DVI vs VGA

http://live.pirillo.com/ - Should you go DVI or stick with VGA? Well, if you get a new video card that only supports DVI you could go with a DVI-to-VGA adapter. Which one is better? That all depends.

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[sd9800]

3:34 what???? i must be going mad did he really say lcd dose not have a screen refresh rate???

[XSpaceStormX]

I have VGA LED 1080p monitor, picture is good, even though its analog.

[davdua1991]

@XSpaceStormX people always bash 1080p vga, but it think if it would be such a quality hit they wouldn't sell it.

[RedofYellow]

I'm using a 20" 1600 x 900 through VGA and there is not much difference between using with my 32" LCD LED Sony Bravia with HDMI.

[FudgeNuts751]

I just switched from VGA to DVI. I just tested it on MW3 High Graphics, and well, it is such a difference I can not explain with words...

[nothin240]

So if my LCD dosent have a refresh rate... why does it say... "refresh rate 60hertz"

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[monjinda]

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[TheFuggedaboutit]

Guys go DVI! VGA is old technology...

[AuroralAscendancy]

@DefectedSalvations Not any huge difference I guess, I haven't got that and it's high quality anyways. Even my connections to my soundcard isn't goldplated. I guess it makes a pretty minor difference, but if you'd like to. Since gold is a noble metal it won't need any more electrons and therefore it transfer electricity better... but that's on atom level :) If I'd chose I'd pick goldplated though.

[DefectedSalvations]

@AuroralAscendancy but would you suggest all my connections have gold plated connectors ?

[DefectedSalvations]

@AuroralAscendancy Ah k thanks for the info :) ... I use Firewire M-audio and my belief is the sound must be leaking into the Firewire at times . Going to buy a cord with better shielding . advanced nitrogen gas-injected cellular dielectric, Xtra Low Noise construction and high-density, triple-layer shielding to help reject interference and deliver fast and accurate signal transfer

[AuroralAscendancy]

@DefectedSalvations As in noise I meant visual distortions, not in sound. Switching to DVI won't affect the sound, the sound you heard probably is a disturbence in the signal from your soundcard to the speakers. Happens with grounded cables or with RCA cables when a cold front mears a hot one. What will happen if you switch to DVI is that you get a pure digital signal instead of an analog one. It doesn't make a huge difference, except for some people who experience less picture noise.