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Mini display port or full sized displayport

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Is there a difference other than the size? Will using a mini worsen quality or something?

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Either is fine.

In monitors, though, full size is much more common.

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What are you trying to power? Type of monitor, resolution etc? I think Mini DP might have some restrictions with 4k and 144hz monitors.

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What are you trying to power? Type of monitor, resolution etc? I think Mini DP might have some restrictions with 4k and 144hz monitors.

 

careful, mini dp, like reg dp, have different iterations. specs depend on the iteration. 

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Just go with the newest full size DP if you can.

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Just go with the newest full size DP if you can.

No go with the newest one, but the size doesn't matter...

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What are you trying to power? Type of monitor, resolution etc? I think Mini DP might have some restrictions with 4k and 144hz monitors.

 

It doesn't, it's just a different shape connector. Early DP 1.1 devices aren't capable of 4K 60Hz, but that's all DP 1.1 devices. The connector shape doesn't matter.

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