DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort?

[Techpenguin101]

Which of the three is best for gaming?

 

 

 

[TheBean]

use in order of availablility...

DP, hdmi, dvi

[Techpenguin101]

Thanks!

[mariushm]

Depends on the monitor.

 

Some older monitors can do 1080p 144 Hz on DVI double link, but only 1080p 60Hz on HDMI.

Some video cards (pre- RX series from AMD for example) have only HDMI 1.2 which can do maximum 4K 30Hz, while the DisplayPort on same card can do 4K 60 Hz.

DVI is older, the single link version can only do 1920x1200 max, it's kind of deprecated. No longer used on modern cards because it takes too much space and it's really not that great (like for example as bulky as it is, it's only rated for something like 100 insertion cycles)

HDMI is more compatible these days, supports more resolutions and refresh rates, but depending on version it can have limitations.  The latest versions are good, ex HDMI 2.0 can do 4K 60Hz+, HDR, loads of things.

DisplayPort has more bandwidth, should be able to handle higher refresh rates.

 

All three are digital, you don't get higher quality or lower access times with either of them, they all transmit a stream of bits to the monitor, which then decodes data and displays it.

So go with either DisplayPort or HDMI.

[Frankenburger]

Those are all digital standards, and all have the same image quality. Different standards support different resolutions and different refresh rates, but functionally, the only real difference is a DVI cable doesn't transmit audio.

 

Honestly, it doesn't make any difference unless you're running 1440p or 144hz. Technically, "the best for gaming" will be HDMI 2.1 once that becomes the norm, unless there's been an update to the DisplayPort standard that I'm not aware of. But if you have a 1080p 60hz monitor that has DVI, HDMI, or DP, then don't worry about it.