radeon r9 290


  1. Posts : 32
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    radeon r9 290


    So ive bought a new computer. I didnt do my research and bought a dell s23040l screen. Now my problem is.. the videocard has two ports and the screen has a single and different one. He videocard contains 2 white hdmi ports i believe ans the screen contains the typical blue one. I heard i can buy an adapter to make it work. But there are two white ports in the videocard. What should i do?
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  2. Posts : 1,846
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, & Mac OS X 10.9.2
       #2

    your R9 290 will have the following ports.
    firstly you have DVI


    Next you have HDMI


    and finally displayport


    there is no difference in HDMI sockets other than HDMI varients. v1 1.1 ect but they are all compatible upto a certain resolution.

    the only blue and white ports i can think of are VGA being blue and DVI being white.. yes you can get an adaptor for these but you dont want to.. VGA is analogue and DVI is digital, youll be loosing performance and good visuals.
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  3. Posts : 6,741
    W7 Pro x64 SP1 | W10 Pro IP x64 | W8.1 Pro x64 VM | Linux Mint VM
       #3

    This is a VGA port, the one badger rightly says you don't want to use.

    radeon r9 290-svga_port.jpg
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  4. Posts : 109
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #4

    u can easily get one of this http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/x...5414531250.jpg for very low price , i got mine for almost 2$ , and its been working perfectly , but yeah u're using a r9 , its #!@#ing powerful and it would be a waste to use it on a VGA monitor , i'd suggest to buy a 1080p monitor , or better 2.35 and 4k
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