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I have an samsung screen with VGA input. I want to connect to it via an adapter with DVI, because I don't have an VGA port on my videocard. The problem is that I can't find any DVI male to VGA female adaper. I know it has something to do with analog and digital, but I can't get an clear answer from similar questions.

MY SCREEN
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  • VGA is your monitors input, not output.
    – root
    Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 19:24

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Is it possible to connect VGA via an converter to an DVI-D port?

Via an expensive active converter: Yes.
Via a cheap simple cable/plug: No

Reason: DVI-D is digital only, while VGA is analog only.
There are some olders DVI interface which output both an analog and a digital signal and for two a cheap plug changer works, but not from digital only to analog only.

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  • I eventually just bought a VGA to DisplayPort adapter which solved my problems!
    – Jason
    Commented Jan 10, 2017 at 13:14
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Yes, this is actually very common, in many cases these adaptors are part of the VGA card package. You can find many of them on ebay or Amazon

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This will work on any video card that does DVI-I (digital and analog) on the DVI port, On 2 DVI port cards , usually only 1 has the analog available to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI-I

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  • The example in the picture misses the analog pins though.
    – Hennes
    Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 19:41
  • lol, true, we would hope the one purchaced for that purpose would though :-)
    – Psycogeek
    Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 19:45

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