This is due to the digital format of the signal.
Types of dvi d cables.
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Dvi d cables eliminate the need for format conversion and most video cards produce digital signals.
Digital visual interface dvi is a video display interface developed by the digital display working group ddwg.
The digital interface is used to connect a video source such as a video display controller to a display device such as a computer monitor it was developed with the intention of creating an industry standard for the transfer of digital video content.
The specialty of these cables is they work with both dvi d and dvi i connectors.
This format is completely incompatible with any analog signal format and therefore cannot be connected to anything that doesn t also handle dvi d or hdmi.
Generally dvi d connectors are the one you can find on most of the monitors.
Dvi d the digital signal type that runs through a dvi cable is sometimes referred to as dvi d.
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For single link there are 18 pins in total and a ground pin 18 1.
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The dvi d connector contains 3 rows of 8 pins and a grounding slot in case of dual link type which means 24 1 pins.
For example you can use dvi d to connect gpu with lcd monitors.
Hence when considering the rarity of a dvi a connector a dvi d cable is the most commonly applicable out of the three cable types.
However a male dvi i cable will not fit in a female dvi d connector due to its additional analog pins.