Simple DVI-D Clarification?

[Kevin Yoon]

Simple questions: is the difference in DVI and DVI-D in the cable or in the port? Meaning that if my monitor and GPU support DVI-D, do I specifically need a DVI-D cable? Or does a normal DVI cable accout for that? Basically what I'm asking is do DVI-D cables exist?

 

[Sakkura]

There are differences in the cable and port alike; the connectors are different.

And there's no "plain" DVI connector, it's either DVI-D, DVI-A, or DVI-I (and also either single-link or dual-link).

But nowadays most things are dual-link DVI-D or DVI-I, the other types are rare/obsolete.

A cable with a DVI-D connector can plug into a DVI-I port, but in principle not the other way around. DVI-D ports may, however, still have the holes to allow a DVI-I connector to be inserted - the extra holes just aren't electrically connected. Then it works like a DVI-D connection.

 

[Kevin Yoon]

There are differences in the cable and port alike; the connectors are different.

And there's no "plain" DVI connector, it's either DVI-D, DVI-A, or DVI-I (and also either single-link or dual-link).

But nowadays most things are dual-link DVI-D or DVI-I, the other types are rare/obsolete.

A cable with a DVI-D connector can plug into a DVI-I port, but in principle not the other way around. DVI-D ports may, however, still have the holes to allow a DVI-I connector to be inserted - the extra holes just aren't electrically connected. Then it works like a DVI-D connection.

So if I bought a monitor that says it comes with "DVI," can I assume that this is DVI-D?

 

[Sakkura]

So if I bought a monitor that says it comes with "DVI," can I assume that this is DVI-D?

I'm not sure. You'd want to check it, or at least look whether your GPU has the holes for the extra DVI-I pins.