GTX 660 TI Surround using DVI-I to VGA adapter

[princeofpersia2012]

Hello everyone.

I have a GTX 660 TI and I'm using an old monitor that only has a VGA connection. I'm using an DVI-I to VGA adapter that looks exactly like this one to connect the monitor to my graphics card.
Now, I want to get a triple-monitor setup using 3 of these monitors and would like to know if I can use that same adapter to connect one of the monitors and use surround.
If it's not possible to use that adapter, would I need to buy an Displayport to hdmi adapter?

 

[cirdecus]

You can't as far as I know. Those extra PINS that are missing you actually need. Surround I believe uses the bandwidth of Dual-Link DVI which VGA simply can't handle. Even a Display Port to DVI needs a powered adapter in some cases.

 

[princeofpersia2012]

You can't as far as I know. Those extra PINS that are missing you actually need. Surround I believe uses the bandwidth of Dual-Link DVI which VGA simply can't handle. Even a Display Port to DVI needs a powered adapter in some cases.

So to get surround to work I would need to buy an active displayport to hdmi adapter, like this one?

 

[cirdecus]

Sorry I misunderstood at first. I thought you were going to try and use a VGA only monitor in surround mode.

The monitors you linked can all be used with DVI cables. So you would use 2 DVI ports and 1 Display port on your video card. The display port will need one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999032&cm_re=display_port_DVI-_-14-999-032-_-Product

Then each monitor would have a DVI cable connected to it, with one of those going into the adapter and then into your video card's display port

 

[cirdecus]

here is a really good guide to help you:

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/how-to-correctly-configure-geforce-gtx-680-surround#2

 

[princeofpersia2012]

Sorry I misunderstood at first. I thought you were going to try and use a VGA only monitor in surround mode.

The monitors you linked can all be used with DVI cables. So you would use 2 DVI ports and 1 Display port on your video card. The display port will need one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999032&cm_re=display_port_DVI-_-14-999-032-_-Product

Then each monitor would have a DVI cable connected to it, with one of those going into the adapter and then into your video card's display port

The problem is the card has a DVI-D and a DVI-I output. But the monitors input is DVI-D. So I can only connect from DVI-D to DVI-D and not DVI-I to DVI-D.

 

[princeofpersia2012]

Oh wait nevermind, I can just put a DVI-D cable into the DVI-I output from the graphics card and then connect it to the DVI-D input on the monitor, right?

 

[princeofpersia2012]

And why do I need to use a Displayport adapter? Can't I use 2x DVI and a HDMI?