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Quick technology-ish question

Nadkor

22-01-2007, 04:27

http://techreport.com/reviews/2003q2/geforcefx-5200/ports.jpg
(Nvidia GeForce FX 5200)

What on earth are the two ports to the left (the one on the right being for a monitor)? The middle of the three looks like a PS/2 port, but I don't know what that's doing on a graphics card, and I honestly have no idea what the other one is.

Anyone care to shed a little light?

Teh_pantless_hero

22-01-2007, 04:30

DVI, S-Video out, VGA

Murderous maniacs

22-01-2007, 04:32

the leftmost one is a DVI port, which is used on most modern LCD screens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI
the middle one is an S-video port, which is used on most new tv's and many older ones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svideo

Ginnoria

22-01-2007, 04:33

Electric toothbrush and cigarette lighter.

Nadkor

22-01-2007, 04:35

Thanks :)

Never seen either a DVI or S-Video connection. A quick Wiki search reveals that S-Video is rarely used in Europe, SCART being preferred...

Murderous maniacs

22-01-2007, 04:46

yeah, s-video is pretty popular around here, though composite is aswell, not that composite is very good.
then again, i'm sure that they'll both disappear pretty quickly when digital tv becomes the standard - everyone can expect to see DVI more and more