ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoShould video cables come with a new video card or monitor?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareShould video cables come with a new video card or monitor?ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerunning_ragged@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoSo if your monitor came with 2 cables and your gpu came with 2 cables, thats 4 cables instead of 3.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNo GPU should ever come with video cables. Thats where unnecessary waste would come from IMO.
minus-squarerunning_ragged@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoBut in your scenario, that was exactly where you needed a new cable, even though you had the right one before then.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIf I had been provided the correct cables initially, i would not have had to play cable roulette. (It was a used monitor that I had purchased that did not come with any cables.)
So if your monitor came with 2 cables and your gpu came with 2 cables, thats 4 cables instead of 3.
No GPU should ever come with video cables. Thats where unnecessary waste would come from IMO.
But in your scenario, that was exactly where you needed a new cable, even though you had the right one before then.
If I had been provided the correct cables initially, i would not have had to play cable roulette.
(It was a used monitor that I had purchased that did not come with any cables.)