Stockboy99
12-20-2003, 12:37 PM
Something I really have not encountered until recently;
If you're thinking of getting LCD monitor with DVI attachments you should make sure you have a quality video card to go with it. Right now I'm messing with several video cards that claim to have DVI functionality but in reality are unuasable as such due to heavy artifacting (regular analog display works fine). Right now the common denominator in these cards are:
1. They are PCI. Maybe PCI can't provide adequate power to drive a DVI signal?
2. They are all (cheap) 3rd party builds of the video cards. Not Original manufacturer. Perhaps they were cutting corners?
3. They are all old cards. Based on the Rad7000 chipset. (*Note I'm not bashing ATI here. A quick search on the web shows that the GeForce 2 had its own share of DVI problems)
I'm hoping to narrow this problem down further as soon as I can get a different video card in for testing. ---- Will update this later.
Conclusion? Don't go for the cheap solution when looking for a DVI capable card. .... That or start a riot over the decline of quality and crafstmanship of hardware manufacturers.
If you're thinking of getting LCD monitor with DVI attachments you should make sure you have a quality video card to go with it. Right now I'm messing with several video cards that claim to have DVI functionality but in reality are unuasable as such due to heavy artifacting (regular analog display works fine). Right now the common denominator in these cards are:
1. They are PCI. Maybe PCI can't provide adequate power to drive a DVI signal?
2. They are all (cheap) 3rd party builds of the video cards. Not Original manufacturer. Perhaps they were cutting corners?
3. They are all old cards. Based on the Rad7000 chipset. (*Note I'm not bashing ATI here. A quick search on the web shows that the GeForce 2 had its own share of DVI problems)
I'm hoping to narrow this problem down further as soon as I can get a different video card in for testing. ---- Will update this later.
Conclusion? Don't go for the cheap solution when looking for a DVI capable card. .... That or start a riot over the decline of quality and crafstmanship of hardware manufacturers.