( 17 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 10 2009
I have a older Viewsonic Professional Series CRT monitor that I really like. My video card is an ATI HD 4850 which has DVI out. The monitor is VGA so I need an adapter to hook my VGA monitor to my DVI video card. The card came with a DVI adapter and I was using it no problem until I tried to bump up my CRT resolution up from 1600 X 1200 to 2048 X 1536. It wouldn't happen even though the specs for the monitor say the max resolution is 2048 X 1536 @ 75hz. Turned out the DVI adapter ATI included with the card was a single link DVI whereas this one is a dual link DVI. Either adapter will work with a DVI video card, but the single link adapters only have 18 pins that plug into the video card, this dual link has 24 pins. Using the single link DVI the highest resolution my CRT would display was 1600 X 1200. Switching to this dual link I was able to achieve the max resolution of 2048 X 1536. Bottom line, if you want the maximum data transfer available get this 24 pin dual link DVI.
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Posted: Aug 3 2009
In order to put the classroom projector in a ceiling mount I needed to add a 50 feet cable and this adapter worked great for this connection. Great price! :-)
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Posted: Jul 15 2009
I never actually used the product because my monitor only supports a DVI-D. I am only reviewing because unlike alot of the other DVI to VGA adapters on amazon this one fails to specify which it supports. So don't make the mistake I did. This is a DVI-I (male) to VGA (Female), not a DVI-D.
