[SOLVED] I plan on buying a videocard and i need help

[GabrielTheNoob]

i plan on buying a gt 730 and i dont know if i am supposed to plug the monitor cable into the gpu or the motherboard?

my monitor has a vga port and a dvi-d port and the gpu has a hdmi and dvi-i
i am using a vga cable connected to the motherboard

what adaptor should i buy or what cable?

 

[Lutfij]

Plug cable into the discrete GPU, not the motherboard's display outputs. Make and model of your Montior?

 

[GabrielTheNoob]

Plug cable into the discrete GPU, not the motherboard's display outputs. Make and model of your Montior?

i have a dell as501
what is a discrete gpu

 

[SkyNetRising]

what is a discrete gpu

Gt 730 is discrete gpu. Use DVI-D cable to connect monitor to graphics card.

 

[GabrielTheNoob]

Gt 730 is discrete gpu. Use DVI-D cable to connect monitor to graphics card.

can you link me an cable or adaptor?

 

[SkyNetRising]

This one - for example:

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Benfei...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 

[GabrielTheNoob]

This one - for example:

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Benfei...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

dvi-d works in dvi-i?

 

[SkyNetRising]

dvi-d works in dvi-i?

Yes.

To clarify - DVI-D cable works in DVI-I sockets.
But for example DVI-I cable will not fit into DVI-D sockets.

 

[GabrielTheNoob]

Yes.

thanks

 

[DankM]

I do recommend using dvi-d dual link if the graphics card you are getting/already got, so you get a better quality and support 144hz.