donnybalonny 46 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I was trying to connect 2 vga flat monitors to my Geforce GTX 760 video card. My old card had VGA and DVI-I outputs, so it was no problem. The new one has DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI and DP outputs. I can make 1 vga monitor work on the DVI-I output using a passive adapter. I have a passive DVI-D to vga adapter and its not working, so I read on the net that the DVI-D will only produce VGA signal with an active adapter. What about the other 2, the HDMI and the DP, can they be adapted with a passive adapter or do I have to buy an active one? Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I have seen HDMI to VGA adapters on Ebay but I don't know if they are any good. I had a similar issue and eventually bought a USB to vga widget which works just fine. Link to post Share on other sites
phil white 274 Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 On my GTX770 I have two monitors. Both monitors have HDMI inputs only and my GTX770 has DP DVI-D and HDMI, one of each (I think) so I simply use an HDMI cable to connect one and connect the other using another HDMI cable with a DVI-D to HDMI adapter and it works just fine if I set it up in the Nvidia Control Panel. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 If you're stuck with just VGA ports on your monitors you will need some sort of active converter from both DP and HDMI to VGA I think. The reason is that both of those are digital signals but the VGA signal is analog. Link to post Share on other sites
donnybalonny 46 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah, I studied the subject a bit and found out that I needed an active converter. Since they are not cheap, I did what everyone else does: I bought something I didnt really need But a new 24 inch monitor is nice to have and the 19 is now being used for all the extra stuff like Plan G, pop up panels, gps et. The old monitor I've thrown out, so it will probably be exported to Africa and end up in some open dump site. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Always good to have an excuse for those hardware investments Link to post Share on other sites
donnybalonny 46 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Yes consuming can be nice. I jus try not to do it to much. IMO, we live in a world where consuming has gone crazy. I now have a fully new PC. The box is only half a year old. I hope it lasts as long as yours. Link to post Share on other sites
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