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What does your motherboard have HDMI if you aren't supposed to use them? I'm sure you've heard PC builders tell you that your monitor is plugged into and not into. So why is the motherboard even an option? As you can see, both the motherboard and the GPU have the same display ports. When you plug your monitor into your GPU, that your monitor is going to display the graphics that your GPU produces. God damn it dude! God damn it dude! You're joking. If you plug your monitor into your motherboard, you will not be seeing what's coming out of your GPU. You'll be seeing your integrated GPU. A lot of CPUs have something called integrated graphics. And that's exactly what it sounds like. It's graphics built into the CPU, so there's no need for a GPU. Literally some PCs don't even have a GPU. Think like budget PCs, you would find in an office setting. They obviously don't need some big beefy GPU. So integrated graphics work just fine for those. Another reason is for troubleshooting. Let's say your GPU stops working, you still need to see on your computer without using the graphics pushed out that's no longer working. To plug into would be really useful there. Otherwise, you would just have a blank screen and a broken GPU. No one wants that. Some people who run multiple monitors will plug some of those monitors into the motherboard, like if it's not the monitor they're using. So let's say they have a vertical monitor that they strictly use for discord. Discord doesn't need a GPU, they can plug that one into the motherboard. Did you ever plug your monitor into your motherboard before you knew any better? Let me know in the comments.