DVI-D Causing performance issues?

#1

Sherb

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So I recently invested in a second monitor.
My Graphics Card (GeForce GTX 560) only has 1 VGA and 1 DVI-D output.

So I put my main monitor (The one I game on) in to the DVI, since a friend suggested doing so, because it's 1080p.
Since I did it, TF2 has been giving me serious issues. It's almost like rubberbanding, except it's not a latency issue.

My question is whether or not playing on a DVI on a low-end Graphics card like mine, could cause performance issues, and whether or not it's worth putting it back on to VGA.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: There were never any performance issues at all, before switching over

So I recently invested in a second monitor.
My Graphics Card (GeForce GTX 560) only has 1 VGA and 1 DVI-D output.

So I put my main monitor (The one I game on) in to the DVI, since a friend suggested doing so, because it's 1080p.
Since I did it, TF2 has been giving me serious issues. It's almost like rubberbanding, except it's not a latency issue.

My question is whether or not playing on a DVI on a low-end Graphics card like mine, could cause performance issues, and whether or not it's worth putting it back on to VGA.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: There were never any performance issues at all, before switching over

#2

Dave_

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DVI-D or any connection shouldn't cause performance issues.

#3

ApolloniusX

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Unless it is a bad cable or port.

#4

smakers

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Even a bad cable won't cause performance issues. A bad port is unlikely to cause this, although i suppose it's possible. "Rubberbanding" (seeing yourself warp back in time to where you were previously) in TF2 is going to be caused by network issues.

I would say you're either experiencing network problems or not explaining the problem very well. Having said that, it's always a good idea to backtrack when troubleshooting, so I would definitely swap it back to the VGA port and see what happens.

Even a bad cable won't cause performance issues. A bad port is unlikely to cause this, although i suppose it's possible. "Rubberbanding" (seeing yourself warp back in time to where you were previously) in TF2 is going to be caused by network issues.

I would say you're either experiencing network problems or not explaining the problem very well. Having said that, it's always a good idea to backtrack when troubleshooting, so I would definitely swap it back to the VGA port and see what happens.