[SOLVED] What's the difference between these 2 connectors?

[monere]

Hey guys!

I was doing some cleanup of my older hardware and I noticed - among the many millions of cables that I had stockpiled on for god-knows what reasons - that 2 cables have similar shape, but only the number of pins differs. I did a bit of googling for the images so I can show you and I found these 2 images with are the EXACT replica of the 2 cables that I'm talking about... well, the connectors not the cables, but you get the idea

I noticed that these connectors work for some older MoBos, but are they the same thing? I mean, they're obviously not the same thing lol, but I want to know if it matters which one connects to a MoBo that supports these 2 connectors (because, apparently, both of them can connect to those MoBo), but what's the difference in performance between these 2? That's what I'd like to know because if there's a difference I'm going to get rid of the worse of them and keep only the better connector, there's no point in hoarding on outdated hardware

Thanks!

 

[bill001g]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

I forget but I am sure the details are here

 

[kerberos_20]

both cables are same dvi connectors, one has single lane, the other has dual lane
that will limit max resolution/refresh rate

 

[monere]

that will limit max resolution/refresh rate

interesting! Do you happen to know which one is single lane and which one is dual lane??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

I forget but I am sure the details are here

thanks, I'll check it out in a moment!

 

[kerberos_20]

interesting! Do you happen to know which one is single lane and which one is dual lane??

umm.. full pins = dual?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Both are DVI-D. The one on the left is single-link & on the right is dual-link.

Specs are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

 

[monere]

Both are DVI-D. The one on the left is single-link & on the right is dual-link. Unless you have a very high refresh rate monitor both perform exactly the same.

I have a monitor with 75 Hz. Is this "very high"?!? And which one performs better at high rates? I need to know which one to keep

Thanks for the answers by the way...

 

[ex_bubblehead]

I have a monitor with 75 Hz. Is this "very high"?!? And which one performs better at high rates? I need to know which one to keep

Thanks for the answers by the way...

With your specs it doesn't matter one bit which one you keep. They will both perform identically.

 

[mmtoller]

Off-topic: I am glad that I am not the only one who stockpile a bunch of useless and ancient cables.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

For those that like pictures and TLDRs (and short attention spans)