether a cable is connected to a card and
>vice versa.
>
>MSI/GW Adapter is purely DVI-A or Analogue only. This is fine, this is all
>it needs to be.
>
>The eVga has all the pin on the DVI side, but the digital connections won't
>be attached to anything on the analogue side, i guess it's just a standard
>part they have chosen to use when manufacturing the adapter.
>
>Hope this makes sense.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DHSinclair
>Sent: 03 January 2009 16:53
>To: Hardware Group
>Subject: [H] DVI-VGA adapters
>
>Have noticed that most new video cards now come only with DVI connectors.
>If lucky, there will be an adapter in the box to convert the DVI connector
>back to the older VGA 15-pin DSub connector.
>This is fine. And, yes, I do understand that video cards may now come with
>HDMI connections also.
>
>So, I now have these 3 DVI-VGA adapters. One from an old Gainward card of
>~2000, one from an eVga FX5500 of 2004, and now one from a new MSI R4670 of
>2008. I am confused about these adapters. 2 (the GW and the MSI) are the
>same. The eVga adapter is different. It is the number of pins on the DVI
>side ... !!!
>
>(MSI adapter) L->R
>What I call the DVI locator; 2 top, wide blade middle, 2 bottom.
>3 top, 3 middle, 2 bottom, 1 missing from this block of 9.
>3 top missing, 3 middle missing, 3 bottom missing.
>2 top, 2 middle missing, 2 bottom.
>
>(GW adapter) L->R
>What I call the DVI locator; 2 top, wide blade middle, 2 bottom.
>block of 9 pins; 3 top, 3 middle, 2 bottom w/1missing pin (lower right)
>blank space in middle (perhaps 6 pins worth)
>block of 9 pins; 1 missing and 2 pins top, 3 pins missing middle, 1 missing
>and 2 pins bottom.
>
>(The eVga adapter) L->R
>What I call the DVI locator; 2 top, wide blade middle, 2 bottom.
>full array of 24 pins; 8 top, 8 middle, and 8 bottom.
>
>I really wish to hope all 3 adapters are compatible? I searched the web
>but have not found much info about these adapters except some odd warnings
>of incompatibilities. I'll accept that conversion of the DVI connector to
>the 15-pin DSub VGA connector may affect video quality.
>
>Any information, links, opinions are welcome. I have not ever used a DVI
>based video cable yet. I have never even seen one!
>Thank you,
>Duncan
