buying lg 29" ultrawide monitor

[ishaan]

motherboard of pc is gigabyte
H81M-S1

PC Input /Output
Display port:
Yes
DVI-D:
Yes
HDMI:
Yes x 2
Other 1:
Speaker 7Wx2
PC Audio I/P:
Yes
PC Audio O/P:
Yes

this is input /output specification of monitor

my assembled pc has vga output only if i know correctly , how would i connect this monitor to my pc and have full 2560*1080 resolution ?

thanks

 

[ishaan]

would a vga to hdmi converter work?

what are my other options?

 

[ishaan]

LG 29UB65: FULL HD UltraWide IPS Monitor| LG India

 

[Sushubh]

Vga most likely does not support that kind of resolution. You would most likely need dualdvi or displayport.

 

[ishaan]

Can you explain a bit more?

Will it work on my pc or not at all?

 

[ishaan]

My gigabyte motherboard has it or not, I can't see

 

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[Sushubh]

Would probably give you a shitty resolution. 2560 would require at least a modern on board gfx card with dvi-d or displayport. Hdmi might also work.

 

[ishaan]

LG provides a multi screen software with the monitor, if 2 different applications are side by side then should be OK?

I mean I will have to get a vga to hdmi converter too, what do you think?

Or better to change motherboard?

Suggestions for the better motherboard please?

 

[xyx2000]

Buy a cheap graphics card , 1500 - 2000 Rs , instead of buying new motherboard .

 

[Sushubh]

let me tell you about my setup. i have a Dell u3011 display. pretty messed up. but it offers 2560x1600 resolution. it is an old model so i cannot even get top resolution on hdmi. so i have either keep a graphics card that is capable of 2560x1600 resolution or get a motherboard with onboard graphics that support this resolution. and the current motherboard i have only offer this resolution over displayport. so currently i am connected to the display over displayport which has some bugs on the display.