Will getting a DVI-I cable increase my picture quality?

I recently bought a new 22 inch Samsung SyncMaster 220wm monitor, and I was delighted to see the inclusion of a DVI port (mind you, this was my first time over 19 inches), because by graphics card supported it. After looking up DVI up on Wikipedia, I found that there was multiple cables. The DVI cable that shiipped with the monitor was a DVI-D Single link cable, however, both my graphics card and monitor support DVI-I Dual-link. If I go out and buy one of the DVI-I DL cables, will that increase picture quality or add any more functionality? Would it allow me to connect to any other devices, by any chance?

Answer by ack154
If you’re already using a DVI cable, you’re probably fine. It likely wouldn’t be worth spending the money on another one. As long as you’re on DVI, it’s a digital connection and will give you nice quality.

Answer by Cluster
Yes but not so you would notice the difference mate.

Answer by Telnet
i have a 2x 24inch samsung 245, i had it with VGA for first couple of days, then switched to DVI. I really did not notice a big change to be honest… might i also add that i have a 8800GTX gfx card with dual DVI out.

I use my computer only for graphic design, and i have it extremely fine tuned, so i have no idea how somoene else would ever want to say it makes a big difference.

It does make a finer difference as DVI is more wires, however none that a standard or even a gamer would notice.

If you do have a DVI coord laying around or can get one for cheap, or money isnt of an issue, than sure get yourself one.

by the way, good choice on the new monitor!
I dont think the DVI cable is used to connect to any other decides but LCD/TFT monitors. Maybe some older plasma/lcd tvs?

Answer by SCOTT
to answer your question, run the dvi-i dual link, since ya say that is what your monitor supports…….i run dvi-d dual link to a 22′ wide screen…….when i switched from vga to dvi, i saw a little difference, picture was a little sharper…..but it is not a OMG this is awesome……….just a little sharper, at least that is what i saw…but i would try it, maybe you will have a better result than me, plus the cables are only like 12 bux………..scott……..

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hi ya I’ve been looking for more ram for some time now. I’ve got 2gb right now, but it doesn’t seem to be enough to run my x64 OS. I just found out that some computers can only hold a certain amount of ram per slot, but i want to upgrade to 4gb, but i can’t use all 4 slots (see below). Anyways here are my specs i was wondering if anything i upgraded would have helped so
Acer Aspire T180

My computer when i first got it

Windows Vista home basic edition
amd athlon 3500+ 64 2.2ghz (only single core )
160gb HDD
acer 250w power supply
nforce chip set
512mb ram (1×512) ddr2
Dell ee73 17″ crt monitor

Here are my specs now
Windows 7 Beta x64
amd athlon 64 2.2ghz (still needs to b upped considering the new Phenom 2 x4)
2gb ram (4×512) ddr2
500gb HDD 16mb cache
ati radeon HD4850 gpu oc’d from 625/993 to 750/1100
samsung syncmaster 24″ 1920×1200 monitor
dynex 500w psu
proper cooling

so yeah i just 4gb ram, but i cant have four slots because there’s something apparently when you have amd 64 that’s not overclocked and a all ram slots taken up, the ram speeds are cut down to 400mhz. its true, my 667mhz ram (says on them) are seen as 400 on my computer, but if i take out one it says 667. On the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclock#Advantages
uhh ya apperntly i can only take 1gb ram/stick. anyone know how to overclock an nforce chipset and locked cpu?

Answer by Paul S
Have you checked at http://www.crucial.com/ to see if your motherboard can take 2x2GB sticks of RAM?
You may be able to, which would remove the problem of taking up all 4 RAM slots.

Answer by xeliphias
get 2 2gig sticks… problem solved.

Answer by Richard
you could try some 2GB stips of DDR2, 64 bit windows will suupport them, but your mother board may not.

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