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Originally posted by CookieRevised
That's nonsense. The DVI output is simply another type of plug then the older VGA plugs, that's all. It has got nothing to do with the ability of dual monitoring or whatever.
A graphics card can have:
1 VGA port
2 VGA ports
1 DVI port
2 DVI ports
1 VGA and 1 DVI port
etc...
the most common widely spread graphic cards have 1 vga and another dvi output for dual monitoring... it's also the cheapest and fool-proof way in most cases...