DVI vs HDMI

[Bullet4Justice]

hello everyone, have a pretty newbie question. I'm planning to upgrade to triple monitor and my GTX 970 has 2 DVI  slots and 1 HDMI. so I'm wondering if there is a difference in performance between the 2? should I make my main monitor [centre] connected with HDMI or DVI ? or they are all the same and I shouldn't care? and I know that DVI  supports 144hz but i don't know if HDMI nowadays does or not? thanks.

[EPPHO]

HDMI > VGA

[Oshino Shinobu]

Your 970 has 2x DVI ports, not VGA. 

 

There's a big difference between VGA and HDMI, but not so much between DVI and HDMI. 

 

HDMI on the 970 will support 144Hz, as will the DVI. Picture quality is the same, just DVI doesn't carry audio. 

[Bullet4Justice]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Your 970 has 2x DVI ports, not VGA. 

 

There's a big difference between VGA and HDMI, but not so much between DVI and HDMI. 

 

HDMI on the 970 will support 144Hz, as will the DVI. Picture quality is the same, just DVI doesn't carry audio. 

yea i already updated that, i always mix up the 2 LUL.

[AKPatriot]

I use HDMI on my main monitor and DVI on the side ones personnally. I you want to run audio, put HDMI into the one with better sounding speakers, but if you run into issues for any reason, it isn't hard to just swap them

[TVwazhere]

4 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

HDMI on the 970 will support 144Hz

The 970's ports technically will since the standard is 1.4, but not every port is equal. I cannot get my "144hz" panel (VG248QE) to display 144fps on the HDMI cable, only on DVI or Displayport (which sadly died on my monitor)

12 minutes ago, Bullet4Justice said:

 I know that DVI  supports 144hz but i don't know if HDMI nowadays does or not? thanks.

If you dont care about 144fps, it doesnt matter which plug you use. If you do care about 144fps, use DVI where applicable.

 

[Bullet4Justice]

22 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

The 970's ports technically will since the standard is 1.4, but not every port is equal. I cannot get my "144hz" panel (VG248QE) to display 144fps on the HDMI cable, only on DVI or Displayport (which sadly died on my monitor)

If you dont care about 144fps, it doesnt matter which plug you use. If you do care about 144fps, use DVI where applicable.

 

oooh shit, I have one vg248qe, and I was planning to get 2 more, are you saying pretty much I cant because the monitors only display 144hz on DVI's!! I don't have 3 DVI ports on my graphics card! what to do?

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, Bullet4Justice said:

oooh shit, I have one vg248qe, and I was planning to get 2 more, are you saying pretty much I cant because the monitors only display 144hz on DVI's!! I don't have 3 DVI ports on my graphics card! what to do?

Easy. Display port also supports 144hz! (As long as it doesnt die on you like mine did LOL)

[Bullet4Justice]

1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

Easy. Display port also supports 144hz! (As long as it doesnt die on you like mine did LOL)

oh cool, thanks.

[Hugs12343]

You have to remember that there are different versions of both DVI and HDMI.

 

HDMI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

DVI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

 

look at the version differences table. That will tell you what you should use.

You need to look at your GPU manufacteres page for the 970 and your monitor manufacturer to see what type of HDMI or DVI port that part is capable of. You also need to make sure you're using a cable that is at least the specification you need if not higher.

[Bullet4Justice]

3 minutes ago, Hugs12343 said:

You have to remember that there are different versions of both DVI and HDMI.

 

HDMI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

DVI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

 

look at the version differences table. That will tell you what you should use.

You need to look at your GPU manufacteres page for the 970 and your monitor manufacturer to see what type of HDMI or DVI port that part is capable of. You also need to make sure you're using a cable that is at least the specification you need if not higher.

oh yeah! thanks for the link! very useful, I have these 2 items currently on my AMAZON cart and I'm pretty sure they both support 144hz. am I right? 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OZHGVRU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AKXVBT49GGF3B&psc=1

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MF4NJBL/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AJZ5L6XENA71M&psc=1

[Hugs12343]

1 minute ago, Bullet4Justice said:

oh yeah! thanks for the link! very useful, I have these 2 items currently on my AMAZON cart and I'm pretty sure they both support 144hz. am I right? 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OZHGVRU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AKXVBT49GGF3B&psc=1

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MF4NJBL/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AJZ5L6XENA71M&psc=1

DVI will almost always support 144HZ but only at 1080p

 

No one uses the DVI-I (Single and dual Link), DVI-D (Single link) or DVI-A (shown below).

You will only find DVI-D Dual link these days. Which is what that amazon product is. You can tell because it has a full range of pins (except the 4 squares on the left like DVI-I Dual and Single link has.

 

 

 

HDMI

 

That is a HDMI 2.0 cable because it can do 1080p240 and 1440p144

[Bullet4Justice]

2 minutes ago, Hugs12343 said:

DVI will almost always support 144HZ but only at 1080p

 

No one uses the DVI-I (Single and dual Link), DVI-D (Single link) or DVI-A (shown below).

You will only find DVI-D Dual link these days. Which is what that amazon product is. You can tell because it has a full range of pins (except the 4 squares on the left like DVI-I Dual and Single link has.

 

 

 

HDMI

 

That is a HDMI 2.0 cable because it can do 1080p240 and 1440p144

cool, very informative. thanks for taking the time to help!