Graphics card that supports Display Port

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Done a little bit of research on Display Port connections, looks like this is more for business end and a competitor for HDMI.

Have any other members used the display port to connect graphics card and monitor together, if so,,, do u see the difference from using DVI for instance?

looking at AMD R7 250X cards, thou didnt want to go daft with card, as will never be used to play games

Looking to put order in for card by sunday evening
 
TBH I don't think you'll see a difference between display port and DVI - the biggest difference seems to be that DP supports higher resolutions IIRC. It's not a competitor for HDMI, because that's for sending audio and video down the same wire, and has a lower resolution limit.

Ebuyer have (had?) a reasonably priced graphics card with displayport.
 
I gave an Eizo monitor at work (which has VGA, DisplayPort and DVI inputs) that I connect to a MacBook Pro (which has Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort and also HDMI outputs).

I have used both Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort and HDMI to DVI cables with no apparent difference in visual performance.

The HDMI cable is easier to plug in and leaves the two Thunderbolt ports on my Mac free for other uses, so I use HDMI for video.
 
What he said, Dvi hdmi and dp are all digital signals so should be identical.

Personally I prefer the interconnect on dp, it always feels more secure than hdmi and is less chunky than dvi.
 
amfoto said:
if so,,, do u see the difference from using DVI for instance?
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Assuming the monitor is at native resolution (i.e. you can drive the monitor at full resolution through the connection), then DP, HDMI and DVI will give identical results. If they don't something is up with your graphics card.
 
ancient_mariner said:
It's not a competitor for HDMI, because that's for sending audio and video down the same wire, and has a lower resolution limit.
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For the moment. Displays and devices are just beginning to have HDMI 2.0 and that's 4kp60 capable (and very good it looks on a 65" 4k TV too ;))
 
HDMI dropped the 2.0 label. It's now just HDMI and you have to look at the features list to work out what it's capable of.
 
ancient_mariner said:
TBH I don't think you'll see a difference between display port and DVI - the biggest difference seems to be that DP supports higher resolutions IIRC. It's not a competitor for HDMI, because that's for sending audio and video down the same wire, and has a lower resolution limit.

Ebuyer have (had?) a reasonably priced graphics card with displayport.
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DisplayPort can carry audio too.

HDMI and DVI are electrically compatible.

DisplayPort can easily convert to HDMI.

The biggest difference is that DisplayPort is royalty free.


neil_g said:
What he said, Dvi hdmi and dp are all digital signals so should be identical.

Personally I prefer the interconnect on dp, it always feels more secure than hdmi and is less chunky than dvi.
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They aren't identical.
 
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