Is it okay to connect monitor to motherboard rather than directly to video card?

I have a new pc coming with a 570 which has dvi and hdmi connections. My monitor only has a vga connection? Will it hurt performance if I connect to the motherboard vga?

Chances are that your new computer will come with a dvi-vga adapter. If not, you can get one for really cheap.

You won't be using the 570 at all then and will be using your onboard graphics. Go buy a VGA to DVI adapter or a DVI cable if you have the DVI connector on your monitor.

Plugging it into the motherboard means you will be using onboard graphics vs your 570, which effectively renders your 570 USELESS. VGA --> DVI adapter or get a new monitor.ndawgdrake

http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=dvi+vga&x=0&y=0

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]Better yet, go get a new monitor. It should be a crime to run an old monitor, off a nice graphics card like that.SF_KiLLaMaN

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"][QUOTE="C_Rule"]Better yet, go get a new monitor. It should be a crime to run an old monitor, off a nice graphics card like that.ionusX

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"] exactly. Any monitor worth anything has a DVI input. SF_KiLLaMaN

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]Better yet, go get a new monitor. It should be a crime to run an old monitor, off a nice graphics card like that.SF_KiLLaMaN

Get a new monitor. The one with both HDMI and DVI.

Get a new monitor. The one with both HDMI and DVI.

Cyberdot

Get a new monitor. The one with both HDMI and DVI.

Cyberdot

[QUOTE="Cyberdot"]

Get a new monitor. The one with both HDMI and DVI.

dramaybaz

Oops! Didn't know that it's a year old. :shock:

Someone must have bumped this thread and then deleted his post.