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Question posted by Autijou on July 7th, 2014

How To Plug Monitor Cable Into The Add In Graphics Of A Dell Xps 8500

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Answer #1: Posted by DellRajathN on July 8th, 2014 12:36 AM

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Hi Autijou,

I'm from the Dell Social Media Team.

You will need to use a DVI to VGA connector to connect a VGA monitor to the Add-In Graphics card if it does not have a VGA port.

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