Don't see a difference betw VGA and DVI-D input on HD monitor

[brassplyer]

On a 22" Acer HD monitor, comparing the VGA input -vs- the DVI-D input coming from an Nvdia GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone running Battlefield Bad Company 2, I don't see any difference. Should I?

[johns0]

Nope,but in a higher resolution with a bigger monitor you will see a bit of improved difference.

[sanlyn]

Nope,but in a higher resolution with a bigger monitor you will see a bit of improved difference.

Generally the difference favors VGA, which is faster with fewer artifacts and less rounding of data (and even that depends on specific circuitry in specific cards) . There is nothing wrong with 22" HD monitors; overall performance isn't dependent on size. But buying the cheapest monitors you can get your hands on won't make much difference.

[brassplyer]

Nope,but in a higher resolution with a bigger monitor you will see a bit of improved difference.

Not sure what you mean by higher resolution. This particular monitor has a 1080p native resolution, game is at max settings.

[nic2k4]

The difference is that VGA can pickup noise through the cable which will appear as thin diagonal lines across the screen. DVI data starts as digital and stays digital, VGA has to be converted to analog first then converted back to digital by the monitor circuitry. If you see no difference, great; don't go nit picking, you'll only get disappointed. It's like back in the days of $1000 Trinitron monitors, if you wanted to be mean to someone you only had to point the 2 faint black horizontal lines across the screen; that would drive them mad.

[Constant Gardener]

I had grounding issues which gave hum bars on a VGA input; digital was fine. Now that I have fixed the grounding, I don't notice any difference between the analog and digital images.

[sanlyn]

The difference is that VGA can pickup noise through the cable which will appear as thin diagonal lines across the screen. DVI data starts as digital and stays digital, VGA has to be converted to analog first then converted back to digital by the monitor circuitry. If you see no difference, great; don't go nit picking, you'll only get disappointed. It's like back in the days of $1000 Trinitron monitors, if you wanted to be mean to someone you only had to point the 2 faint black horizontal lines across the screen; that would drive them mad.

Nonsense.

[brassplyer]

None of that explains why gamers and graphics pros themselves don't use DVI-I.

I've never taken a survey but you don't think gamers like DVI?

What makes me wonder is that this particular video card - GTX 460 Cyclone - is certainly a gamer's card and has a DVI port.