how to connect CRT to 6800 extreme?

[bikdel]

hi guys....

just got my friends XFX 6800 Extreme 256 MB
took it from him for 1 month and gave him fx 5200.. lolz

anyways, the thing is that he had an lcd n i have a 17" CRT

but as soon as i got the card, to my surprise, i had a Dual DVI and S Video...

NO VGA???...
now how do i connect my CRT to the DVI port??

is it possible to use any converter??

 

[nvidia]

yes you can get DVI to VGA adapter. you can get it for under 100 bucks i think.

 

[sam_1710]

yup.. its possible using a DVI to VGA convertor

*www.nti1.se/images/dvi-vga.jpg

*www.chinapans.com/images/27397517_o.jpg

Its usually bundled with Graphic cards.. but u can buy them separately for some 250 bucks or so!!

 

[bikdel]

woooow......... man... didnt know it........... we get that for both ways??
i mean from DVI-VGA n VGA-DVI???

 

[nvidia]

Ask your friend if its bundled with the Gfx Card... He'll have it i think...

 

[bikdel]

okay... thnx for that info.....

BTW
@ whots the retail price of the above card??.... maybe i'll buy the same...
needed to play bioshock desperately!!

 

[assasin]

^^^ if u wanna buy a new agp card,better get a 7600GT

 

[bikdel]

^^^ not for my dyin PC dude....
would get anything having sm 3.0.... something of the 6600 kind maybe...
i wont spend much on this

"Intel Celeron D 2.4 Ghd, 533 Mhz FSB, 256 KB L2
1 GB DDR 400
160 GB SATA II HDD working on SATA I MOBO
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB"

 

[vivekbabbudelhi]

beware DVI-D cannot be converted to RGB or analog VGA .

 

[dOm1naTOr]

@bikdel
6600 is out of production. As u want an AGP solution , the best deal is 7600GT for 6k[GP] or 7600GS for 4.5k~5k[AGP].

The 7600GT cud give more performance than 6800 Extreme or Ultra in todays games.
Or u can also have ATI X1600 Pro or XT AGP.

@vivekbabbudelhi
nup dude. It can be done via the adapter dat sam said. But the other way is not possible[If i remember]. U cannot convert D sub analog to DVI digital via ny adapters.

 

[vivekbabbudelhi]

^^dvi-i carries both analog & digital
dvi-d just has digital
so dvi-i can be converted to rgb with just a plug




*www.projectorpeople.com/cables/dvi-connections.asp
*www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/why_ports?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~lt=popup

 

[bikdel]

u mean to say 7600 Gt/GS is in production??... no way man... jus the left over stock is there i gues...

and why cannot one go for DX 10 cards, i mean if someone has pretty decent config and just wants wants prformance from the ageing AGP bus because upgrade would come at a higher cost, then:

then one can opt for HD 2400 or 2600 AGP, isnt it... so better performance in vista as well...

and AFAIK HD 2600 performs better than 7600 GT

 

[dOm1naTOr]

I dun think HD 2600 is available in AGP. Also there are no GF8 AGP cards out.
So considering that, the better deal is GF7 cards.

 

[bikdel]

they are available dude.... i checked them out...

but possibly not anywhere in this region...

heres the link

*www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=495153&CatId=318

 

[quadroplex780]

Yes u can get a sapphire ati radeon HD2600 for AGP
-*www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/browseproducts.php?pcat=3
u can also get a Gecube one.