found this in a 5770 box, whats it for

[doggystyle]

I found some kind of convertor in a box.
It's a female VGA to male DVI I think.
The DVI won't plug into a graphics card, it has 4 little pins next to the bigger flat pin.
Whats this for? Is it any use?

Cheers.

 

[inflynx]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

As well as digital signals, the DVI connector includes pins providing the same analog signals found on a VGA connector, allowing an analog VGA monitor to be connected with a passive plug adapter (or with a converter cable with VGA at one end, and DVI-A or DVI-I at the other). This feature was included in order to make DVI universal, as it allows either type of monitor (analog or digital) to be operated from the same connector.

Not sure why they put it in the box.