My computer screen looks kinda blurry.

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jeffreycao1998

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So i've built my new computer and i plugged everything in. I have the gigabyte radeon radeon 7950 and i've connected that to my hp l2445m monitor with an hdmi to vga connector. This never occured on my older computer. I've updated the driver already.
 
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Ok, well that is an issue for sure. It almost sounds like the HDMI -> VGA adapter is messing up your native resolution.

Your screen as stated above seems to be a 1920 x 1200. not MANY HDMI adapters(if they are using a converter chip) top out at 1920 x 1080. This can cause a stretch that will make things look fuzzy.

The passive DVI-I(that means it has those 4 extra pins around the flat part[sometimes it is cross shaped] on the video card's DVI port) -> VGA will NOT cause this kind of issue. I actually have a 1920 x 1200 screen over VGA and it look almost as good as it does over DVI. The text is just slightly less sharp(and I mean very slight, most users would not even notice slight..).
Can you give me an exact link to your 7950 so I can make SURE it has the DVI-I port.

Is it this? Lists DVI-I as well as the fact that it does do analog upto 2048 x 1536(standard max for analog)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4121#sp

Too much voltage can be bad for the card. On top of the fact that it can damage it, it also is harder on the power delivery system.

60c is great temp for a card to be honest. My last 3 cards(I an not counting my GTX 650 ti from MSI. it is lower powered so run 50-60 with just the slightest fan speed increase[it is still almost silent]) got into the low 80's at full load.
 
Too much voltage is still bad for the cpu.

Personally I take a cpu to the point that it needs a substantial jump in voltage(it is different for all chips) and call that the MAX point. Past this is takes too much voltage and generates too much heat for small gains if performance.

So yes, Your video card should be fine with such an adapter. If you have picked up video cards in the past, check the box for them, you may already have one or 2. I have a small pile of the things(they ALL work the same even with some having less pins.).