Proper Displayport cable

[Morketh]

I've been scouring newegg/amazon for a displayport cable that is not fake/garbage and I've had a hard time.

Who has a link to a nice displayport cable that they use on their 1440p monitor?

I didn't want to buy the most expensive one and hope that it is the best. I read the stick on display ports themselves, but it did not give advice on what cable to buy, only that there is no such thing as a version 1.2/1.3 cable, all displayport cables work.

[PokeCatz]

did you watch the $1000 HDMI cable video that Linus did?

[ivan134]

What exactly is a fake or garbage display port cable?

[Glenwing]

Accell is one of the few brands that has had their cables go through the official certification process and can be found listed on the DisplayPort website, but they are on the expensive side.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Accell-B142C-010B-2-UltraAV-DisplayPort-Locking/dp/B00CD1FB4E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

5 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

What exactly is a fake or garbage display port cable?

One that doesn't meet spec: http://www.displayport.org/cables/how-to-choose-a-displayport-cable-and-not-get-a-bad-one/

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Recently VESA has experienced quite a few complaints regarding troublesome DisplayPort operation that ended up being caused by improperly made DisplayPort cables.  These “bad” DisplayPort cables are generally limited to non-DisplayPort certified cables, or off-brand cables.  To further investigate this trend in the DisplayPort cable market, VESA purchased a number of non-certified, off-brand cables and found that an alarmingly high number of these were configured improperly and would likely not support all system configurations.  None of these cables would have passed the DisplayPort certification test, moreover some of these cables could potentially damage a PC, laptop, or monitor.  We have not seen problems with the cables supplied by major computer brands, or major computer accessory brands, nor have we seen any problems with any of the cables that have been DisplayPort certified.

 

[Morketh]

Thanks Glen, will be buying that cable.

 

And yes, thanks, I just watched the $1000 HDMI cable from Linus, good watch.