[Discuss] VGA to DVI-D

[Ben Kallus]

Hi everyone,

I have a very picky monitor that only operates in 1920x1200 mode. It
uses single-link DVI-D for input, and I need to connect it to my computer's
VGA port.

Adding a GPU with a DVI-D output to the machine would work, but is
unsatisfying in a way that's hard to articulate. I would much rather use an
adapter. VGA is analog, and DVI-D is digital, so you can't passively adapt
one to the other. 99% of the VGA-DVI adapters on eBay and Amazon are
passive adapters, and they clutter the search results, making it very
difficult to find the product I'm looking for.

I have found a few active adapters from VGA to HDMI, (which can be easily
adapted to DVI-D) but all of them have a maximum resolution of 1920x1080,
and are therefore not sufficient for my use case. One adapter from SinLoon
claimed to support 1920x1200, but when it arrived, `swaymsg -t get_outputs`
reported that it actually maxed out at 1920x1080.

Has anyone here dealt with this problem in the past? Is anyone aware of an
adapter with VGA input and digital output that supports 1920x1200?

Thanks,
Ben