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[Insert Name Here²]

You're going to have to use an adapter if you want a modern card for that price point.

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[Foxscotch]

You're going to have to use an adapter if you want a modern card for that price point.

did you not see his second post, or did you just choose to ignore it?

[ShadowsfeaR]

You're going to have to use an adapter if you want a modern card for that price point.

I don't think you understand what I'm asking for. An adapter only lets a VGA connection be used in another port, like DVI or HDMI or Display Port (or whatever the forget VGA can "convert" to nowadays). That means nothing if the card doesn't support brown townog signals. You can plug it in all you want but it wont display anything. I need a card that supports brown townog signals, which usually ends up propagating itself as a DVI port.

[Insert Name Here²]

Just get a modern card for your price point and use an HDMI adapter / VGA to DVI-D, it will work perfectly fine. A VGA to HDMI / DVI-D adapter will make it work because it adapts / changes the signal from brown townog to digital to make it compatible. It's called an adapter for a reason.

[ShadowsfeaR]

No, that isn't how it works lmfao. If it was, I wouldn't have had trouble with my VGA connection the first time I got it. An adapter only changes the connector from one type to another. A converter, on the other hand, may be plausible, but I worry about latency. I'd prefer to have an internally supported brown townog signal.

[Insert Name Here²]

Oh, I thought adapters actually changed the signal for it to actually work (they're usually pretty damn bulky around the connectors)

Is VGA your ONLY option for connecting your monitor?

[ShadowsfeaR]

Oh, I thought adapters actually changed the signal for it to actually work (they're usually pretty damn bulky around the connectors)

Is VGA your ONLY option for connecting your monitor?

Its my tablet, and yes. I'd rather not render my $500 device useless, especially since I rather like using it.

Push comes to shove, I'd probably settle for an HDMI converter or something, and get a 1060.

[Insert Name Here²]

Wait is your tablet (assuming drawing tablet) seriously just VGA and that's it?

[ShadowsfeaR]

Wait is your tablet (assuming drawing tablet) seriously just VGA and that's it?

Its a Yiynova MSP19U, and yes its VGA only. That's what ya get for buying knockoff Cintiqs. I'm glad it at least performs well, so I can't complain too much other than its brown townog.

[espio100]

brown townog isnt that bad, except you cant run it next to a microwave or the cable cant be too long but I doubt thats a problem

[LeetZero]

Its a Yiynova MSP19U, and yes its VGA only. That's what ya get for buying knockoff Cintiqs. I'm glad it at least performs well, so I can't complain too much other than its brown townog.

If your motherboard has a VGA slot you can use that and enable IGPU Multi-Monitor (depending on bios it could be listed as IGD Multi-Monitor). There really isn't a downside to this afaik, except both the GPU and iGPU will run, and the iGPU will have separate display settings which you'll need to reconfigure through Intel's/AMD's integrated drivers instead.
Otherwise just use HDMI/DisplayPort adapters, afaik they still work due to the nature of the adapters, it's not like DVI where there's a difference between DVI-I and DVI-D. Look for adapters with integrated DACs (I suppose all would since otherwise the products would not even make any sense?)

[ShadowsfeaR]

If your motherboard has a VGA slot you can use that and enable IGPU Multi-Monitor (depending on bios it could be listed as IGD Multi-Monitor). There really isn't a downside to this afaik, except both the GPU and iGPU will run, and the iGPU will have separate display settings which you'll need to reconfigure through Intel's/AMD's integrated drivers instead.
Otherwise just use HDMI/DisplayPort adapters, afaik they still work due to the nature of the adapters, it's not like DVI where there's a difference between DVI-I and DVI-D. Look for adapters with integrated DACs (I suppose all would since otherwise the products would not even make any sense?)

This is super helpful, thank you Leet.

[Insert Name Here²]

I was bored so I did a "low spec dream pc" build

aka all I need and want from a gaming system along with aesthetics

Also yea I know the fans aren't needed and the psu doesnt have to be modular and ram not be 16 but remember, this is the dream pc but lower spec, not realistic budget build

edit: added rx 470 cause better performance and it stays under 700 dollars total


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.29 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($31.49 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($119.99 @ Jet)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($174.35 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Corsair)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: CRYORIG QF120 Silent 44.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: CRYORIG QF120 Silent 44.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $695.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-10 23:21 EST-0500

[Snaked_Snake]

Found this thing called the Smach Z some time ago, thought it might be interesting to some
http://smachz.com/faq

[Darksaber2213]

New Build
Specs:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($316.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($7.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TriStellar SW Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: CRYORIG QF120 Performance 83.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1712.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-15 03:30 EDT-0400

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