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**buIf6yoW** · 10-13-2007, 10:25 AM

Between..

DVI-D Port & VGA/D-Sub Port? My monitor has VGA/D-Sub and my graphics card has 2 DVI-D ports,and it came with a converter for my monitor to convert it to DVI-D Port,whats the difference and why most monitors have VGA Port when most graphics cards have DVI-D???

**tq4F7YKs** · 10-13-2007, 10:28 AM

Simple explanation. . .

One is high res (DVI), one is low res (VGA).

DVI = Digital Visual Interface
VGA = Video Graphics Array

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA

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buIf6yoW Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	Whats the difference? Between.. DVI-D Port & VGA/D-Sub Port? My monitor has VGA/D-Sub and my graphics card has 2 DVI-D ports,and it came with a converter for my monitor to convert it to DVI-D Port,whats the difference and why most monitors have VGA Port when most graphics cards have DVI-D??? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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tq4F7YKs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Simple explanation. . . One is high res (DVI), one is low res (VGA). DVI = Digital Visual Interface VGA = Video Graphics Array http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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