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Old January 12th 19, 06:36 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul in Houston TX[_2_]
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Default HDMI or Displayport?

Tim wrote:
I'm going to be adding an outboard graphics card to my PC. It has, one
each, a DVI-D, a displayport, and and HDMI port. My two monitors both have
DVI-D ports. I know I will need to get an adapter cable of some sort to
connect the second DVI-D monitor to either one of the other ports. Which
one would be best the displayport or the HDMI?
FYI, my second monitor also has a VGA port that is currently how it is
driven.


My DP monitor and cards can do 144 Hz. They have both DVI
and DP but DVI is limited to 120 Hz. My DP drivers load
after Win is mostly loaded so I cannot get into the bios
with DP and use an old VGA monitor for that. DVI can get
into the bios but can't keep the DVI cable plugged in
because both the card and the monitor will revert to DVI
instead of DP.

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