DVI Input

Hi,
Bought a flat panel...very nice. It doesn't have a digital output. My starforce 4200 has a digital in and it came with an adaptor that allows me to hook the analog monitor output
to the digital in on the videocard. So, What's the point?
Thanks
Ahumado

Yeah, perhaps that might need to be reworded differently.
I think there's a good question in there, I just can't wrap my head around it atm

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