adapter needed

Started by Stu4U, August 21, 2015 03:50 AM

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Stu4U

so i recently purchased a new cintiq 13hd only to realize that my pc doesnt have any hdmi inputs on the day it arrives...
the left one is hdmi


so i'm wondering which adapter would work best for the least amount of pen lag whether it should be dvi vga or usb

[spoiler]for anyone who doesnt know what vga or dvi is
VGA:


DVI:

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i'm thinking it should be vga, but since almost everyone here is a master in hardware i just want to make sure.

rtil

you would not benefit from using VGA in any way. in fact, it would probably be worse than DVI. if you use a VGA connector you run the risk of getting a less sharp image. at best, there will be no difference.

i know some old school game enthusiasts  swear by this ancient legacy hardware, but the response lag is, in most cases, totally unnoticeable to the human eye. we're talking a handful of milliseconds. unless you're playing fighting games, shooters or rhythm games and are literally counting frames, you're not gonna notice.

plus, you wouldn't stand to benefit from the lower response lag from VGA anyway because it's being converted back into a digital signal anyway.

besides i'm pretty sure DVI doesn't even really suffer from response lag. it's moreso HDMI because it carries an audio signal. and i'm guessing you don't really need that

Stu4U

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yea thats what i was worried about. the best buy near me only sells these weird all-in-one usb adapters and thats downgrading your resolution if anything. i don't even know why i bothered to make the usb one an option.

i guess dvi it is.

and im just going for something simple.. all the ones on amazon include a usb power port and audio cord while my tablet already has power and its own usb connected.
something like this would get the job done right