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05-15-2014 , 06:27 AM

Cornish Mafia

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Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 390

Hi - so I have just purchased a second monitor which is the same as my first (Dell U2412M) and I have a question about video inputs.

My video card only has one DVI, one VGA and one HD input which means that my second monitor running on the VGA looks a lot differnt to my DVI one as the output quality is inferior. I bought a DVI to VGA adapter thinking I could run a a DVI from the monitor and adapt it to the VGA input but it deosn't regsiter.

My question is: is there a way around this or do I need a new video card with dual DVI?

Thanks!

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05-15-2014 , 12:41 PM

MarcoSilva92

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Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 734

Ok,so, just to clarify, your video card has one DVI,one VGA, and on HD(HDMI?) OUTPUT?

If it was an HDMI output, use that one. VGA to DVI adapter won't do anything, as the output will still be analog.

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05-15-2014 , 01:08 PM

Cornish Mafia

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Originally Posted by MarcoSilva92

Yes that's correct - ok, cool will try the hdmi. thanks

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05-15-2014 , 04:09 PM

MarcoSilva92

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Originally Posted by Cornish Mafia

Yes that's correct - ok, cool will try the hdmi. thanks

Good luck

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05-21-2014 , 07:37 PM

CCarsons

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Did you try changing the resolutions? There's no reason why the VGA and DVI shouldn't be able to output the same res in this case.

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