Ram and Graphics Card..

Inactive · Apr 17, 2008, 17:06:00

Just added a couple of sticks of memory from 7Day Shop, a matched pair, came with lifetime guarantee.

I also purchased a new graphics card as mine was a cut down version of an NVidea 6600, with no DVI, added an NVidea 7200, with DVI, all went without a hitch, which makes a change for me.

Yet to try the DVI, fingers crossed.

Rik · Apr 17, 2008, 17:07:46

For some reason, I could have sworn the subject said Rum and graphics card. I was just trying to work out the possible connection...

DVI is nice.

Sebby · Apr 17, 2008, 18:35:40

Sounds good, In. My monitor is connected by DVI - it's great.

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 18:37:59

Quote from: Sebby on Apr 17, 2008, 18:35:40
Sounds good, In. My monitor is connected by DVI - it's great.

What's the difference and is it substantial?

Rik · Apr 17, 2008, 18:39:01

You're using a digital signal end to end, so there's no conversion losses and everything is just crisper and more stable.

Sebby · Apr 17, 2008, 18:51:35

As Rik says, it's digital to digital. When you use VGA, it's digital to analogue and back to digital, so there's some loss.

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 19:08:27

Oh right. Well time to invest in a DVI cable then. They expensive?

Rik · Apr 17, 2008, 19:10:56

£2.93 + p&p do you?

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=84594

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 19:11:45

Done!

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 19:14:16

Well not done as I'm not paying £5.95 P&P for a dam cable!!!!!!

Rik · Apr 17, 2008, 19:17:08

The p&p is always the pain. You should have ordered some SD cards while you were there and spread the load.

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 19:27:50

Wait a minute I just looked behind my monitor and I have a standard VGA adapter but no DVI slot. Only DVI is coming from my graphics card but I have a adapter on there. Does this mean I can't use DVI?

Rik · Apr 17, 2008, 19:29:13

If the monitor has no DVI socket, you can't use DVI. Doesn't the monitor have a manual or on-screen display? That should indicate what your options are.

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 19:36:54

No I got in with the computer a year or so ago and threw the manual out! Very strange that it doesn't have one. Oh well.

Simon · Apr 17, 2008, 21:41:29

Who needs manuals anyway, Steve?!

Cookiemonster · Apr 17, 2008, 21:43:29

Yeah I like doing things the hard way.

Still annoyed though that it doesn't have a DVI port as it's a fairly new monitor.

Sebby · Apr 17, 2008, 21:58:29

A lot of monitors still don't come with a DVI port, believe it or not.

Inactive · Apr 17, 2008, 23:58:58

Indeed Seb, my set up was the other way around, have both VGA and DVI on my monitor, bot only had a VGA port on my computer, I will give the DVI a spin in the morning, fortunately my Dell Monitor came with both VGA and DVI cables.

Sebby · Apr 18, 2008, 00:02:55

I think DVI is becoming more and more standard on graphics cards, though a lot of the lower-end monitors only have VGA.

I've got a pretty standard motherboard with onboard graphics, which has DVI only. We seem to be seeing a move towards this newer technology (which, believe it or not, has been around since about 1999!).

Let us know if you can see a difference.

Malc · Apr 18, 2008, 07:45:54

When I bought this PC both monitor and graphics card had only DVI and I got a VGA cable

which, as it was 6pm meant a trip to Curry's (no were else open) to pay there ridiculous prices.

Sebby · Apr 18, 2008, 08:30:33

That must have cost a small fortune. I got a good Belkin one off eBuyer for £9.99 IIRC.

Malc · Apr 18, 2008, 08:54:12

Quote from: Sebby on Apr 18, 2008, 08:30:33
That must have cost a small fortune. I got a good Belkin one off eBuyer for £9.99 IIRC.

£24.99.

Sebby · Apr 18, 2008, 09:33:26

Reassuringly expensive.

Malc · Apr 18, 2008, 09:35:47

It was the only way I could get to play with my new toy that night.

Rik · Apr 18, 2008, 09:38:13

New toys should come with cables, imo!