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I wonder why everyone holds AMDs display port 2.1 in such high regard. Its barely more bandwidth than hdmi 2.1 since its not the full UHBR20 80GBPS
its UHB13.5 at 54GBPS on RDNA 3 vs 48GBPS HDMI 2.1 on ADA GPUs
Because HDMI is a pain in the ass and everybody who is using a PC is expecting to use DisplayPort.
Which monitor are you running dp on right now?
I have 5 PCs and 8 monitors in my home and they are all using DP except one that's really old and uses DVI. DP is the standard connector for PC monitors.
What do you think most people globally use dp or hdmi?
On PC monitors? DP.
Everything in my home uses HDMI.
I also don't use monitors. LG CX OLED as main monitor, sometimes hook a PC up to the regular LED bedroom tv.
No interest in using displayport, HDMI is fine for the vast majority of use cases. Not sure why we need competing connectors. Frankly, not sure why we don't all just switch to USB-C long term.
There's just no reason to not standardize with USB-C for every display.
Most of them? What kind of question is this?
The only time we use HDMI is when you want to connect you're PC to a projector or a surround system because the standard there is HDMI.
And unless I'm missing something, the ONLY way to get TrueHD 7.1 + ATMOS is via HDMI. The old optical standard (name escapes me) can't do that.
Yea I think you are right but all the standards and audio/video formats get very complicated very fast for me. With MPC-HC and MadVR I can play anything no problem though so that is OK. But if you actually want a surround receiver and for the audio to work as intended you need to use HDMI as far as I understand it.
Im using it to connect My PC to my OLED TV and AV Reciever. Way better than a monitor to me
Unless you've ascended to the PC-powered couch gamer. Don't knock it until you try it!
PC
flagship OLED
comfy couch
ATMOS surround system
Takes PC gaming to a whole other level. HDMI is nice for eARC (PC direct to display, audio feeds back to the AVR/amp via HDMI). It's a clean, awesome setup. Also lets you run TrueHD 7.1 ATMOS for all those Linux ISOs :)
not to mention that HDMI is licensed port, that is not fully implemented under Linux, while DP is license-free port.