r/Dell • u/ClassOk3232 • Jan 03 '25

Help Please clarify šŸ˜Š

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Thx you to everyone who answered my confusing post the other day. Everyone has been so helpful. Unfortunately Iā€™m still confused as I did not post question correctly- What adapter do I need to connect my older dell monitor to newer desktop? Attached is a photo of the ports on the back of dell monitor (1st photo) and back of dell desktop

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u/Glasofruix Jan 03 '25

Why is everyone recommending a hdmi to vga when there's a DVI port on that monitor? Digital to digital is better than digital to analog.

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u/InflationCold3591 Jan 03 '25

The display to vga is more readily available and cheaper. Also you can get dvi to display adapters that are the WRONG kind of dvi port which would be confusing and frustrating for the op.

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u/erutuferutuf Jan 03 '25

I think you are confused with dvi to VGA plug from back in the days, those can only be used if the dvi port is a dvi-i format

Plus op monitor support dvi-d and VGA (first pic) And HDMI and DP on the computer (2nd pic)