Cable Types?

area51 · 26 Mar 2019 at 00:07

Hi have options of DVI,HDMI,Display Port What if there is difference or advantage of either?
Running 144hz and have it linked by DVI cable atmo

Space Monkey · 26 Mar 2019 at 00:35

What resolution?

area51 · 26 Mar 2019 at 08:43

Space Monkey said:
What resolution?

1920x1080 on 24"

Oblivion007 · 26 Mar 2019 at 10:24

If you have a choice, go for display port. It's better because of the higher bandwidth. It's better than HDMI. The main advantage of HDMI is that it has audio channels.

Bugbait · 26 Mar 2019 at 10:42

Oblivion007 said:
The main advantage of HDMI is that it has audio channels.

DisplayPort also supports muti-channel audio so HDMI really doesn't have any advantages in a PC set up. Unless it's a weird case where the DisplayPort version is lower than the equivalent generation HDMI on the monitor then always use DisplayPort for PC.

area51 · 26 Mar 2019 at 15:23

My Monitor don't have any Squeakers audio is taken care of with usb headset.

was wondering if DP etc would be an improvement over DVI+ using?
Do any DP lead work or are there variancles? as said something about 1.3 on monitor blurb.
BenQ XL2430T ~ Gainward GTX970

Bugbait · 26 Mar 2019 at 16:54

Assuming you're within bandwidth specifications and the cables are of decent quality then all digital cables (DVI, DP, HDMI) will have the same image quality. In terms of bandwidth capability, DP > HDMI > DVI. There are different versions of each but this is a chipset limitation, not the cable. Any DP cable of similar quality will work with DP up to 1.4.

HDMI has 3 main versions, each with a "sub" version (+ Ethernet): (1) HDMI, (2) High Speed HDMI and (3) Ultra High Speed HDMI. They are all backwards compatible so if you get an Ultra High Speed cable then you're covered all the way to HDMI 2.1. A High Speed cable is good for up to HDMI 2.0a/b. Not sure on the limits of a normal HDMI cable but there's no reason to get one over a High Speed cost wise.