male connector on graphics card
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Name: RockyBalboa
Date: June 10, 2004 at 08:54:49 Pacific
Subject: male connector on graphics cardOS: Xp ProCPU/Ram: KT4AV-L 2800+ 512 DDR 333 |
Comment: Ive got a few old pci graphics cards that have a male output alongside the normal monitor out, could anybody explain what this is and how it works or provide me with a link to an explanation thanks! Q-TEC 550 Watt PSU
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Response Number 2
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Name: johnr
Date: June 10, 2004 at 09:15:28 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)When you say 'male' do you mean a D multipin - same as the monitor, just male?
If so it may be an add-on accelerator card - popular when Voodoo cards first came in, they worked alongside your original card with a patch cable going between the 2.
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Name: name
Date: June 10, 2004 at 09:18:04 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If it looks like a monitor connector, might be a video in/out interface of some kind. I had a combo IOmega scsi/video in out that I got out of an old computer, but it needed an interface box from there that split out the video/audio.
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Response Number 4
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Name: RockyBalboa
Date: June 10, 2004 at 16:01:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)"When you say 'male' do you mean a D multipin - same as the monitor, just male?
" Spot on! so could i use this alongside my 8mb ati rage pro turbo? and how the hell does this work?
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Response Number 7
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Name: RockyBalboa
Date: June 10, 2004 at 18:27:01 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)yes there are 3 of them and 2 of them are voodoo 2 cards the other says 3dfx righteous 3d orchid on it. Q-TEC 550 Watt PSU
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Response Number 8
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Name: johnr
Date: June 10, 2004 at 23:44:08 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Yes you just use it as an add-on accelerator card. Probably only has 8 or 16Mb memory though and it's still 'old' technology, but will certainly improve some gameplay. You need a small patch cable to go from your original card to the voodoo card and then your monitor plugs into the other socket on the voodoo. You should still be able to download drivers if you do a search in Google.
Any problems/queries, drop me an e-mail.
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