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What kind of cable do you use to connect your video card to your monitor?

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Old Oct 12, 2016 | 03:59 PM
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Default What kind of cable do you use to connect your video card to your monitor?

HDMI, DVI or VGA? Is one better than the other?
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Old Oct 12, 2016 | 04:33 PM
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In order to get my computer monitor to display on the television, I set up my tape camcorder in front of the monitor. Then hook my special 12' rca cable into the real-time video output on the camcorder. Plug the cables into the vcr, turn to channel 3 and BAM virtual Solitaire from the comfort of the couch. I also tried to play NHL '94 but it can be really laggy. Hope this helps.
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Old Oct 12, 2016 | 05:45 PM
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-HDMI

-DVI-D

-DVI-A

-VGA

-RCA

In that order. It's difficult to tell the difference between DVI-A and DVI-D from the cable, you have to look at the pins and compare to an online guide. However the quality difference is rather large. DVI-A is closer in quality to VGA than HDMI.
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Old Oct 12, 2016 | 06:59 PM
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Display port.
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Old Oct 12, 2016 | 11:07 PM
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HDMI.
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 05:44 AM
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Dual display port. I found not only better display over DVI, but better reliability in connectivity and detection. I did however have to throw away the cables that came with my Samsung monitors. They were cheap crap.
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 06:05 AM
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VGA
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