What's the difference between HDMI and DisplayPort

[ducamvinh]

I'm about to buy a new monitor. Now i know that the monitor will come with an HDMI cable, but it has a DisplayPort, so the question is should i spend some more in buying a DisplayPort cable or just use the existing HDMI cable. Which one and why. Thanks.

 

[Glenwing]

I'm about to buy a new monitor. Now i know that the monitor will come with an HDMI cable, but it has a DisplayPort, so the question is should i spend some more in buying a DisplayPort cable or just use the existing HDMI cable. Which one and why. Thanks.

DisplayPort supports several features that HDMI doesn't, such as daisy-chaining and multi-monitor hubs. It may also support higher refresh rates depending on the implementation; some 1440p 144 Hz monitors for example only have HDMI 1.4 which is limited to 75 Hz at that resolution, so DisplayPort is required for 144 Hz in that case.

If both the HDMI and DisplayPort implementations on you rmonitor support everything you need, then there is no difference between them.

 

[ducamvinh]

I'm about to buy a new monitor. Now i know that the monitor will come with an HDMI cable, but it has a DisplayPort, so the question is should i spend some more in buying a DisplayPort cable or just use the existing HDMI cable. Which one and why. Thanks.

DisplayPort supports several features that HDMI doesn't, such as daisy-chaining and multi-monitor hubs. It may also support higher refresh rates depending on the implementation; some 1440p 144 Hz monitors for example only have HDMI 1.4 which is limited to 75 Hz at that resolution, so DisplayPort is required for 144 Hz in that case.

If both the HDMI and DisplayPort implementations on you rmonitor support everything you need, then there is no difference between them.

Well thanks a lot man