How determine if I have a DVI-D video support card ?

[Gene]

I would like to add a a new monitor to my Dimentions 2400

pentium 4 PC. The current monitor is a VGA monitor.



How can I determine if my PC will support the DVI-D feature of a new monitor.



The new monitor can support both VGA and DVI-D but i would like to take

advantage of the better DVI-D features

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Gene B

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Gene wrote:

> I would like to add a a new monitor to my Dimentions 2400

> pentium 4 PC. The current monitor is a VGA monitor.

>

> How can I determine if my PC will support the DVI-D feature of a new

> monitor.

>

> The new monitor can support both VGA and DVI-D but i would like to take

> advantage of the better DVI-D features



Does the computer's video device have a DVI-D port?



If not - even using an adapter to go from VGA to DVI will not give you what

you want.



Plus - what do you mean by "DVI-D feature"? 2560x1600 resolution maybe?



With the level of that particular PC - I would doubt it "as-is".



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[sgopus]

That's dependant on your video card, the newer ones have DVI as an output,

you may need to buy the proper cable from your video card to your monitor.



"Gene" wrote:



> I would like to add a a new monitor to my Dimentions 2400

> pentium 4 PC. The current monitor is a VGA monitor.

>

> How can I determine if my PC will support the DVI-D feature of a new monitor.

>

> The new monitor can support both VGA and DVI-D but i would like to take

> advantage of the better DVI-D features

> --

> Gene B

 

[Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]]

Gene

Look at the back of your PC do you see something like this?



http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dvi.jpg



If yes then you can if not, then you need a new Video card that supports it

Russ





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"Gene" wrote in message

news:CAA3AFF9-1963-4B20-8763-A74E3968B218@microsoft.com...

> I would like to add a a new monitor to my Dimentions 2400

> pentium 4 PC. The current monitor is a VGA monitor.

>

> How can I determine if my PC will support the DVI-D feature of a new

> monitor.

>

> The new monitor can support both VGA and DVI-D but i would like to take

> advantage of the better DVI-D features

> --

> Gene B

 

[Jose]

On Jan 31, 11:01 pm, Gene wrote:

> I would like to add a a new monitor to my Dimentions 2400

> pentium 4 PC.  The current monitor  is a VGA  monitor.

>

>  How can I determine if my PC will support the DVI-D feature of a new monitor.

>

> The new monitor can support both VGA and DVI-D but i would like to take

> advantage of the better DVI-D features

> --

> Gene B



If you do this, we will know enough about your system to generate

usable answers/suggestions:



Click Start, Run and in the box enter:



msinfo32



Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select

All, Copy and then paste

the information back here.



There will be some personal information (like System Name and User

Name), and whatever appears to

be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted

information.



For video driver information, expand the Components, click Display,

click Edit, Select All,

Copy and then paste the information.