# Looking at this new pc...

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**Created:** [October 21, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-at-this-new-pc/260957 "2011-10-21T09:10:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-at-this-new-pc/260957/16 "2011-11-19T16:53:19Z")

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> [@NYSI for a car that has a standalone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nysi-for-a-car-that-has-a-standalone/46668/6):
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> It’s a VGA cable. The only difference between the two is the HDMI tranfers both audio and video across the cable. My new video cards came with a mini-HDMI port and when I hooked it up to my monitor the picture was significantly worse so I went back to VGA.
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> You’re not using both cables at the same time are you? If so just use one.

VGA is analog, HDMI is digital. Two different animals! DVI and HDMI use the same digital video format, but obviously HDMI packages audio in as well.

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