Should I switch my cable from HDMI to Displayport?

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The-Master-Reaper@reddit

Hell yea and it’ll be a future investment anyway it’ll last you long and support better fps and resolution when you upgrade

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Finetales@reddit

Some monitors like DisplayPort better. My main monitor gets 144hz with HDMI, 180hz with DP.

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HDMI allows you to use g sync and free synce, depending on your monitor. HDMI allows you to use adaptive sync. I think it's g sync > adaptive sync > free sync. G sync requires compatible monitor hardware. As far as I know at least.

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Babou13@reddit

I had to swap to a dp cable after my Alienware aw3225qf kept going to random black screens for a few seconds. 4k/240hz. Hasn't done it again since switching to a dp cable

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PM-Your-Fuzzy-Socks@reddit

if you’re getting 144, there’s no need to swap

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

In what cases should one swap?

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PM-Your-Fuzzy-Socks@reddit

when you’re not getting the setting for max hz, when things are showing up wrong, etc.

if things are working fine, there’s no need to swap

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

Well when ingame the screen is sometimes glitchy, where screen gets tearing(?) even though the framerate is well below 144 fps. The tearing(?) is not a cut-in-half, but a zig-zag pattern of game texture across screen for a split moment.

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Killermothx@reddit

turn on g-sync/freesync. Do not turn on v-sync.

Your problem is that your monitor is refreshing before you have a new frame. It will force it without sync and you will see tearing

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

Switching to DP allows for g-sync, so that might’ve solved it!

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Killermothx@reddit

did your monitor not come with DP? All the monitors I've bought have. Check the box if you missed one

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SIDER250@reddit

Mine came with only HDMI. No DP.

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Personal_Occasion618@reddit

Yeah, expected more from my 4k 144hz monitor but, it is what it is 🤷

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Logical_Bit2694@reddit

I’m quite lucky that mine came with 2 dp cables

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

Not long enough for my setup

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drake90001@reddit

Enable vsync

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kwanye_west@reddit

that’s screen tearing and isn’t a cable issue. that’s because your monitor refreshes top down, hence the zig zagging. if your monitor has no free sync or g-sync, you’ll need to use v-sync. if your frame rate is high enough you might not even notice it with no screen syncing.

valorant for example i don’t even notice it because i’m constantly at 200+ fps.

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PM-Your-Fuzzy-Socks@reddit

might want to look into monitor settings or game settings. it’s hard to say without a video or anything and even then, i’m not totally versed in those problems. i mean you can try a dp cable and maybe it’ll fix it but i personally have doubts. good luck though!

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

cheers

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118shadow118@reddit

My monitor has HDMI 1.4 and DP 1.2. With HDMI I could only get 144 Hz, while with DP it would run at the full 165 Hz that the monitor supports

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Generoh@reddit

Does hdmi even go to 144? Not trolling, I’m just a noob

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ThatOnePerson@reddit

I'm running HDMI on 1440p@240hz no problem. It's mostly a bandwidth thing, and a "what does the monitor advertise it supports" thing.

2nd one is hit or miss depending on the monitor. Bandwidth is like

Port	Bandwidth Gbit/s
HDMI 2.1	42 Gbit/s
DisplayPort 1.3/1.4	26 Gbit/s
HDMI 2.0	14 Gbit/s
HDMI 1.3	8 Gbit/s
HDMI 1.2	4 Gbit/s

I've seen monitors that only support hdmi1.2 which isn't enough for 144hz. But I use HDMI 2.1 for 1440p@240hz 10-bit HDR cuz that requires 30 Gbit/s, so more than Displayport 1.4

There's Displayport 2.0 with 77 Gbit/s, but no monitor supports it. And Nvidia 4000 series don't support it.

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WorldLove_Gaming@reddit

HDMI 2.1 can do 4K 144Hz

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Illustrious-Party120@reddit

I did this and won't ever go back. 165hz 1440p with a 4070ti super

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xstangx@reddit

Yup! DP has a lot more bandwidth, has better connectors, and is all around better. HDMI annoys me….

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NoTLucasBR@reddit

I run HDMI from my GPU through HDMI to VGA adapter before going into my monitor, should I switch?

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zeppzki@reddit

U mean hz?

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Hrmerder@reddit

If I didn't use a 48" tv as a monitor, I would be able to do this..

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dfm503@reddit

If you dip below 144 the Display port will help, and it has no downsides, so you may as well.

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fuzzynyanko@reddit

Surprisingly, if your monitor supports FreeSync and you can't enable it, you should try it. Apparently Nvidia can't Freesync over HDMI

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No-Actuator-6245@reddit

It depends on the monitor/TV. I have G-Sync enabled on my TV using HDMI and RTX 3080 but my 2 monitors don’t support it via HDMI

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WiseMan_39@reddit

As far as my experience and previously lookimg into this, Nividia GPUs support Nividia G-Sync over both HDMI or DP, but only supports AMD Freesync and AdaptiveSync over Displayport.

With AMD GPUs they support displays with newer Gsync modules ,and any Freesync and Adaptive sync displays over both HDMI and Displayport.

My previous 1070 Ti worked fine with my freesync monitors that had displayport, but not my older one that only had HDMI. My current 6700xt and previous RX580 would do freesync over both hdmi and displayport. On all my freesync monitors, old and new.

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No-Actuator-6245@reddit

With NVidia you need a gpu with HDMI 2.1 which is gpu’s from 3000 series. AMD allowed VRR via HDMI 2.0. It’s not really a Freesync vs G-Sync thing since NVidia made it possible to enable G-Sync over Freesync/VRR, this is what G-Sync Compatible monitors are just they have been certified by NVIDIA to work to a minimum standard but even non certified Freesync monitors will allow you to enable G-Sync but there is no guarantee it will work without issues.

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

It has “AdaptiveSync”

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MFAD94@reddit

I find DisplayPort has a much sturdier connection, HDMI always feels loose

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Intelligent-Day-6976@reddit

It it hdmi 2.0?

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Liambp@reddit

I always use display port for PC gaming because historically it tends to be a generation ahead of HDMI plus it was more likely to support new features such as Gsync. However HDMI seems to have largely caught up with HDMI 2.1 so I wouldn't rush to change if HDMI is working for you.

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Megarboh@reddit (OP)

Will it matter?

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benmaynard7@reddit

I don’t believe so, no lol