DVI / HDMI refresh rate differs on identical monitors

[yanis31]

Hi,

2 brand new identical 1080p IPS monitors connected to a gigabyte hd6670 card
one through DVI other through HDMI (card has a DVI, a VGA and a HDMI port)
however the hdmi one can't be set to more than 60hz - extended desktop,
while DVI runs just fine on 70hz or 75hz - (not sure which since it's not my pc - my guess is 75)
any ideas?

 

[yanis31]

is this something related to the verion of HDMI cable? is it limited to 60hz @ 1080p before version 1.3 (or even 1.4) ?

 

[dingo07]

is it a High Speed HDMI cable?

 

[yanis31]

not sure what a high speed hdmi cable is... im guessing it's meant to be hdmi 1.4 ... i don't know what version is used but now we know where to start...
seems to me hdmi sucks... apart from the smaller plug size i see no benefits of it on a pc... should have left that stuff to TV's

 

[yanis31]

btw small offtopic:
AMD fails me today -
(i'm using a hd6670 on my pc as well - completely seperate case)

first i noticed that HDMI black level setting is disabled on my monitor
and also audio is not being streamed to the monitor, however on both a geforce 9800gt and a gtx560 on the same computer, same DVI to HDMI cable and monitor worked just fine
after unplugging the cable follwing notification appears:

An HDMI-to-DVI display connection has been detected. In order to hear audio on your HDMI - based TV or display, you will need to have a seperate audio connection from your computer sound outputs to your TV or audio equipment.

 

[dingo07]

...however on both a geforce 9800gt and a gtx560 on the same computer, same DVI to HDMI cable and monitor worked just fine...

let me get this straight - you were getting Audio through that DVI-HDMI connection to your tv, without any other cables?

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That's because those cards have procs that are HDCP compliant, and the 6670 might not be

 

[yanis31]

let me get this straight - you were getting Audio through that DVI-HDMI connection to your tv, without any other cables?

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That's because those cards have procs that are HDCP compliant, and the 6670 might not be

both a hdtv and the samsung BX2231 monitor (it has a audio out plug that's why) you are probably correct about the HDCP