Is DVI better then the normal monitor cable?

If you can go with DVI, do it.

At least on my monitors, the one that is hooke up via VGA definitely show a slightly inferior picture than the other two that are hooked up via DVI. It's not terrible, but I can notice it. If you only have one monitor and switch cables, you might not notice the difference. If you have two monitors and can hook one up via VGA and the other via DVI, the difference should be slightly noticeable.

Grimmjow said:

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About 10 years ago I would have agreed with that, but newer, recent VGA graphic cards have shown a lot less of a difference in image quality compared to DVI, but still if you can go DVI, then definitley setup through DVI.

Though a VGA cable affects the image quality, whereas DVI/HDMI doesn't as it's digital, it either works or it doesn't work. For what it's worth you could use a metal clothing hanger and it'd still work, unlike VGA where the quality of the cable counts through analogue.

Nope. It should detect it automatically.

Since it was not mentioned in the posts, I wish to alert you to the fact that there are different DVI cables - your choice being dictated by the ports on both your monitor and gfx card.

Given you unfamiliarity with DVI, you might consider this brief article which discusses the options and gives you clear images which will help in identifying the ports on your components. Both your monitor and gfx card support DVI-D; whether it's single or dual link I was not able to immediately determine.

As a general rule, I should think you would choose cables to take advantage of your component's greatest capability/flexibility.

Monk

Also with DVI, if supported, HDCP is enabled allowing blu-ray playback (if you choose that upgrade later).