Question Incorrect cable. Please use the dual link DVI cable that came with your monitor

[Atkinson92]

I saw an older thread about this but wasn't able to find a solution.

I just got a new graphics card and it doesn't have a DVI port like my old one, only display port and HDMI.

My monitor (Acer GN246HL) only has the DVI port since the HDMI port stopped working years ago.

I thought that buying a simple DVI to Display port cable would make my monitor work without issue, but that's not the case. (BENFEI DisplayPort to DVI 6 Feet Cable, DisplayPort to DVI Adapter Male to Male)

I can actually use the monitor, but it has a box on the screen that says "Incorrect cable. Please use the dual link DVI cable that came with your monitor".

Is there any kind of adapter or anything I can buy to make this monitor work with my graphics card and get 144hz?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I think I may have found a solution. I guess I need something that isn't just dvi to display port, but dual link dvi to display port such as this

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00A493CNY?psc=1&smid=A2ECQ6PSDL32ED&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

 

[FunWithComputers]

If the wiki specification of the standard is correct, nope you are not going to get 144hz on that port:

Video signal	Digital video stream: Single link: 1920 × 1200 (WUXGA) @ 60 Hz or 2560  ×  1600 (WQXGA) @ 30 Hz Dual link: 2560 × 1600 (WQXGA) @ 60 Hz or 3840  ×  2400 (WQUXGA) @ 30 Hz Analog video stream: 1920 × 1200 (WUXGA) @ 60 Hz

 

[dingo07]

Do yourself a favor and buy a new monitor that has a DP connection. The HDMI connection is for "televisions" or A/V. You'll get better resolution out of the DP connection, which was engineered for computers.

That cable you purchased looks like a DVI-I cable, an analog DVI cable, not a digital DVI-D cable.

 

[Glenwing]

Please see section 0 here:

How to Connect to a 120+ Hz display

Table of Contents: 0. Acer GN246HL and BenQ XL2411Z-specific instructions 1. Terminology 2. Summary: How to Connect to a 120+ Hz Monitor 2.1. DisplayPort 2.2. DVI 2.3. HDMI 2.4. "Which one should I use?" 3. DisplayPort 3.1. Full-Size DP vs. Mini DP Connectors 3.2. DP Versions and...

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