Sapphire RX 470 display adapter

[Blaze88]

Hi all and thanks in advance for the help. I'm getting a Sapphire RX 470 nitro 8Gb soon and my problem is my monitor is vga I can't afford to buy the "active display adapters" so any other suggestions ? So far I've found an HP VGA to Display Port Adapter this is the link for the adapter http://www.pclinkcomputers.co.za/index.php?route=product/product&path=1_13_23&product_id=14842

would it work? Any suggestions welcomed

 

[EarthDog]

I dont think you need an active adapater... a passive should be fine.. im assuming 1080p 60hz, yes?

 

[Blaze88]

Yes that's the resolution I want so would the HP Adapter suffice for the sapphire rx 470 ?

 

[Sentential]

It might or might not it depends on how AMD has their HDCP configured. It is possible that even with the correct adapter no video will display because of that

 

[Blaze88]

So I should think about getting an hdmi monitor I just need to game at 1080p 60Hz

 

[Sentential]

That's going to be the easiest solution to be honest. Monitors at that resolution are cheap enough now that by the time you purchase adapters to keep the monitor afloat you'll have spent almost as much as to replace it.

 

[Blaze88]

Thanks guys my problem solved use my backup
nVidia gt240 lol until I buy a monitor then its hammer time

 

[EarthDog]

Adapters are like $10 ($30 if active)... Monitors are like $75-100 new.

Can you explain or link the HDCP and why that matters in this case?

 

[Blaze88]

the rx 470 uses hdmi 2.0b right so over here there's no DL DVI-D adapters or monitors for sale there's only really highly priced hdmi monitors like a 19.5" (very low res 1366x768) vga sells for around r1200