Quick question about DVI/VGA adapters

tee ay eye · 05-10-2009, 10:37 PM

If I were to use a DVI/VGA adapter on a VGA port on my computer, would my computer consider it as digital because of the adapter or analog because of the port?

**emosun** · 05-11-2009, 12:17 AM

Once converted to vga it's then an analog signal.

**Tyree** · 05-11-2009, 07:42 AM

No, it will not convert the analog signal to digital.
You receive what the card puts out.

~~zerofire~~ · 05-11-2009, 02:27 PM

DVI can be digital or analog. By placing a DVI->D-Sub adapter on the line you are forcing a purely analog signal to be sent to the monitor.

05-10-2009, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
tee ay eye Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP SP2	Quick question about DVI/VGA adapters If I were to use a DVI/VGA adapter on a VGA port on my computer, would my computer consider it as digital because of the adapter or analog because of the port?

05-11-2009, 12:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,935 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Quick question about DVI/VGA adapters Once converted to vga it's then an analog signal. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

05-11-2009, 07:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,515 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Quick question about DVI/VGA adapters No, it will not convert the analog signal to digital. You receive what the card puts out.

05-11-2009, 02:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~zerofire~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 637 OS: Windows 95/98se/2000 Pro/XP Home, Pro, or MCE/2003 and 2008 Server Enterprise/7, Debian, Ubuntu My System	Re: Quick question about DVI/VGA adapters DVI can be digital or analog. By placing a DVI->D-Sub adapter on the line you are forcing a purely analog signal to be sent to the monitor.