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My video card has a DVI-I connector and my monitor has a DVI-D. The problem is I can't find a connector with male DVI-I and male DVI-D? I've searched amazon and newegg but can't find one. If i buy a cable that's male DVI-d/DVI-d will it work if i plug a male DVI-d male connector into my DVI-i female port on my video card?

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You can just use a DVI-D cable. The DVI-D connector fits into a DVI-I port (not the other way round, though), the added pins on the -I connector are used for the analogue signal.

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  • So I won't lose any video quality on my monitor if I use a male DVI-D cable into the DVI-I female port? But i can't reverse it? is that correct?
    – Jessica M.
    Jun 6, 2014 at 7:26
  • Yes, you won't lose any video quality using just a DVI-D cable - it's a purely digital link. DVI-I additionally offers an analogue connection that your screen won't use (as it's DVI-D only).
    – rhubee
    Jun 6, 2014 at 7:38
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DVI-I is like DVI-D and DVI-A merged together, it can be used both for digital (DVI-D) and analog (DVI-A) signal. Your video card has DVI-I output, which means it can transmit both analog and digital. It's sending the same image, but encoded in two ways. You want at least one of those signals to be connected to your monitor.

Your monitor has DVI-D port, so it can receive digital signal only. You can safely use a DVI-D cable. Nothing will be lost, because your monitor doesn't support analog input (and there's no need to provide the same image encoded as analog anyway).

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