3m Display Port 1.4 cable experience

LiE · 13 Apr 2021 at 23:24

Anyone use a long DP 1.4 cable without issues? I'm hoping to position my case up to 3m away from my monitor and wanted to check there will be no issues with driving my 3840x1600 144hz monitor.

Zeebedy · 14 Apr 2021 at 07:22

I use a high quality 3m 4K display port cable for my rig, and didn’t notice anything different coming from a 1.8m cable.

Captain_Bosh · 14 Apr 2021 at 07:49

Yeah I've been using 3 meters DP 1.4 cables for a while with a 4K 60hz and 144hz screen with no obvious problems. I'm limited to 120hz but that is just because my 1080ti does not support DSC

LiE · 14 Apr 2021 at 18:40

Any idea of things get a bit sketchy at 4m? Turns out the cable route needs more than 3m.

PorcupineFloyd · 15 Apr 2021 at 00:35

In my experience 4 meters is fine as long as you use a quality cable.

Personally I have been using Club3D CAC-1069B 4 meter DisplayPort cables for years and have not experienced any issues whatsoever. I've used them in various pixel-pushing configurations including 3840x1600 @ 144hz.

EsxPaul · 15 Apr 2021 at 08:59

I could be in for some trouble as I've ordered a 5M cable for my G9. I'll have to keep my fingers crossed that'll it'll work without any issues

LiE · 15 Apr 2021 at 09:04

PorcupineFloyd said:
In my experience 4 meters is fine as long as you use a quality cable.

Personally I have been using Club3D CAC-1069B 4 meter DisplayPort cables for years and have not experienced any issues whatsoever. I've used them in various pixel-pushing configurations including 3840x1600 @ 144hz.

Thanks that's good to hear!

EsxPaul said:
I could be in for some trouble as I've ordered a 5M cable for my G9. I'll have to keep my fingers crossed that'll it'll work without any issues

Keep me posted.

Edit:
I've ordered: 4M Club 3D CAC-1069 DisplayPort 1.4 HBR3 Cable M/M Vesa Certified

dav3evans · 16 Apr 2021 at 19:38

FWIW I've used a 10m displayport cable at 165Hz at 1440p with no isues at all. If you search "Cable Matters Unidirectional Active DisplayPort Cable (DisplayPort 1.4 Cable) with 8K 60Hz Video and HDR Support in 10m". Doesn't fit your criteria exactly, but does show that there are possibilities when it comes to using a long boi (that's what she said etc...

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Quartz · 16 Apr 2021 at 22:36

LiE said:
Anyone use a long DP 1.4 cable without issues? I'm hoping to position my case up to 3m away from my monitor and wanted to check there will be no issues with driving my 3840x1600 144hz monitor.

Is that 3m cable length? Or will you need a 5m+ cable? Because I've found that copper Displayport cables can get twitchy with high bandwidth over 3m. I switched to fibre-optic cables a while back and they're great. Naturally, I purchased them just before they halved in price. They are available from Amazon - OCUK don't sell them - from various Oriental sources. You need to check that they support 32+ Gbps bandwidth, HDCP, and all the other trimmings. A 5m cable will set you back about £50, a 10m cable will set you back about £75.

EsxPaul · 18 Apr 2021 at 10:53

LiE said:
Keep me posted.

I've just fitted the 5M vesa certified cable from KabelDirekt and although it's early days, so far, so good. No flickering or any other problems that I can notice

I'm still using a 1080 so can only test out the 120hz option. Upgrading to the 3080 soon and will report back if I encounter any issues.

theboyrob · 25 Apr 2021 at 13:14

I use 3x 5m DP cables to my sim rig monitors, all three running at 1440p and 75Hz and I've had no issues. Cables were from the rainforest, around £9 each.