Video signal of DisplayPort is not compatible with DVI/HDMI. Still, the DisplayPort will allow the pass-through of DVI-HDMI signal, which will benefit you only if the monitor accepts has a combined DisplayPort plug that accepts DVI-HDMI too, which I think is highly unlikely.
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Video signal of DisplayPort is not compatible with DVI/HDMI. Still, the DisplayPort will allow the pass-through of DVI-HDMI signal, which will benefit you only if the monitor accepts has a combined DisplayPort plug that accepts DVI-HDMI too, which I think is highly unlikely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort