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How come every new GPU I buy comes with the weird plug that doesn't fit the traditional blue ones of my home monitors? The only way to make it work seems to be to get one of those adapters, but I currently don't have one and I live in a small town. Is there any way around it?
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This is what I'm talking about. I currently don't have one around and to get one from newegg would take forever to get to me here Canada. well i just bought a new 5750 today and selling my 4870 to a friend, and he needs it tomorrow but the plugs at the back puzzle me. :s
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DVI and HDMI are the standard for output plugs. VGA is slowly starting to fade away.
Most new monitors use DVI or HDMi which is the reason for the plugs being on the cards, plus they provide better signal.

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DVI and HDMI are the standard for output plugs. VGA is slowly starting to fade away.
Most new monitors use DVI or HDMi which is the reason for the plugs being on the cards, plus they provide better signal.
Oh ok thank you for this. so without this i'm essentially screwed and unable to use my new card until I wait a week or two (and pay like $10 for shipping and the $20 for the adapter itself since I can't shop off Newegg)?
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I'm aware I could buy one but I'm supposed to deliver my 4870 tomorrow and surely it's not going to be in front of my doorsteps tomorrow morning (my buyer uses vga monitor also) and also I'm unable to shop off any shop other than NCIX because I'm too young to have a credit card./
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Oh ok thank you for this. so without this i'm essentially screwed and unable to use my new card until I wait a week or two (and pay like $10 for shipping and the $20 for the adapter itself since I can't shop off Newegg)?
If you just bought a new GPU you should have one of these plugs in the box which will allow you to use a VGA monitor on the DVI plug.

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If you just bought a new GPU you should have one of these plugs in the box which will allow you to use a VGA monitor on the DVI plug.
The only time I ever got one was when I bought a 8800GT 2 years ago.
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VGA(your blue cable) is analog, whereas DVI is digital. There is no way you can plug your monitor into a graphics card that only has DVI outputs unless your monitor also happens to have a DVI input in addition to the VGA input and you happen to have a DVI cable nearby.

Have graphics card manufacturers stopped including DVI to VGA adapters with their cards? I have half a dozen adapters at home because every graphics card I've ever purchased since DVI was introduced has come with at least one adapter.
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The only time I ever got one was when I bought a 8800GT 2 years ago.
Strange, every card I ever bought including the Sapphire 5770 I got today had one or two in the box. Very strange. Maybe your customer has one already available to them.

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