Soldato
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Can someone recommend me a DP cable for Freesync? I purchased one from elsewhere as they're currently sold out on OcUK and its a Dell one and its fine in the sense I get a display but running the Freesync test (the Windmill one) I get NO Freesync support - screen tearing is quite bad. The cable that came with the monitor works fine but is rather short. Freesync enabled in CCC - yes.
Clearly all DP cables are NOT the same. Can someone recommend me one they know actually WORKS with Freesync? I'm quite annoyed honestly.
Thanks.
edit: turns out the seller who sold me the cable is not actually a Dell cable despite being advertised as such!
THIS the official list of DP cables as certified by DisplayPort/VESA. If your cable is NOT listed here its not been tested as being VESA compliant and will very likely will have problems at higher frequencies/resolutions/4K. If your monitor is flickering/won't wake from sleep it could well be the cable. If you DO buy a cable on this list make sure its 1.2 compliant and not the older 1.1 standard (twice the throughput)!
http://www.displayport.org/products-database/
edit: new (certified) cable arrived today. Not exactly cheap but Freesync WORKS.
Clearly all DP cables are NOT the same. Can someone recommend me one they know actually WORKS with Freesync? I'm quite annoyed honestly.
Thanks.
edit: turns out the seller who sold me the cable is not actually a Dell cable despite being advertised as such!
THIS the official list of DP cables as certified by DisplayPort/VESA. If your cable is NOT listed here its not been tested as being VESA compliant and will very likely will have problems at higher frequencies/resolutions/4K. If your monitor is flickering/won't wake from sleep it could well be the cable. If you DO buy a cable on this list make sure its 1.2 compliant and not the older 1.1 standard (twice the throughput)!
http://www.displayport.org/products-database/
edit: new (certified) cable arrived today. Not exactly cheap but Freesync WORKS.
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