Display Port Questions

[Gibby101]

So I have been wondering about the quality of picture of display port cables. I want to buy a nice graphics card that has Display and HDMI ports but my monitor supports only DVI-D and VGA. My question is: Is there a boost in visual quality using a Display Port Cable and then using an adapter to convert to DVI, or should I just use a DVI cable because the cables make no difference with my monitor?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

The difference between DP, HDMI, and DVI is the bandwidth when it's GPU -> Display. No difference in picture quality, they're all digital.

 

[Gibby101]

The difference between DP, HDMI, and DVI is the bandwidth when it's GPU -> Display. No difference in picture quality, they're all digital.

So if i buy a display port cable and use a dvi adapter the picture quality should be the same as using a display port cable by itself cause im not trying to waste money on a display port cable and adapter to try and get better picture quality that ends up having the same quality as a dvi cable.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

In terms of bandwidth you'll be limited to the weakest link. DP is much better than DVI, and so DVI will be your bottleneck. DP -> DP is what you want. Unless lower resolutions/refresh rate is what you need. Also make sure it's Dual Link DVI-D... Do some research on this if you don't understand the difference, I won't be reliable for any purchase you make if it turns out it doesn't work. But to answer your question, picture quality won't change, like I said above, they're digital.