Dvi gpu on vga monitor

[Kola2842]

Hi !!
My friend has Dell in 1910n. As shown below it has vga connection.
He wanna buy a gpu which has only dvi and hdmi connector.
So what to do now ?
Any kind of converter ?
If yes then any problem with that??

Please help.

[whitestar_999]

Buy Dvi Male To VGA Female Converter Adapter | Lowest prices on Electronics at Rediff Shopping.

never used one so can't say about problems but such adapters are very common.

[clmlbx]

first of all why do he need to buy Gpu with only Dvi and Hdmi ports..

If he does not know then their are many Graphic cards available with all three ports(vga,Dvi and Hdmi)

If you want Gpu suggestion then pls mention Budget and make and model of PSU

[ico]

I have DVI-I to VGA converter cable. It works fine.

Just for the note, the four pins on the left you are seeing are the reason why you can get VGA out of DVI-I. These four pins carry analog signals. You can't get VGA out of DVI-D because it lacks these four pins.

[Kola2842]

^^like below ?


@clmblx actually the local shop we looked at had only those kind of gpu thats why i asked here.

[ico]

^^ yes...like that.

[Kola2842]

Ok . . . So there will not be any problem and it is same as vga gpu Right??

Thanks for help... .

[topgear]

^^ don't worry too much .. most of the gfx card package comes with a DVI to VGA converter Dongle



look at the thingy on the bottom left corner - just use that

[Kola2842]

Thank you .

[Kola2842]

Ok i got Sapphire HD 6790 . . .for 9000/-

and i got dongle with it , works fine.

[guru_urug]

9k for HD 6790!! You could have got a HD 6850 in the same price!!

[topgear]

^^ yep, HD6790 is priced around ~7.9-8.2 at max

@ Kola2842 - congrats on the purchase - so what's model name of the Sapphire HD6790 you got and where from you bought it.

[008Rohit]

Lol.. Kola got robbed.

HD 6850 is available for 9.2K, dude.

[d6bmg]

^^ Now exactly. Price differs from place to place. BTW, congrats on your new purchase!

[Kola2842]

Originally Posted by topgear

^^ yep, HD6790 is priced around ~7.9-8.2 at max

@ Kola2842 - congrats on the purchase - so what's model name of the Sapphire HD6790 you got and where from you bought it.

hmm so i spoiled 1000/- ok next time i'll explore everywhere.
Also i'm gonna start online shopping.


Its Radeon hd6790 GDDR5. And i got it from Lucknow.

Originally Posted by d6bmg

^^ Now exactly. Price differs from place to place. BTW, congrats on your new purchase!

thanks....

Originally Posted by 008Rohit

Lol.. Kola got robbed.

HD 6850 is available for 9.2K, dude.

I Accept.
But taking it as (bad) Experience , promise for good next time.

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by Kola2842

Ok i got Sapphire HD 6790 . . .for 9000/-

and i got dongle with it , works fine.

as told by topgear it vga to dvi converter is packaged with card...I also got with my HD5770 so no worries

[topgear]

Originally Posted by Kola2842

hmm so i spoiled 1000/- ok next time i'll explore everywhere.
Also i'm gonna start online shopping.

Its Radeon hd6790 GDDR5. And i got it from Lucknow.

thanks....

I Accept.
But taking it as (bad) Experience , promise for good next time.

ok ... thanks for the info - from next time just be careful and if you have any doubts about any products price just ask in the forum before making the purchase