any benefit from DVI cable over D-Sub cable?

[Rich'[ard]]

hey guys.
i went to my friend's house for a bit of a mini Lan today.
then i realised, everybody except me was using the white-heat DVI cable, while i was still using the D-sub cable.

they said they DVI cable can give you higher resolutions, but after i switched (as i set my PC back up at home) i find no difference.

am i missing something, like the quality of the DVI cable over the D-Sub cable?

what's the difference between the 2, or is it just that the D-Sub needs an adaptor on my 4850, while the DVI doesn't?

[nd4spdbh2]

dvi is a digital interface and will provide a crisper higher quality picture.

[Mr.Guvernment]

some people see it, some donty

as said, d-sub is analgue, youer video card has to convert the digital signal, to analogue and out


use DVI, no reason not too, on my lcd's DVi does give a far more crisp image, also with d-sub on some lcd's i have had d-sub almost seems delayed or sometimes draws a line in the middle of my screen in fast movement.


Your video card is digital
Your LCD is likely Digital

Why get Analogue involved?

[Rich'[ard]]

some people see it, some donty

as said, d-sub is analgue, youer video card has to convert the digital signal, to analogue and out


use DVI, no reason not too, on my lcd's DVi does give a far more crisp image, also with d-sub on some lcd's i have had d-sub almost seems delayed or sometimes draws a line in the middle of my screen in fast movement.


Your video card is digital
Your LCD is likely Digital

Why get Analogue involved?
haha. i have no ****ing idea why i was using D-Sub :p

yeh my monitor is a BenQ FP222W, 22" widescreen.

it has both D-Sub and DVI input.

before i switched to DVI, my games looked kinda dull, but i thought that was my LCD. but maybe it's just the cable. i'll game a bit later and see if there's any diff.

and yeh, my GPU and Monitor are both Digital.
i think the reason why i used D-Sub was because i thought you had to use that little adapter thiingo that comes with the GPU.

[Neuromancer]

The only difference I have noticed between DVi, HDMI and VGA, is VGA and HDMI cables last forever. For some reason I have 3 DVI cables 2 of which are dead.

[Rich'[ard]]

The only difference I have noticed between DVi, HDMI and VGA, is VGA and HDMI cables last forever. For some reason I have 3 DVI cables 2 of which are dead.
mm, i see

i don't think my Monitor is good enough for me to notice a difference between D-Sub and DVI. the screen itself isn't a high end screen, as it was one of the cheaper Monitors with a good brand name that i could buy at the time. (2 years ago).
didn't want crap like Chenmei :santa:

[Nhut Pham]

I notice a difference when using HDMI or VGA on my 1080p display, but I would say for the most part VGA looks BETTER. I think since I'm using a TV it's a little more picky about scaling and such compared to regular monitors, but the text will be different size, and the color will be somewhat different.

In the end, I use HDMI, but it's mostly because of the additional settings on the tv for HDMI that allows me to more easily set the colors how I like and that I don't have to deal with screen auto-adjust.

My experience says that it's going to be personal preference for most LCD's.

[ratbuddy]

Running my 1080p set on a 25 foot VGA cable yielded a picture identical (pixel perfect, I checked) to running a 6 foot HDMI cable. If the analog connection is working fine, no need to mess with it. People who say they can see a difference either have a crummy monitor/TV or are imagining things.

[Mr.Guvernment]

I notice a difference when using HDMI or VGA on my 1080p display, but I would say for the most part VGA looks BETTER. I think since I'm using a TV it's a little more picky about scaling and such compared to regular monitors, but the text will be different size, and the color will be somewhat different.

In the end, I use HDMI, but it's mostly because of the additional settings on the tv for HDMI that allows me to more easily set the colors how I like and that I don't have to deal with screen auto-adjust.

My experience says that it's going to be personal preference for most LCD's.



I have this same issue!

my sony 32' bravia, when using VGA things look clean and crisp and nice, when i use an HDMI out from my 4890 via a dvi to HDMI cable (tried 2) it doesnt look so great as it does with VGA...

[ratbuddy]

I have this same issue!

my sony 32' bravia, when using VGA things look clean and crisp and nice, when i use an HDMI out from my 4890 via a dvi to HDMI cable (tried 2) it doesnt look so great as it does with VGA...

Did ya adjust overscan to 0 in the ATI control panel thingy? Sometimes it defaults to using some, and that makes the TV scale the image, making it look poopy.

[nightelph]

I've had my share of sync issues using analog, never with digital, thats why it gets my preference.

[Rich'[ard]]

i've been using DVI since last week, and so far so good.
my monitor's picture looks no different i guess. but at least i don't have a chunky adapter hanging out of my 4850 now :p

[MadMan007]

A crappy D-sub cable will look worse but that's about it imo. It is worth trying both though because every setup is different and some monitors may have a better or worse analog-digital conversion.

[Mr.Guvernment]

Did ya adjust overscan to 0 in the ATI control panel thingy? Sometimes it defaults to using some, and that makes the TV scale the image, making it look poopy.

dont think i ever did.. have to remeber that one.

[ratbuddy]

dont think i ever did.. have to remeber that one.

Thar she blows :beer: