hdmi and dvi

[trivium nate]

can i use a dvi to hdmi adapter and plug it into one of my gtx 260's while still in sli and get 1080p Hd?

[Maverick123w]

I'm kind of confused by your question. If you mean can you just run the adapter and use hdmi instead of dvi I'm sure you can.

[trivium nate]

okay i have dual gtx 260's in sli i want to run HD on them, i dont want to run hdmi through my onboard gpu cuz it disabled and the hd would look like crap and i cant game on because its not really hat good i just want to have amazing looking high definiton cuz i read you have to have a god card for it to look good so i want to get a dvi to hdmi adapter get what im saying?

[Maverick123w]

If your gaming on that 22" still you're going to be limited to 1680x1050 regardless of what cable you use, and as far as picture quality you're not going to see a difference from hdmi to dvi. The only nice thing about hdmi is that it also routes sound as well.

[trivium nate]

i bought this monitor
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Gateway+-+23%22+Widescreen+Flat-Panel+LCD+HD+Monitor/9350702.p?id=1218102201869&skuId=9350702

it cmae with an hdmi cable my mobo has a hdmi slot but the only way i can get hdmi to enable is if i enable hybrid sli and plug the hdmi cable into the hdmi slot and go into nvidia cp and click on the 1920x1080 1080P can i have sli with my dual gtx 260's enabled and still use hdmi?

[Maverick123w]

Yes you could, but you're not going to see a benefit from it. The only reason I would do it that way would be if your monitor doesn't have a dvi port. If it does just use dvi, it can display 1080p just fine.

[Sazar]

Yes, you will get full output upto 1080p.

[trivium nate]

Yes, you will get full output upto 1080p.



using the dvi to hdmi adapter?

[jlippo]

using the dvi to hdmi adapter?
The data doesn't change, so yes.

[trivium nate]

well i got the adapter and everything looks amazing except movies it I think i want to bring it back and try another one

[FearMeAll]

well i got the adapter and everything looks amazing except movies it I think i want to bring it back and try another one

I have a lot of DVI to HDMI adapters myself and can see no difference between expensive cables and cheap ones. I wasted 200 bucks on a 6 foot monster cable, but spent $40 on a 25 foot monoprice cable and have seen no difference at all.

If you're playing blu-rays on the pc and you are not hdcp compliant get AnyDVD HD software to get the full 1080p resolution. I really dislike this whole HDCP compliant nonsense.

There are workarounds for everything.

[trivium nate]

im not playting blue rays jsut regular dvd's

i tihnk im hdcp compliant nvidia control says something about im at work ill look later but thanks

[trivium nate]

The program I was using were windows media center and windows media player but vidoes I had on itunes didn't look good either idk, for the dvds I have 2 dvd players 1 internal 1 external I was using the external mayb e I should try the internal what programs would u recomend?


Thanks

[trivium nate]

okay i figured out how to get hdmi i have 1080p on everything looks amazing except movies which in windows media player i have to set the picture to small for it to be HD if i full screen it it looks like crap are their any free ware or trial software thats plays dvd's in hd?

[sharangad]

im not playting blue rays jsut regular dvd's

i tihnk im hdcp compliant nvidia control says something about im at work ill look later but thanks

Check the colour levels in the nvidia control panel. Try forcing the video output levels to full (0-255) instead of limited (16-235).

Changing the cable won't work because single link DVI and HDMI are the same protocol. For every one pin in a DVI port there's a corresponding pin in the HDMI port and they carry the exact same signal.

[jlippo]

okay i figured out how to get hdmi i have 1080p on everything looks amazing except movies which in windows media player i have to set the picture to small for it to be HD if i full screen it it looks like crap are their any free ware or trial software thats plays dvd's in hd?
You can try Media Player Classic and FFDSHOW in which you can try different scalers, but the biggest problem with DVDs is the low resolution and crappy compression. ;)