[SOLVED] Will DP to VGA Adapter work propperly?

[paulius.kvasnickis]

Hello. I have a little problem. My GPU (GTX 1660 S) has output of only HDMI and DISPLAY PORT, but my monitor is VGA. So I decided to buy and adapter from DP to VGA. So the adapter's DP version is 1.1a, but my GPU's DP version is 1.4 . So is that not a problem ? Sorry for bad English 😀

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I believe it should work due to backwards compatibility.

VGA doesn't use enough bandwidth to require any newer DisplayPort versions.

 

[King_V]

I think it should be fine. I think you need to make sure it's an active adapter rather than a passive one, though.

 

[Math Geek]

That's right. Must be an active adapter to convert the digital dp signal into the analog VGA one.

 

[kanewolf]

I think it should be fine. I think you need to make sure it's an active adapter rather than a passive one, though.

And there are lots of garbage adapters. If it is a $6 adapter, it probably stinks.

 

[paulius.kvasnickis]

I think it should be fine. I think you need to make sure it's an active adapter rather than a passive one, though.

Gembird DisplayPort to VGA Adapter AB-DPM-VGAF-02-W
Is it active or passive?

 

[King_V]

That's not something I can answer with authority - I've got no experience with such adapters, I'm just repeating what I've read over and over again being said about them.

 

[Math Geek]

product page does not specify but i did find a couple amazon listings for the adapter and they all say it worked for them.

that's the best i can do. been looking for about 30 mins now and that's all i can find on it. but if it did not work i assume i'd see a bunch of negative reviews saying so. i'd give it a shot and see. hopefully it is not too expensive. i see it for less than $10 in the US.

 

[paulius.kvasnickis]

Thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

product page does not specify but i did find a couple amazon listings for the adapter and they all say it worked for them.

that's the best i can do. been looking for about 30 mins now and that's all i can find on it. but if it did not work i assume i'd see a bunch of negative reviews saying so. i'd give it a shot and see. hopefully it is not too expensive. i see it for less than $10 in the US.

The manufacturer specs page does show a "Power consumption: 400 mW active mode, 15 mW in standby mode" -- that would say it is an active device.

 

[Math Geek]

very true. good call noticing that