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Mac Pro 2.26ghz - GeForce GT 120
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A couple of Questions:
I am planning on buying a basic Mac Pro 8 - 2.26ghz and looking too buy (2) HP W2408H monitors but it only comes with a Standard VGA port and HDMI port and I have read that the DVI connection is better quality picture.
1) Can you hook up the GeForce GT 120 to an HDMI connection on a monitor and does it have the quality of a DVI, since they are both digital inputs inlue of analog?
2) How much video quality does one lose when connecting to standard VGA port versus a DVI port?
Thx, C4U
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Originally Posted by C4U
A couple of Questions:
I am planning on buying a basic Mac Pro 8 - 2.26ghz and looking too buy (2) HP W2408H monitors but it only comes with a Standard VGA port and HDMI port and I have read that the DVI connection is better quality picture.
1) Can you hook up the GeForce GT 120 to an HDMI connection on a monitor and does it have the quality of a DVI, since they are both digital inputs inlue of analog?
With the right cable, it should work with no quality loss.
Originally Posted by C4U
2) How much video quality does one lose when connecting to standard VGA port versus a DVI port?
Thx, C4U
How wet is water? With a normal length cable, it's not so bad. DVI tends to "just work" and quality over longer distances is better, but if it's a regular display up close... no big deal.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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1) You can use a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter (from Apple) and a DVI to HDMI cable (newegg, monoprice, etc) with minimal quality loss. Unlike the horrible Mini DisplayPort to dual link DVI adapter, the single link one works pretty well.
2) Why would you even consider this?
"inlue" hey there's a new pullet surprise.
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Originally Posted by C4U
1) Can you hook up the GeForce GT 120 to an HDMI connection on a monitor and does it have the quality of a DVI, since they are both digital inputs inlue of analog?
You can connect an inexpensive DVI->HDMI dongle to the DVI port of your GT 120 and connect that to an HDMI screen. No quality issues at all.
2) How much video quality does one lose when connecting to standard VGA port versus a DVI port?
DVI is preferable, but in certain situations VGA is fine. See P's answer above.
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Originally Posted by C4U
A couple of Questions:
I am planning on buying a basic Mac Pro 8 - 2.26ghz and looking too buy (2) HP W2408H monitors but it only comes with a Standard VGA port and HDMI port and I have read that the DVI connection is better quality picture.
1) Can you hook up the GeForce GT 120 to an HDMI connection on a monitor and does it have the quality of a DVI, since they are both digital inputs inlue of analog?
2) How much video quality does one lose when connecting to standard VGA port versus a DVI port?
Thx, C4U
HDMI is DVI, seriously, it's the same thing.
In my experience, VGA sucks for a digital monitor. Always opt for DVI/HDMI is possible.
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Actually it's not the same thing. DVI (in Apple's implementation) does not carry HDCP. It doesn't carry audio either. Saying HDMI is DVI implies people have the same liberties using the two. And that's far from the truth. If you're talking about video quality alone you could consider DVI, HDMI, and DP as equals. IMHO that's about the only simplification that's not misleading.
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The difference between DVI and HDMI is what is mandatory. DVI permits a bunch of things that HDMI makes mandatory at some version of the standard. With HDMI, you can just check the version number, and if it's high enough, rely on your desired feature to be there. With DVI, it's like a box of chocolates.
VGA doesn't suck. The cable is simply not designed for the high-bandwidth, high-fidelity we ask of it with our modern large displays - at least not over some distance. The identification features, where the OS tries to figure out which display is at the other end, are also hit and miss to a large extent. It's like Windows - it mostly works, just not always. OTOH, DVI is far from Mac-like either.
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A few people around the net and on Apple's forums have reported that their MacPros with the GT120 fail to properly recognize monitors connected via HDMI. The Mac devices the monitor is an HDTV, and only offers HDTV resolutions.
I have a monitor that has both an HDMI and a DVI input. When hooked up to my MacPro/GT120 via a DVI to DVI cable, the Mac offers 1920x1200, the native resolution of the monitor. If I use a DVI to HDMI cable instead, the highest the Mac offers is 1920x1080.
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Monoprice sells a Mini Displayport to HDMI adaptor here.
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