Does using HDMI on your gaming monitor lower FPS?

Azure101 · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:03

Hi there, i made a thread before and this was one of the questions asked within the thread but it never got answered because the thread kinda died =) since im considering getting a new monitor i just wanted to know whether using HDMI will lower FPS in games?

Thanks,

Azure

P.S The monitors i am looking at are:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-014-AS&groupid=17&catid=949&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-030-BQ&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

and the ASUS VH236H

Ciarz · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:07

I don't think it does, It shouldn't do anyway lol. DVI over VGA doesn't and besides HDMI is the output, not the processing side per se.

P.S Hope you get the monitor you want

Azure101 · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:11

Ah righty... so if you were me and you had the choice... would you go for a smaller monitor with HDMI or a larger monitor without?

Hxc · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:26

larger without unless you specifically need HDMI.

Azure101 · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:28

Hxc said:
larger without unless you specifically need HDMI.

Thanks for the reply,

Yeah i agree now i just did some research and found they are VERY similar quality wise and i should only need HDMI should i want to send audio to the monitor aswell.

Thanks again.

yashiro · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:48

In answer to your question, No.

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 21:02

Hxc said:
larger without unless you specifically need HDMI.

And if you do get HDMI make sure it has HDCP

Dauthi · 3 Jul 2009 at 21:24

Using HDMI won't lower your FPS using a higher resolution on your monitor will thou.

Azure101 · 3 Jul 2009 at 21:59

Cheers again for the replies guys.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-030-BQ&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

Went for that one in the end and it's coming tomorrow... I'm expecting my pc to hate me since i'm only running at 1280 x 1024 atm =P

Azure101 · 4 Jul 2009 at 00:06

sorry for the Double Post but i just wanted to know... since i wanna get the best picture out of my new monitor. Currently i have a DVI to VGA adapter plugged into my graphics card because all i have atm is a a VGA cable... Would a straight DVI to DVI give me a better picture?

user1453 · 4 Jul 2009 at 00:11

if it is a large resolution then you should get a better picture with a dvi cable

HDCP may not lower fps but it may increase input lag, the time required to encode and decode the image stream

Azure101 · 4 Jul 2009 at 00:34

do OCuk sell a DVI-D to DVI-D cable?

EDIT: found one... what's the difference between Dual link and not dual link? =P

DragonQ · 4 Jul 2009 at 00:57

Dual link is capable of higher bandwidth. Single link can only do up to 1920x1200@60Hz. If you require more, or think you might do in the foreseeable future, buy dual link.

Azure101 · 4 Jul 2009 at 01:03

Thanks Dragon... I take it they're a lot more expensive?

killari · 4 Jul 2009 at 01:21

user1453 said:
if it is a large resolution then you should get a better picture with a dvi cable

HDCP may not lower fps but it may increase input lag, the time required to encode and decode the image stream

yar true dat, but is required for HDCP protected content unless you want your bluray (etc) to look like utter tosh

Azure101 · 4 Jul 2009 at 18:32

One final question. I've got my monitor and i know that it takes a DVI-D connection, however i'm not sure what sort of DVI connection is on my graphics card or does it not matter whether it's DVI-D or DVI-I? As i want to get a cable where i can get the best picture from my monitor.

The graphics card is:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-120-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=939

asim18 · 4 Jul 2009 at 19:17

DVI-D is digital, DVI-I is both analogue and digital.

Just use any cable. It'll use digital by default.

EdAllonby · 8 Jul 2009 at 21:51

Resolution effects FPS. HD capabilities doesn't.

yashiro · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:35

Just use any cable. It'll use digital by default.

Not always the case. Particularly with Nvidia cards on their latest drivers.
Get a DVI-D cable to avoid the headache of incorrect fallback to VGA.

Caged · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:57

killari said:
And if you do get HDMI make sure it has HDCP

HDMI requires that it supports HDCP, it's impossible to have an HDMI input that doesn't support HDCP.

user1453 said:
if it is a large resolution then you should get a better picture with a dvi cable

What?

That's a load of tripe.