Monitor/video card digital out

pardon the ignorance, this is the first time I have delt with this type of cord and have no idea what it is called.

Ok so i bought a new flat screen and it came with two cables, one the traditional varioty, and other one more pins or holes and I am guessing it is some form of digital cable.

when I built my new pc it didnt work at all, and I assumed probabliy correctly that it was because my video card had no drivers.

Now with drivers, it is all sketchy, flashes and squirls.

normal cable works fine.

what am I doing wrong.

You are right about it being a digital interface. I've never used one myself, so I can't give you any other help.

But I can say for certain that you will be asked which card you've got and which monitor. You've got a better chance of a successful reply if you post that info.

wait, the other cables has more pins/holes and you plugged it into your card anyways :lol: :lol:

but is there a white looking port on your video card? its almost the same as the regular one, except its white

yeah, you can't use the white cable unless your video card supports digital output. Mine does and I use it...works fine. Haven't really seen a difference either way, though.

DVI is what it's called...probably.
The connectors should look like this...
http://www.monitor.co.at/ausgaben/2001_04/dvi.jpg

correct?

yes the connector does look like that. I would assume that if the video card has an out featuring that connector it would support it, but stranger things have happened.

The vid card is a nvidia 5600.

But if the differnce in quality is not that noticable, I will forget about it.

thanks

Check your display properties. You should be able to change a setting that tells your video card which output to use.