NOOB QUESTION - Switching from HDMI to Display Port Advantages?

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970GHZ 6GB / Crossfire 7970GHZ - 7950

Monitor: Dell U2412M 1920X1200 60Hz

 

I like a lot of colour and such :] and things to look super pretty.

 

EDIT: I brain farted

 

It should be DVI to display port

[ShadowCaptain]

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970GHZ 6GB / Crossfire 7970GHZ - 7950

Monitor: Dell U2412M 1920X1200 60Hz

 

I like a lot of colour and such :] and things to look super pretty.

 

 

Makes no difference

[AlwaysFSX]

Nope, the cable will make a negligible difference. A monitor with a better color reproduction with be vastly more noticeable change.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Advantages are that when using DP, you now have a HDMI port spare

 

Mirroring it to a TV/2nd Monitor/any common display with HDMI input, or using it with the LGP/Recording devices without passthrough.

HDMI is more common for other displays, having it spare can be a good thing when someone brings over another display device.

 

Don't know if colors are better...

[oldaccount117]

That monitor doesn't have hdmi so what are using?

DP offers 8bit color while hdmi is limited to 6bit but that only really matters on professional monitors. 

[EllieThePurpleFuzzy]

That monitor doesn't have hdmi so what are using?

DP offers 8bit color while hdmi is limited to 6bit but that only really matters on professional monitors. 

 

 

FFFFFFFF I JUST REALISED

 

I was using DVI

 

ahhhhhhh brain fart

[oldaccount117]

FFFFFFFF I JUST REALISED

 

I was using DVI

 

ahhhhhhh brain fart

lol brain fart indeed

But dvi to DP is even close than hdmi since dvi supports 8bit color and over 1080P @ 60hz 

[SkilledRebuilds]

That monitor doesn't have hdmi so what are using?

DP offers 8bit color while hdmi is limited to 6bit but that only really matters on professional monitors. 

^The only guy who looked it up to make sure

+1

-1 for me and everyone else lol.

[oldaccount117]

^The only guy who looked it up to make sure

+1

-1 for me and everyone else lol.

I didn't have to google the monitor, i have the same one!

[GoodBytes]

DisplayPort supports higher resolutions and color depth than dual link DVI.

If you have a standard 1080p (or 1920x1200) monitor then it makes no difference.

Both will get you the same image quality as they are digital.

If I had to sort connectors from worst to best:

VGA < HDMI < DVI < DisplayPort

HDMI, despite digital and can acheive 4K at 30Hz (not 60Hz like DisplayPort), it is very iffy, and has all sorts of problems due to poor implementation of monitor to graphics card communication system, making you have to play with over scan, under scan settings to make it work, or the image is cut or zoomed in, and all sort of problem. Even someone here has a problem where it works fine, but in a game, the monitor goes out of range. HDMI is best to be avoided for max reliability, and easy connectivity experience.