How do I get 120hz output from GTX 1070?

[treacotton]

Hey guys, so I have a GTX 1070 which of course has 1 HDMI port, 3 display ports, and 1 DVI-d port on it.

I only have a 60hz monitor in my office but I sometimes hook up to my TV to play games which is native 120hz and accepts HDMI inputs.

I am wondering what kind of cable I could get that would run either from DVI-D to HDMI or displayport to hdmi to output 1080p 120hz to the TV?

The HDMI port is sort of reserved for the HTC Vive but if there is no other option, even the correct HDMI cable to run 120hz may work. I believe 1.3 is capable of it.

Preferably I would like to leave the Vive link box connected via HDMI and have one of these other ports running to the TV with an adapter cable.

What can I do to make this happen? Thx

 

[elbert]

Your video card outputs in fps which its 120fps is needed to fill the 120hz. Here are some good cables.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882678031

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423122

 

[bignastyid]

It's unlikely that your TV actually supports a 120Hz input signal. Most 120 and 240Hz TVs repeat frames to simulate a higher refresh rate.

 

[sizzling]

I don't think any TV accepts an input Hz greater than 60.

 

[treacotton]

I don't think any TV accepts an input Hz greater than 60.

I dunno.. the specs say 120hz (240hz back blinking).. the 240hz is obviously fake but I think 120hz in TVs are not that abnormal.

My TV is a Panasonic TC-L58E60 to be more specific. What do you guys think?

 

[treacotton]

It's unlikely that your TV actually supports a 120Hz input signal. Most 120 and 240Hz TVs repeat frames to simulate a higher refresh rate.

I know what you are saying.. but I find it hard to believe that in 2016 or even a few years back... that most HDTVs would not be 120hz native. Most advertise as 120 and do 240 with an asterisk next to the 240 because that is faked. There has to be a way to find out if my TV can do it. I would think it would be false advertising for the specs to be listed as 120 hz refresh rate and 240 back blinking technology if the 120hz was not true. I posted the model of the TV above.

But regardless, the question really is.. is there a displayport to hdmi or DVI-D to HDMI cable that can support 120hz the same way a regular HDMI 1.3 or higher, multiport, or dvi-d cable can?

Thx

 

[treacotton]

Your video card outputs in fps which its 120fps is needed to fill the 120hz. Here are some good cables.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882678031

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423122

These are good cables but there is nothing to indicate whether or not they will support the 120hz.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I dunno.. the specs say 120hz (240hz back blinking).. the 240hz is obviously fake but I think 120hz in TVs are not that abnormal.
My TV is a Panasonic TC-L58E60 to be more specific. What do you guys think?

Read user manual of your TV (page 26 - supported HDMI input signal formats):
http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/TC-L58E60.html
None of those support 120Hz btw.

 

[bignastyid]

Looks like I was too slow.

 

[bignastyid]

It's unlikely that your TV actually supports a 120Hz input signal. Most 120 and 240Hz TVs repeat frames to simulate a higher refresh rate.

I know what you are saying.. but I find it hard to believe that in 2016 or even a few years back... that most HDTVs would not be 120hz native. Most advertise as 120 and do 240 with an asterisk next to the 240 because that is faked. There has to be a way to find out if my TV can do it. I would think it would be false advertising for the specs to be listed as 120 hz refresh rate and 240 back blinking technology if the 120hz was not true. I posted the model of the TV above.

But regardless, the question really is.. is there a displayport to hdmi or DVI-D to HDMI cable that can support 120hz the same way a regular HDMI 1.3 or higher, multiport, or dvi-d cable can?

Thx

http://hometheater.about.com/od/televisionbasics/qt/framevsrefresh.htm

There are displayport to HDMI 2.0 adapters out that support HDMI 2.0 which technically support 1080p at upto 144HZ with a supported display. However there are very few devices that support those kinds of refresh rates thru HDMI most high refresh rate monitors use dual link DVI and displayport and limit the HDMI ports to 60Hz.

 

[bloodroses]

If you have a 3D TV, you 'might' be able to get 120hz native from it. The biggest issue is that TV standards below 4k only go up to 60hz (outside one rare option in 720p). The reason why many HDTVs run at 120-240hz or higher is to help with 'jitter' and blurring issues caused from most signal rates not being evenly divisible by 60. This is fixed by oversampling it 2 to 4x higher. My parents have a TV that only runs at 60hz, and this issue is noticeable on occasion vs my 240hz TV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_video

 

[treacotton]

I dunno.. the specs say 120hz (240hz back blinking).. the 240hz is obviously fake but I think 120hz in TVs are not that abnormal.
My TV is a Panasonic TC-L58E60 to be more specific. What do you guys think?

Read user manual of your TV (page 26 - supported HDMI input signal formats):
http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/TC-L58E60.html
None of those support 120Hz btw.

Thank you.. well guys I get it. You are right... however, this highly pisses me off. I am well aware of how dejudder works but when a TV is advertised with a refresh rate of 120hz, it is very misleading and to me, seems like false advertising when it doesn't.

There must be some federal law somewhere that allows this kind of BS otherwise they couldn't get away with it. Sorry if I sound like a guy who is just ranting but to me it makes sense. Thanks again everyone.

 

[sizzling]

The TV panel is 120Hz and displays 120 fps but the input signal is maxed at 60Hz. It is misleading but then so are many statistics used by marketing teams to sell other products.