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I have a Dell computer with a VGA card. I am getting a new monitor. What
advantages are there for getting a DVI card with the DVI connector to
the monitor?
 
Digital Visual Interface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI

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| I have a Dell computer with a VGA card. I am getting a new monitor. What
| advantages are there for getting a DVI card with the DVI connector to
| the monitor?
 
Thanks. My question is that now I have a VGA monitor, and my new monitor is coming tomorrow. Okay, DVI will show
better pictures. Will the picture quality with my VGA card be so noticably poor that I will have to get the DVI
card?
 
You will not see a discernable difference using a VGA connection vs. a DVI.
I would highly recommend installing the ClearType Tuner PowerToy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

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| Thanks. My question is that now I have a VGA monitor, and my new monitor is coming tomorrow. Okay, DVI will show
| better pictures. Will the picture quality with my VGA card be so noticably poor that I will have to get the DVI
| card?
 
That depends on too many variables. And everyone's perception of quality
is different. You'll have to try both connections and see which you prefer.

BTW, VGA is not a type of monitor. It's a type of video resolution. Any
monitor can run on VGA. You probably mean that you currently have an
analog connection, and you want to know if a digital connection will
look better to you.
 
VGA is a type of monitor! Just like CGA, EGA.. If you have a VGA card and a
CGA monitor, you could not run it in VGA mode.
 
Sorry, but it is a display mode not a piece of hardware.

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| VGA is a type of monitor!
 
PaulM said:
VGA is a type of monitor!
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No, that isn't accurate. VGA is a video standard, a display
mode/resolution.

What you are calling a "VGA Monitor" is simply a loose way of saying a
monitor that supports that VGA Standard.

Just like CGA, EGA..
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The same is true there. Those are video standards.

If you have a VGA card
and a CGA monitor, you could not run it in VGA mode.
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True. What's required to run VGA is both a monitor and a video card that
supports the standard.
 
Thanks.

Why do you recommend ClearType? I can read text fine. With my new LCD Monitor, will this be necessary?
 
Thanks. ClearType is necessary for LCD monitors!

Sanford said:
Thanks.

Why do you recommend ClearType? I can read text fine. With my new LCD Monitor, will this be necessary?
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