Question: are there different dvi cables?
Answer: There are currently two prominent types of DVI connectors, DVI-I (Figure 1) and DVI-D (Figure 2). DVI-D provides a digital only signal, while DVI-I can support digital and analog signals. ... As of January 2002, Dell flat panel monitors have DVI-D connectors and will work fine with both DVI-D and DVI-I video connectors.