DVI cable

crossed_wires

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Is getting a DVI cable worth it? The new monitor I bought has an input and I noticed that my video card has one as well. Is the picture quality a huge difference compared to the standard VGA cable? Even to the layperson?
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In a situation like this, it's up to the user...

do you pay for the cable? I think it's worth it over analog, but others may not.

If it were me, I'd go DVI.

 

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Yes, I would be paying for the cable. Just wondering if its a significant difference, like comparing a VCR's picture quality to a DVD, or if its not that extreme.

 

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It can be, it depends on the monitor though

 

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The good news is the 10$ cables perform as well as the 99$ cables. So get a cheap one.

http://www.dcables.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=52&gclid=CNX-8NXp14cCFS8ROAodSz_how

I think the higher resolution (or if you watch DVD's) the more you can notice it.

If you are looking at your screen and can not imagine how it could look any better you might not need one.

 

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You can get good DVI cables from New Egg cheap.
For liike more then half, from lets say Comp Usa.
There is a big diffrence with DVI.

 

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There is a big diffrence with DVI.

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Big price difference right? Not so much quality.

 

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dfonda said:

Big price difference right? Not so much quality.

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Sorry yes price LOL.

There is a nice quality difference, you will see it....

 

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There is a difference in quality. I'm not sure it's a 'huge' difference, but it's there. If you can find a cheap DVI cable, I would definitly do it. (Don't bother with the more pricey ones, it's a digital signal so it won't matter)

 

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I'm sold, DVI is the way to go.

 

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When I had a 7800GS, I don't think I noticed a difference between DVI and VGA. But now my video card has dual DVI, so I can't really say.

The Xbox 360 has VGA output, and that looks really good.

The nice thing about DVI is that you don't have to "tweak" the image on your monitor to make it perfect.