Question DVI DUAL LINK vs HDMI

[Yash RG]

For PC. I have a good quality DVI Dual Link cable, should I buy hdmi or it won't make a difference? I know hdmi can carry audio too but for pc gaming everyone uses a headphone.

 

[Yash RG]

For PC. I have a good quality DVI Dual Link cable, should I buy hdmi or it won't make a difference? I know hdmi can carry audio too but for pc gaming everyone uses a headphone.

 

[boju]

Depends on the graphics card, monitor inputs and refresh rate. Dvi is being phased out, replaced with Hdmi and Displayport.

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you already have the dual link cable and your graphics card and monitor both support dual link DVI, then I don't see any reason to have to switch to HDMI unless you are using multiple monitors and the correct monitor is not being identified as the primary monitor when you boot, in which case you might want to switch to HDMI as that will take precedence over DVI in the display preference.

 

[Yash RG]

If you already have the dual link cable and your graphics card and monitor both support dual link DVI, then I don't see any reason to have to switch to HDMI unless you are using multiple monitors and the correct monitor is not being identified as the primary monitor when you boot, in which case you might want to switch to HDMI as that will take precedence over DVI in the display preference.

no I don't use a second monitor

 

[geofelt]

In theory, there should be no difference; they are both digital.
In practice one or the other may have a better implementation at either end.
A good HDMI cable is not expensive so you could try both.
If nothing else, it is much easier to simply plug in a hdmi cable vs. screwing in the holding screws.

 

[Darkbreeze]

no I don't use a second monitor

Then there is little reason to worry about having to use HDMI. It's not going to "give" you anything you can't get from dual link DVI except audio.

 

[Sgt_Sykes]

If you don't need sound, there's no reason to use HDMI as basically DVI = HDMI (without sound) + VGA. The digital video part is exactly the same protocol. That's why DVI>HDMI adapters are just simple rewirings.

 

[Yash RG]

Then there is little reason to worry about having to use HDMI. It's not going to "give" you anything you can't get from dual link DVI except audio.

thank you for your help

 

[Darkbreeze]

For sure. No problem.

 

[Yash RG]

For sure. No problem.

I have another question. should I plug my headphone in back io, front cabinet io, or monitor? I'll get a asus b360 mobo which has supremefx audio chipset on mobo

 

[Darkbreeze]

Back or front I/O shouldn't matter so long as the front I/O is connected to the same type of audio header on the board that the back I/O uses. If it's a much older case or board that uses AC97 audio in front rather than HD audio, then use the back. If it's connected to an HD audio header on the board, then it doesn't really matter which of them you use but I tend to prefer to use the back I/O if it's not a real problem in terms of accessibility since it's direct to the motherboard with no additional cabling or hardware to potentially present any issues with sound quality.

 

[Yash RG]

Back or front I/O shouldn't matter so long as the front I/O is connected to the same type of audio header on the board that the back I/O uses. If it's a much older case or board that uses AC97 audio in front rather than HD audio, then use the back. If it's connected to an HD audio header on the board, then it doesn't really matter which of them you use but I tend to prefer to use the back I/O if it's not a real problem in terms of accessibility since it's direct to the motherboard with no additional cabling or hardware to potentially present any issues with sound quality.

thank you so much again

 

[Darkbreeze]

No problem.