Posted by StephenH on January 11, 2002 at 01:38:38:
In Reply to: Dti Moniters, DANGET! posted by Peter on January 04, 2002 at 16:24:01:
You need to buy a PCI card with a DTI-Out. The DTI interface is DIGITAL, and a Normal montior plugs are analog!
FYI, VGA type LCD monitors have an internal conversion chip (expensive) in them that converts a VGA signal to digital (a very complicated process). So really you are doing TWO conversions! In the DTI world, it is more like a laptop, in which no conversion is done at all (Digital to Digital).
You have three options here:
1) Look in your motherboards BIOS, to see if there is an option to disable the internal video adapter (or make it secondary), and install the DTI card in your PCI or AGP slot.
2) Take back your flat screen monitor, and buy a VGA connector version.
3) Buy another DTI out card for your arcade cab.
: Hey guys, I bought a really sweet gateway flatscreen moniter for my arcade, I was so happy to finally minimize heat in my cabinet! But when I got it in I noticed a geForce 2 32 ti 200 came with It So I was like "SWEET LOOK AT WHAT CAME WITH IT!!" I knoticed it had a DTI output and thought it would be handy on my desktop, But my arcade computer does not have a DTI output on the motherboard, Is there a adapter I could buy or even possibly build to juset make the DTI output from the moniter to just a "normal" moniter output plug?