Displayport/HDMI questions

[suha04]

Hi guys!

 

Since I'm registered to this site, I thought I'd ask the veterans about some things, so I might be able to become one in the future. I'd like to ask you about DisplayPort and HDMI. I heard that DisplayPort 2.0 and HDMI 2.1 both supports 8k and other fancy things, but what's the deal with them? Which should I buy in which cases? What should I look out (I know one important factor is the length and thickness), when I buy one? Will the HDMI 2.1 or DP 2.0 work with 1080p 144hz as an overkill cable, or how does this work?
Thanks for minding me!

[jaslion]

Use the cable the monitor came with. 1080p 144hz can easily be done on hdmi and dp port of many generations ago. So don't worry about it and just get a random dp or hdmi cable from the bargain bin.

[suha04]

22 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Use the cable the monitor came with. 1080p 144hz can easily be done on hdmi and dp port of many generations ago. So don't worry about it and just get a random dp or hdmi cable from the bargain bin.

Thank you for your answer!

 

[NineEyeRon]

here is a good Handy Dandy Media Inferface guide

 

https://www.crutchfield.com/learn/learningcenter/home/cables/hdmi.html

 

 

 

 

[suha04]

8 minutes ago, NineEyeRon said:

here is a good Handy Dandy Media Inferface guide

 

https://www.crutchfield.com/learn/learningcenter/home/cables/hdmi.html

 

 

 

 

Thank you!

 

[suha04]

@NineEyeRon One last question remains. My monitor is AMD FreeSync ready, but I have an NVidia Video Card, which would require me to buy a DP to turn on G-Sync. Would the G-Sync worth the change, or should I stay with the HDMI with FreeSync on? Does that make a huge difference?

 

[NineEyeRon]

1 hour ago, suha04 said:

@NineEyeRon One last question remains. My monitor is AMD FreeSync ready, but I have an NVidia Video Card, which would require me to buy a DP to turn on G-Sync. Would the G-Sync worth the change, or should I stay with the HDMI with FreeSync on? Does that make a huge difference?

 

Not all FreeSync monitors work for VRR with Nvidia cards, for the price of a cheap display port cable it’s worth the risk? I mean how expensive is a short cable where you are?

 

I don’t know if it will work with a cable change but if it doesn’t I would say the nicer cable is worth the small cost? 
 

Unless you know something should work but it doesn’t and you are using a very cheap and old cable then it’s possible the cable.