[SOLVED] Display Ports or HDMI on Mobo vs GPU -- Which is Better?

MarsColonist

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I'm just wondering if there is any difference in terms of performance or anything else between plugging your monitor into the HDMI port or Display Port on the motherboard's i/o panel as compared with plugging them into the Display Ports or HDMI ports of the graphics card.

So, to clarify -- ports on the GPU vs ports on the motherboard... any difference for the user? Or are both just as good to use?
 
Solution
Ports on the gpu use the gpu. Ports on the mobo use the igpu although many mobos disable the igpu when a gpu is plugged in so it wouldn't work.