VGA cable length

[S-B]

I've been looking to get a new cable for my monitor. Now, I noticed Monoprice has these "50Ft. HDDB15, Triple Shielded 3-Coax 4 Twisted Pair" cables for sale.

What I want to know is how limiting such a cable will be. I currently run it at 1920x1200@60Hz, but I'd prefer 85Hz with the computer that I would attach to it with the aforementioned cable. Basically, will I be able to run that resolution without signal loss with this cable? Is it well-shielded enough?

 

[SJetski71]

I've been looking to get a new cable for my monitor. Now, I noticed Monoprice has these "50Ft. HDDB15, Triple Shielded 3-Coax 4 Twisted Pair" cables for sale.

What I want to know is how limiting such a cable will be. I currently run it at 1920x1200@60Hz, but I'd prefer 85Hz with the computer that I would attach to it with the aforementioned cable. Basically, will I be able to run that resolution without signal loss with this cable? Is it well-shielded enough?

Your text will get blurrier and images will ghost to some degree at that resolution and refresh rate with a cable that long, i can almost guarantee.

I've been window shopping for ultra-high end vga cables, just for the hell of it. What i've discovered that is unless you are a cable engineer it is really tough to figure out what makes a better vga cable...is it overall guage? individual wire guages? double insulation with a 96% aluminum coverage? An overall copper insulator? (catch my drift?). I've read dozens of web pages on the topic and i'm not any closer to finding more precise answers.

My recommendation, if at all possible, would be to revise your setup so you can use a maximum length of 12ft, and while it may be overkill maybe even 9ft or 6ft, especially when using high resolutions. You might be able to get away with a 15ft cable but once again you're running a high rez and desire a higher refresh so you "may" begin to lose some image quality...ymmv

Otherwise if you're bent on getting a >25ft vga cable i'd recommend skipping monoprice and research what a higher-end cable merchant has to say: http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/rgbhv/index.htm