What do these plugs do in the back of my GPU?

[woochikaboo]

I know what the HDMI is and I know that the bottom one on the right plugs into an adapter to my VGA into my 10 year old monitor but what deos thew DP do and the one on the top? The one on the top is slightly different from the one on the top.

 

 

Some in-depth explanation would be nice please, thanks.

[othertomperson]

DP is display port and the other two are slightly different types of DVI. All are to plug into monitors of appropriate input.

[Volbet]

DisplayPoirt is a royalty free video interface. Currently we are on displayport 1.3. Like HDMI, displayport also carries sound.

Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

[PlenumRated]

Display Port

[Oshino Shinobu]

People have explained DP, but those DVI ports are slightly different. The top one is DVI-D which only carries a digital video signal, and the one on the bottom carries both digital and analogue video signals.  

[Adnanklink]

The other dvi port carries only a digital signal whereas the bottom one also carries an analog signal(why vga adapter works). The display port is just another interface like display port or hdmi.

[Tech_Dreamer]

Display port , good for carrying high bandwidth digital signal , used in high bitrate color accurate proffessional grade content like 4k & 10 bit panel monitor. Even better than 'Dual link DVI' Cables , and for 4K lossless content & color critical application , it's a must.

 

it's tiny but packs a punch. there's also mini display port wit similar capabilities but smaller port frame.

 

 

 

  a ninja never smiles

[woochikaboo]

Display port , good for carrying high bandwidth digital signal , used in high bitrate color accurate proffessional grade content like 4k & 10 bit panel monitor. Even better than 'Dual link DVI' Cables , and for 4K lossless content & color critical application , it's a must.

 

it's tiny but packs a punch. there's also mini display port wit similar capabilities but smaller port frame.

 

 

 

  a ninja never smiles

Okay I want to plug in a second monitor that isn't HDMI, but the DVI cable thingy has 4 pins on the right, it's not gonna fit, wat do?

[Tech_Dreamer]

Okay I want to plug in a second monitor that isn't HDMI, but the DVI cable thingy has 4 pins on the right, it's not gonna fit, wat do?

you should get a dvi-d cable for the second monitor i presume (one with no extra 4 pins), since the other one you already using is dvi-i port (with the extra 4 pin slot) .