Question for the true Video Nerds...

[chazdraves]

Allrighty... So I've been looking at getting one of them fancy VGA adapters for the X-Box so I can enjoy me Box in High-Res... I was just thinking however... I have the DVI-Component adapter that ATI sells (Here) and I have the DVI-VGA adapter that comes with the 9800's... Sooo... If (and I honestly don't know, hence I'm asking) I were to take my Monster Component cables for me X-Box, plug them into the Component end of the DVI-Component adapter then take a Female/Female DVI adapter and connect the Component/DVI to the DVI/VGA and then connect my VGA to my monitor... Heh... this is probably retarded... Anywho... would that work or would it wig because the adapters were meant to go one-way... that kinda thing... Anyone follow where I'm going with this...? Thanks!

- Chaz

 

[darkswordsman17]

I would think that it'd work, but it might not, since there's nothing actually converting the signal. Why don't you just try it first? I mean there's only one way to find out right?

 

[chazdraves]

Precisely my thoughts as well... I guess, the DVI/Component deal technically is a bit of a converter and it's got some flip switches on there for selecting the resolutions (720p, 1080i, etc.). I'm just curious if it would work going the other direction. Being Sunday as it is, I won't get a chance today, but hopefully Tuesday (Small Town, USA) I can try and find a Female/Female DVI dilly and see what happens... That was the only way I could think of without buying one of these to get my X-Box on my monitor... But if worse comes to worse I can just break down and spend the cash...

- Chaz

 

[SonicIce]

Does the videocard even have inputs? I thought they were all outputs.

 

[epsilon9090]

That will work with just as good results as a neoya x2vga.

Personally, I have a modded xbox and I build my vga cable by open up the xbox video connector and soldering to the 15 something points, i forgot.

Anyways it looks like crap compared to my new computer, halo for example is comaparable to running halo on my pc at 640x480, which is really what it is.

 

[chazdraves]

No... the vid card is only outs (that I know of)... but the vid card doesn't factor into this... My assumption is that you read the above and assumed I was gonna use the component adapter to go in instead of out, but I'm afraid that's not quite the whole situation...

I should hope that I'd be able to adjust the resolution from the Component using those switches just as it'd work the other way... I guess that piece is my real question...

As far as cutting open the cable... that's not a bad idea... if you could somehow do that with a component video cable you'd be able to adjust the resolutions through the control panel and then play it in high res... does that make sense to anyone other than me...?

- Chaz