DVI-A to DVI-D

[dante21]

I just bought a new widescreen monitor and I wanted to get a DVI cable for it. The problem with that is I have a Radeon 9800 pro (128) and it has a DVI-A connection and the monitor has a DVI-D. I have looked on many sites but I can't find anything to help me. If you can I would appreciate it.

[dmitrygr]

cant just have a cable. it needs conversion. one is analog, one is digital.
that's like asking for a usb <-> mains cable

[dante21]

I must not have been clear. I was just asking if there was anything around where I could hook the two up like an adapter for the DVI-A end or anything. Sorry for the confusion.

[dmitrygr]

what i answered is true. dvi-a is analog. dvi-d is digital you cannot just convert from one to another

[Joel]

I just bought a new widescreen monitor and I wanted to get a DVI cable for it. The problem with that is I have a Radeon 9800 pro (128) and it has a DVI-A connection and the monitor has a DVI-D. I have looked on many sites but I can't find anything to help me. If you can I would appreciate it.
How about DVI-A to VGA? Does your monitor have a VGA port?

[dante21]

Yeah it does. I guess I will just update the video card then. Thanks for the help.

[=Froggy=]

dante21, are you really sure that your video card has a DVI-A connector? I don't know about this specific model, but all ATI, nVidia and Matrox cards with DVI connector that I've seen so far have DVI-I output, which integrates both digital and analog signals. That's why you normaly can use a simple DVI-VGA adapter to hook up old VGA monitors (because it's directly compatible with VGA), as well as fully utilize digital connectivity for newer displays. Having only DVI-A on a video card makes very little sense, if any -- did you actually try connecting DVI-D cable to it to see what happens?

But if you really have DVI-A (very weird!), then what dmitrygr said is true -- they are not compatible, and you need a digital-to-analog converter, not just an adapter...

[dante21]

It is a DVI-I slot. It has the slot like a cross and four pins around it. I don't know why I said DVI-A because I was reading some stuff on it and must have gotten confused. It looks like this:
I should be able to hook them up though, right?

[Joel]

dante21, then there should be no problem with the DVI cable connection. Try it out and see :)

[dante21]

I am sorry for the confusion I spent like 3 hours reading stuff and I must have gotten it mixed up. I bought the dual link cables from Monoprice (cheapest cables I have ever bought). Thank you very much for the help!