Fitting a VGA-shaped peg into a DVI-shaped hole?

Running Rampant · January 21st, 2007

Hi guys, I've been considering obtaining this fine example of a great value graphics card -

DabsValue NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2xDVI (I-7950GT-H5GTCS)

But as its a DVI only connection and my monitor uses VGA, I was wondering whether using a VGA-DVI connecter wil have any negative effects when gaming, watching videos, etc?

polobunny · January 21st, 2007

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Originally Posted by Running Rampant

Hi guys, I've been considering obtaining this fine example of a great value graphics card -

DabsValue NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2xDVI (I-7950GT-H5GTCS)

But as its a DVI only connection and my monitor uses VGA, I was wondering whether using a VGA-DVI connecter wil have any negative effects when gaming, watching videos, etc?

Should not if your monitor comes with a quality cable. The difference between DVI and VGA are really really small anyway, unlike in the past. Unless you are a professional photographer, you probably won't notice a difference. Also there's no speed issue whatsover and no "blur" induced unlike some people might tell you.

Quakindude · January 21st, 2007

No issues at all. And the card should come with adapters too. I've never heard of Dabsvalue before though.

polobunny · January 21st, 2007

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Originally Posted by Quakindude

No issues at all. And the card should come with adapters too. I've never heard of Dabsvalue before though.

Me neither, but my experience with Great Britain is somewhat limited. :P

Running Rampant · January 21st, 2007

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Originally Posted by Quakindude

No issues at all. And the card should come with adapters too. I've never heard of Dabsvalue before though.

Dabs.com Is a very good UK computer components eTailer, in fact its where I intend to buy all of the components my new build from, a little like newegg.com I suppose.

From what I gather, Dabsvalue is just a line of products that Dabs have selected from they're range of suppliers to sell at marked down prices. I've compared the card to others that are priced in excess of £200 and it seems that it has the same specifications. I looked at the specs and the price and thought "why pay more?"

Cyberlon · January 21st, 2007

The nicest thing about the whole situation: you won't have to consider a different video card if you upgrade to a monitor that utilizes the DVI connector. VGA should be fine for you now, but your future upgrades are not going to be limited.

**gvblake22** · January 22nd, 2007

I run an analog VGA monitor on a dual Dual-Link DVI card (X1950 Pro) using a DVI to VGA adapter without any problems at all.

January 21st, 2007	#1
Running Rampant Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 50	Fitting a VGA-shaped peg into a DVI-shaped hole? Hi guys, I've been considering obtaining this fine example of a great value graphics card - DabsValue NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2xDVI (I-7950GT-H5GTCS) But as its a DVI only connection and my monitor uses VGA, I was wondering whether using a VGA-DVI connecter wil have any negative effects when gaming, watching videos, etc? Pentium 4 2.8GHz (FSB 533) Elite L4S5MG3 Mobo 2x512 PC2100 RAM Sapphire ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 256MB GDDR3 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 HDD 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 HDD Lite-On CD-RW/DVD-ROM LTC-48161H Sony DVD-RW DRU-800A Sumvision 550W PSU Creative i-Trigue 3330 2.1 Speakers Samsung SyncMaster 913n 19" LCD Monitor Windows XP SP2

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Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Fitting a VGA-shaped peg into a DVI-shaped hole? No issues at all. And the card should come with adapters too. I've never heard of Dabsvalue before though. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

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gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,360 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Fitting a VGA-shaped peg into a DVI-shaped hole? I run an analog VGA monitor on a dual Dual-Link DVI card (X1950 Pro) using a DVI to VGA adapter without any problems at all.

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