Display Port to DVI Cable – DP to DVI-D Male, 1080p 60Hz, 1m & 1.8m

Description

New computer, perfectly good monitor, and no socket in common. This is the lead that bridges them — when your graphics card will let it.

⚠️ The thing to check before you order

This is a passive lead, which means it does no conversion of its own. It relies on the graphics card detecting what is plugged in and sending DVI-compatible signalling out of the Display Port socket. That capability is called Dual-Mode Display Port, usually marked DP++ next to the socket or in the manual.

If your card supports DP++, this works perfectly and costs fifteen dollars. If it does not, you get no picture at all — not a degraded picture, nothing — and no passive lead from any seller will behave differently.

Most desktop graphics cards and business laptops of the last decade support it. Some newer cards have dropped it. Check for the DP++ mark, or ask us with your card model and we will look it up before you buy — that is a two-minute conversation that saves a return.

We lead with this because nobody else does. The single most common complaint about this class of product is a black screen from a buyer who was never told the dependency existed.

What it gives you

Full HD, at a proper refresh rate. A DVI-D single-link connection carries 1920 × 1200 at 60Hz, which covers 1080p monitors and the 1920 × 1200 business panels that are still everywhere in offices.

That is the ceiling of the standard, not of this lead. DVI-D single-link has the bandwidth it has; no cable exceeds it. If you need more than that from a DVI monitor you need dual-link, which is a different connector and a different product.

Video only. DVI carries no audio, so sound stays on your existing speakers, headphones or a separate lead. That is how DVI has always worked and it catches people out.

A plug at both ends

Display Port male into the computer. DVI-D male into the monitor. The DVI end has the pins and the two knurled screws, so it goes straight into the socket on the back of the display and stays there.

Nothing else to buy, and nothing to adapt. A display port to dvi cable that ends in a socket would need a second lead; this one does not.

It runs one way only — computer out to monitor in. A DVI source into a Display Port monitor is a different job that needs powered electronics, and no passive lead does it in that direction.

Two lengths

One metre for a monitor on the same desk as the tower. 1.8 metres for a machine on the floor, a monitor on an arm, or a second screen at the far side of a dual setup.

The full 1920 × 1200 at 60Hz is available on both. DVI runs comfortably at these distances; the limits people hit are at five metres and beyond.

Built for a cable that gets left alone

Triple shielding on a video lead matters more than it does on a charging cable, because a monitor lead usually runs behind a desk alongside mains leads, a powerboard and whatever else is back there. Shielding is what stops that showing up as sparkle or shimmer on the picture.

The DVI hood is moulded around the screw posts rather than butted against them, which is where these leads die when someone pulls the tower out to get behind it.

Why purchase this displayport to dvi cable from Core Connect Aust?

Stocked in Melbourne, not drop-shipped with a three-week wait. Order before 10am and your displayport to dvi cable ships the same day via Australia Post with tracking and insurance, backed by our 90-day warranty — and by a team who will check your graphics card supports DP++ before taking your money rather than after.

Check the socket, check for the DP++ mark, then order your display port to dvi cable today.

Compatibility

Sources — anything with a full-size Display Port socket marked DP++ or Dual-Mode:

• Desktop graphics cards — most Nvidia GeForce and Quadro, AMD Radeon and FirePro, and Intel Arc of the last decade
• Business laptops and workstations — Dell Latitude, Precision and OptiPlex · HP EliteBook, ProBook and Z workstations · Lenovo ThinkPad and ThinkCentre
• Docking stations and port replicators with a Display Port output
• Mini PCs and small-form-factor desktops

Displays — anything with a DVI-D or DVI-I socket:

• Dell UltraSharp and P-series · HP · Lenovo ThinkVision · AOC · BenQ · ASUS · Acer · ViewSonic · Philips · Samsung
• Business monitors at 1920 × 1200, which is where most DVI panels still in service sit
• Projectors and displays with a DVI input

⚠️ Check for DP++ first. This is a passive lead and it depends on the graphics card sending DVI-compatible signalling. Look for “DP++” or “Dual-Mode” marked at the socket or in the manual. Without it there is no picture, and that is a property of the source rather than of this lead. Send us your card model and we will check before you order.

Video only — DVI carries no audio. Sound continues through your existing speakers, headphones or a separate lead.

1920 × 1200 at 60Hz is the ceiling, because that is what DVI-D single-link carries. Higher resolutions need dual-link DVI, which is a different connector.

One direction only. Display Port out of the computer, DVI into the monitor. A DVI source driving a Display Port monitor is the reverse job and needs an active converter — ask us, because it is a different product.

If your monitor has a DVI-I socket (with four extra pins around the flat blade) this still fits — DVI-D plugs into DVI-I sockets.

Core Connect Aust is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dell, HP, Lenovo, AOC, BenQ, ASUS, Acer, ViewSonic, Philips, Samsung, Nvidia, AMD or Intel. DisplayPort is a trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association. All brand and model names are used here for compatibility reference only. This is not a manufacturer-branded product.