Display port to hdmi

[Chris Blackwing]

So i am making this post on behalf of a friend, he's new to the pcmr community and still not familiar with the ltt community.

He has a i7 7700k, rtx 2080 MSI gaming x trio, he's using a 27 inch Acer KG271 monitor.

Now the issue he is facing is that he plans to get another similar monitor for a dual monitor setup (i got him hooked on setup wars and he liked the multiple monitor setups)

the monitor only has a hdmi port, his graphics card has only 1 hdmi port and 4 display ports, so will display port (gpu) to HDMI (monitor) work ? Another option i suggested 

was using the hdmi port on his motherboard, not sure if its as good as a direct output from the gpu though.

Basically what i or he wants to know is should he go with the hdmi output from his motherboard or get a display port to hdmi cable ?

 

Thanks in advance for the help

[Firewrath9]

Get a DP to hdmi, however, if the monitor doesnt have DP, get a different monitor

[Opencircuit74]

Geez, get an adapter for displayport to hdmi. If you use the connector on the motherboard, you're using the crappy integrated graphics and games will run terrible. They are all over the place, and you can get them from newegg or amazon for around $10.

[Cereal5]

Just now, Firewrath9 said:

if the monitor doesnt have DP, get a different motherboard

? Do you mean monitor?

[Firewrath9]

On 11/24/2018 at 6:21 PM, Cereal5 said:

? Do you mean monitor?

Yeah lol. All good monitors should have DP.

[Chris Blackwing]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Get a DP to hdmi, however, if the monitor doesnt have DP, get a different monitor

will a display port to hdmi cable not work ? he's got a bit of an ocd so he'd like to get similar monitors

[Chris Blackwing]

7 minutes ago, Opencircuit74 said:

Geez, get an adapter for displayport to hdmi. If you use the connector on the motherboard, you're using the crappy integrated graphics and games will run terrible. They are all over the place, and you can get them from newegg or amazon for around $10.

You mentioned an adapter, can i just get a cable ? There are display port to hdmi cables available on amazon, just don't know if they are bidirectional or work one way

[Opencircuit74]

6 minutes ago, Chris Blackwing said:

You mentioned an adapter, can i just get a cable ? There are display port to hdmi cables available on amazon, just don't know if they are bidirectional or work one way

A cable would work as well. Most any of these will work, as long as they say (Displayport to HDMI)

[Chris Blackwing]

1 minute ago, Opencircuit74 said:

A cable would work as well.

Can you please take a look at this ?

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-DisplayPort-HDMI-Cable-Feet/dp/B015OW3M1W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1543102731&sr=8-4&keywords=displayport+to+hdmi+cable

 

Will this cable or something similar do ?

[Glenwing]

7 minutes ago, Chris Blackwing said:

You mentioned an adapter, can i just get a cable ? There are display port to hdmi cables available on amazon, just don't know if they are bidirectional or work one way

"Adapter" includes both adapter cables and adapter dongles, they are the same thing.

[Opencircuit74]

2 minutes ago, Chris Blackwing said:

Will this cable or something similar do ?

Yes, that cable should work fine.