Say Goodbye to VGA in 5 Years

[fayzaan]

GET RID OF THE INTERNETS!!!

 

[Guest]

hey guys, we should not be afraid of new technologies or big changes, be honest.

how many of you still uses avg video cards or IDE hard drives? not much of yo i suppose.

thats why intel and amd said things will change in an estimated time of 5 years, to let the industry and companies know what are the main changes to come and to be prepared for them

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]capt_taco[/nom]Since a VGA-to-DVI adapter currently costs about 4 bucks, I don't see this as a big deal at all. Everything will still work.Unless they're saying that using an adapter also won't work for some reason. But I didn't get that out of the article.[/citation]

No. Using a DVI-I cable with a VGA adapter only transform the cable in a VGA cable. The new hardware will not support VGA devices, without an active converter.

 

[Lutfij]

I've stopped using the VGA port since .... 4 years...ran it off my mobo cos i din't have money to get a PCI-E GPU 😀.

 

[shovenose]

i love vga.
both vga and dvi work wel. im not so sure about this hdmi and displayport shit

 

[allrock]

The Suits that run the Motion Picture companys smile when they hear that analog Video will soon be dead and that they can encrypt the entire video path that being said I can see little difrence betwean Analog SVGA and digital DVI,HDMI,Display Port, at resolutions most people use

 

[klockwerk]

Where are the KVM switch boxes with HDMI or Display-Port? I don't see many.

 

[demonhorde665]

no loss there i havent used a vga port since the geforce 2 ultra years and yeaars ago , started using dvi when i upgraded to a gf 4400 Ti, and havent looked back since. now what i don't get is why my brand new LG 42 inch LCD TV , used vga for computer connction instead of dvi ???? my curent video card doesn't even have a vga output just hdmi and dvi , time to get a long hdmi cable LOL (my computer sits a good deal away from my tv).

 

[marcusmurphy]

[citation][nom]kelemvor4[/nom]1920×1200 is max at 60hz progressive, even with the 1.4. You can do higher res with 1.4 if you go to a much lower rate (24hz). You're thinking dual link dvi probably; which will do 2560x1600 at 60hz (this is what I run on my primary monitor) or 3840×2400@33hz. Displayport is superior with a top end of 3840 × 2160@60hz; although a lot of monitors still don't support displayport from what I've seen.Personally I think something new needs to come out that will do at least 2560x1600@120hz for 3d support at a decent res.VGA only goes to 2048x1536@85 Hz.[/citation]

Unless you are running a CRT, the actual refresh of the picture is not dependent on Hertz but the FPS. Even 240Hz displays have a refresh rate of 60fps, and use buffering and interpolation to reduce motion blur... most cinema projectors run at 24Hz.

Display port is the better option. Royalty free and you can put the audio on a separate wire(s) (as It should be).

 

[abbadon_23]

Hello, did everyone forget DRM!?

 

[DSpider]

No worries. There will still be converters.

 

[Travis Beane]

I personally intend to support DisplayPort fully. My Xbox runs VGA, but that's because that was the only connector I could get to hook my Xbox to my monitor. My PS3 runs HDMI to DVI.
All my monitors would be DP, but when I bought them, DP was too expensive.

 

[soundefx]

It is about time.

 

[iamtheking123]

VGA is still FTW as long as you don't need more than 8 feet of cable. I assume the people saying "hurry up and die" are the same noobs that think the world should switch over to Win7 just because it's newer than XP.

 

[HappyBB]

Yes, my monitor still only uses VGA connector, or the v-sub.

 

[Guest]

Your question seems elitist or naive. Asking is anyone using the VGA port is tantamount to asking is anyone using XP OS (70% of the world is). As the above comment indicates, I have CRTs and video cards that support resolutions 1920x1200- with true black. Add to that the fact that MS has extended support for XP3 until 2014. You do recollect that CRTs 21" and 22" with Trinitron tubes will last for a minimum of 15 years. I am more than happy with my current equipment, 3.2 ghz, 2.8ghz, 2.4ghz. I have 3 CRTs in reserve that I will not sell though asked. I have yet to see any new monitors with comparable stable images, that don't give you headaches. If you know of one send it to me to test. If it is comparable to my CRTs I will buy it and print a retraction. However you know as well as I do LCDs and LEDs cannot compare to Late model CRTs.

 

[damasvara]

[citation][nom]TommySch[/nom]Have you seen a CRT in any store in the last 5 years? Anybody buying a TV is buying a flat screen... You can get one for 300$ at walmart.[/citation]
And I can get a CRT for $40... See my point?

 

[davewolfgang]

And some of you will "eventually" have to trash that VCR too....

Technology moves on, and you can hang on to the old stuff as long as you want, but then you can't complain when you can't find it anywhere.

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

I think they should have phased out VGA soon after DVI came out. I'm still surprised at how much it's still supported with two newer and better standards out.

 

[HardcoreGrady]

Oh god. What are my parents going to do now?