Re: Any motherboard with onboard DVI video?

On Jan 1, 7:16 pm, Frank McCoy <mcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Larc <larc-n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:36:47 -0600, Frank McCoy <mcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Larc <larc-n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A friend wants me to build him a new system. He doesn't want to buy a
PCI Express display card since his video needs are very basic (no
games or graphics editing). But wants to be able to use the DVI
connection on his monitor.

I'm having no luck finding an Intel-based board with video out other
than regular VGA D-sub. Does one with DVI out even exist? Of course,
I'm guessing if it does it would probably cost more than a reasonably
priced motherboard AND video card with DVI out.

Thanks for your help.

Having just tried using the DVI connector (and paying considerable extra
for the cable!) I very hurriedly went BACK to my VGA connector for the
same display!

With the DVI connector, the card (actually SEVERAL cards) couldn't sense
that I had a wide-screen LCD display like the VGA connector would; and
forced me to use 1600x1200 as "default"; which made the display look
*terrible* in comparison to the incredibly sharp (and accurate) display
when running at native 1680x1050 resolution on the VGA connector.

That's a problem I don't anticipate since the monitor that will be
used is a 19" 4:3 that has 1280x1024 as its native resolution. It's
an NEC less than a year old, so I doubt it would get updated by a
friend in his 70s I'll be building the computer for.

OK ... 1280x1024 should work.
Just watch out for those wide-screen displays.
Even if you use a DVI to VGA adapter, the DVI output still can't sense
what resolution the display has. You have to *tell* it; and it has to
accept that resolution.

Strangely, when using a dual-output card with BOTH DVI and VGA, I
couldn't even *force* the card to put out 1680x1050 when connecting the
same LCD panel to the same card; while it found and ran native
resolution when connecting with the VGA connector.

Personally, I think that's a bug in the card-driver software; but it
might be something deliberate.

In any case, I have *NO* complaints about the resolution and clarity
using the VGA connector. With the 20.1" LCD panel, it's far clearer and
with perfect alignment (and thus far easier on the eye) compared to my
old 21" monitors which are now resigned to the wife's computer (which
she rarely uses).

Happy New Year!

Same thing back at you.

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Hello Frank:
I too noticed an improvement in the picture quality, especially
video of sporting events, when I went to a DVI-D input on the
monitor. Usually if the graphics card doesn't allow you to set the
native resolution of the monitor it can be fixed by downloading and
installing the latest drivers compatible with your O.S..

newnerd
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