VGA is not as capable of driving certain display resolution/refresh rates so it is being rolled out as an outdated technology. I personally am liking the move forward to Digital connections, HDMI is a favorite because it will transport audio as well and a tone less annoying than VGA and DVI to use.

However if you have DVI there are simple adapters that will turn your DVI port into VGA and they are rather cheap. so if you don't feel like updating your monitor yet (especially on a server) you can get something with a DVI port on it, and then reconnect to a VGA connection.

The adapter is pretty dang cheap, and i have several leftover from graphcis card purchases in case you do not want to wait:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dvi%20to%20vga%20converter&sprefix=DVI+to+VGA%2Caps%2C256 


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:58 PM, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
moin moin,

I setup a system and don't have to muck with it much for years at a time,
so I lose track of proper setup. I'm fine with this tradeoff as I'm glad
to concentrate on other things :).

Anyway, ordering a new system and it looks like integrated video means I
choose two of the following three to drive my monitors: VGA/HDMI/DVI.

Am I much better off spending $xx on a video card that can drive both off
the same type of port? If so, what port type should I prefer? I presume
VGA is not the current favorite :).

ciao,

der.hans
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