I was using a HDMI to VGA cable and everything was fine. I recently switched to a DVI connector and screen is black. Help me

[taimoorbaig382]

Heading explains all. Btw I have a gtx 1

050ti.

[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/k5Z3B3R.jpg)
https://i.imgur.com/AIrcU5V.jpg

 

[taimoorbaig382]

Everybody wait. Let me be clear. So just wait and watch

 

[Barty1884]

^ id say it looks like a hundred active adapters I've seen

The black cable coming from it though looks in a terrible state of repair.

:lol: nevermind, you're right. I'm not sure what I was thinking.... It must be the angle of the pic; I thought it looked too thin on the VGA end......

 

[taimoorbaig382]

^ id say it looks like a hundred active adapters I've seen

The black cable coming from it though looks in a terrible state of repair.

:lol: nevermind, you're right. I'm not sure what I was thinking.... It must be the angle of the pic; I thought it looked too thin on the VGA end......

 

[DRagor]

And nothing changes in what we already point out: your X connector will not work as it is not converting digital signal to required analog signal. you need active adapter. Barty already linked what you need: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3638997/hdmi-vga-cable-fine-recently-switched-dvi-connector-screen-black.html#20684980

 

[taimoorbaig382]

I hope these pics help!!!!

These are some answers of the questions asked above from me:

Q1. Why i paired a 1050ti with a 720p LCD?
Ans. Cause i wanted to play all latest AAA games on ULTRA settings!!!

Q2. The condition of my VGA cable is too bad( insulation tape used).
Ans. The condition is fine as it is working with connector "y"

Q3. Why I am trying to switch from the connector "y" to connector "x"?
Ans. Cause games have became a little darker since i started using my new GPU (1050ti) With "y" connector, so i googled the problem and found that switching to "x" connector might help.


*****NOTE*******
If you are thinking that what are these "x" or "y" connectors!!! so u can see the pics and u will know!!!

 

[Barty1884]

"X" connector is a passive DVI-D to HDMI - it WILL NOT convert the signal. It will not work, simple as that.
bignastyid linked ones earlier, which are the same thing. They do not work.

"Y" is an active HDMI to VGA, that's why it works.

I've linked what you need previously - IF you want to go that route. To me, it makes zero sense to invest in anything for a 19" VGA only monitor in 2018, even if it is only <$10. I'd suggest you continue using the HDMI-VGA adapter if you want to use that monitor for now.

 

[taimoorbaig382]

"X" connector is a passive DVI-D to HDMI - it WILL NOT convert the signal. It will not work, simple as that.
bignastyid linked ones earlier, which are the same thing. They do not work.

"Y" is an active HDMI to VGA, that's why it works.

I've linked what you need previously - IF you want to go that route. To me, it makes zero sense to invest in anything for a 19" VGA only monitor in 2018, even if it is only <$10. I'd suggest you continue using the HDMI-VGA adapter if you want to use that monitor for now.

as i said i use 720p lcd for gaming so that i can play all latest aaa games on ULTRA settings!

 

[Barty1884]

I can appreciate that, but 720p/19" Ultra vs (for example) 1080p, 24" Medium is still going to be a solid difference IMO.

 

[bignastyid]

All those pics for naught as all they do is confirm what we(or atleast most of us) have been telling you.

That white DVI-D to VGA adapter you have is worthless junk and will not work, I don't know why they even bothered making them.

 

[taimoorbaig382]

As i saw above that many of you are graphics card experts so let me ask a thing that which one is best for 1080p gaming?
1. GTX 1060 3GB
2. GTX 1060 6GB
3. GTX 980
4. GTX 980ti

So which one of them will give the highest fps?

 

[bignastyid]

980ti>980>=1060 6Gb> 1060 3gb.

 

[madmatt30]

All those pics for naught as all they do is confirm what we(or atleast most of us) have been telling you.

That white DVI-D to VGA adapter you have is worthless junk and will not work, I don't know why they even bothered making them.

To be fair they could be handy in the old days,it removed the need to have both dvi & vga connections of the gpu themselves.I have a drawer full of those passive adapters,they used to come in the box with most gpu's from both ati & nvidia.

 

[madmatt30]

As i saw above that many of you are graphics card experts so let me ask a thing that which one is best for 1080p gaming?
1. GTX 1060 3GB
2. GTX 1060 6GB
3. GTX 980
4. GTX 980ti

So which one of them will give the highest fps?

You are aware you could buy a nice shiny 22-24 inch 1080p screen & still play at 720p should you so wish.
All 1080p monitors also have a 720p native mode.

Also 1080p medium settings will imo always look better than 720p ultra .
1080p with aa disabled is much much sharper than 720p with full AA enabled.

 

[bignastyid]

Madmatt you most likly have a drawer full of DVI-I to VGA adapters which can be useful.

Passive DVI-D to VGA adapters on the other hand are worthless.

 

[taimoorbaig382]

As i saw above that many of you are graphics card experts so let me ask a thing that which one is best for 1080p gaming?
1. GTX 1060 3GB
2. GTX 1060 6GB
3. GTX 980
4. GTX 980ti

So which one of them will give the highest fps?

You are aware you could buy a nice shiny 22-24 inch 1080p screen & still play at 720p should you so wish.
All 1080p monitors also have a 720p native mode.

Also 1080p medium settings will imo always look better than 720p ultra .
1080p with aa disabled is much much sharper than 720p with full AA enabled.

if i will play at 720p on a 1080p lcd then the picture will not be sharp! i tried playing on 800x600 on my current lcd and the picture was looking like sh!t

 

[madmatt30]

Scaling on modern digital screens is far better than you're used to on that old monitor.

Id argue that running upscaled 720p on a decent new screen would likely look better than native resolution does on your current screen - bearing in mind you already have some quality loss with the analog conversion.

800x600 is going to look awful on any screen anyway, its incredibly low res.

 

[madmatt30]

Your monitor is 1280x1024 native btw.

So if you're currently running at 720p you are actually using an upscaled lower resution now!!

 

[taimoorbaig382]

Your monitor is 1280x1024 native btw.

So if you're currently running at 720p you are actually using an upscaled lower resution now!!

so you are trying to say that if i will use my new 1080p led on 1280x1024 resolution so the visuals will be MUCH BETTER than using my current monitor on its native resolution???

 

[madmatt30]

You cant run 1280x1024 on a modern screen because its 16:9 wideacreen ratio as opposed to your current 4:3 ratio.

You can run
1280x720 (720p)
1920x1080 (1080p)

720p still looks fine on upto a 24inch screen imo
There would actual be a performance benefit at 720p comapred tp 1280x1024 because there is a smaller total pixel count.

That said the 1050ti is capable of full 1080p gaming- & we've all said this - 1080p medium looks better than 720p ultra 99% of the time

Wide-screen ratio also benefits gaming immensely compared to 4:3 that you're running now - you get close to 1/3 extra horizontal viewing.

 

[taimoorbaig382]

You cant run 1280x1024 on a modern screen because its 16:9 wideacreen ratio as opposed to your current 4:3 ratio.

You can run
1280x720 (720p)
1920x1080 (1080p)

720p still looks fine on upto a 24inch screen imo
There would actual be a performance benefit at 720p comapred tp 1280x1024 because there is a smaller total pixel count.

That said the 1050ti is capable of full 1080p gaming- & we've all said this - 1080p medium looks better than 720p ultra 99% of the time

Wide-screen ratio also benefits gaming immensely compared to 4:3 that you're running now - you get close to 1/3 extra horizontal viewing.

Are these images captured on 720p?

I googled that, "720p vs 1080p on 24 inch" and 720p was also looking like sh!t on a 1080p lcd!!!!

 

[madmatt30]

Well if you compare 720p & 1080p directly then yes it's obviously going to look worse because its half the resolution.