Acer GN276HL 144hz displayport and HDMI Question

[Dstain]

Hello!

I just recently bought the Acer GN276HL. My question is, the monitor doesn't have a displayport input and only VGA, DVI and HDMI so what is my best options for displaying 144hz? I'm I stuck with using the DVI?

Thank you!

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[antoine21839]

Hello!

I just recently bought the Acer GN276HL. My question is, the monitor doesn't have a displayport input and only VGA, DVI and HDMI so what is my best options for displaying 144hz? I'm I stuck with using the DVI?

Thank you!

D

DisplayPort>HDMI>DVI>VGA>S-Video.
You should go with the HDMI port.

 

[Sylvvester]

hdmi will not run at 144hz. When I connected my 144hz monitor to my pc using hdmi cable, it was limited to 60hz.
Use dual link DVI. It works just fine with 144hz 1080p monitor.

 

[Dstain]

hdmi will not run at 144hz. When I connected my 144hz monitor to my pc using hdmi cable, it was limited to 60hz.
Use dual link DVI. It works just fine with 144hz 1080p monitor.

But is there a better option then DVI?

 

[Sylvvester]

No, even if you could connect it using display port, there would be no difference.

 

[TeRRoa]

Hello!

I just recently bought the Acer GN276HL. My question is, the monitor doesn't have a displayport input and only VGA, DVI and HDMI so what is my best options for displaying 144hz? I'm I stuck with using the DVI?

Thank you!

D

No, even if you could connect it using display port, there would be no difference.

Hi,

I think u should use an adapter. So u could try out VGA / HDMI and DVI. on the following page u can see a comparison of different adapters http://www.displayport-vergleich.de just have a look at it

 

[Sylvvester]

VGA is out of question, DP-HDMI adapter will limit it to 60hz and what's the point in DP-DVI when you can just get DVI cable and get the same result?

 

[Dstain]

Thank you to everyone that has posted!With display port you get more color out of it then you would a dvi yeah? And one more question to add. Do you think I should return this monitor to get on that has g-sync for another 100$?

 

[Sylvvester]

I never heard about getting better colors on 1080p monitor using display port rather than dvi. As for g-sync that depends on your framerates. If your games run on your rig at stable 144 fps, then g-sync is useless. You will only notice difference if your fps vary a lot. I probably wouldn't bother with it at all unless my fps drops below 60, but in that case it's better to invest in more powerful GPU rather than g-sync monitor.

 

[Dstain]

Thank you so much for your time!

 

[superkitty7]

I never heard about getting better colors on 1080p monitor using display port rather than dvi. As for g-sync that depends on your framerates. If your games run on your rig at stable 144 fps, then g-sync is useless. You will only notice difference if your fps vary a lot. I probably wouldn't bother with it at all unless my fps drops below 60, but in that case it's better to invest in more powerful GPU rather than g-sync monitor.

Hey Sylvvester,

I'ave had this monitor for over a month and cannot find a cable that will work. My GPU only supports HDMI and DisplayPort. The monitor only supports HDMI, DVI, and VGA. I want a chord that will go from the monitor to the GPU that will support 144hz at 1080p and I just can't find one. I've bought one that said it would and I can't get it to work. I've researched all the differences and it seems that HDMI won't work, and obviously VGA wont work, so I thought any DVI-D (dual link) to DisplayPort would work. That is the cable I bought and I still cant get it to work. It might be a crappy cable but I'm not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Sylvvester]

Return the cable and try different one. I've read on some websites that you may need active dp to dvi adapter to get 1080p @ 144hz, but those cost a lot more. You can try different cheap dp to dvi cable, but make sure that there are some user reviews that confirm it really works @ 144hz. I have no experience with such adapters, so I can't recommend you any products. You can try recommendation from this thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3062661/144hz-displayport-dvi-duallink-adapter.html

 

[thijsbesseling]

hdmi will not run at 144hz. When I connected my 144hz monitor to my pc using hdmi cable, it was limited to 60hz.
Use dual link DVI. It works just fine with 144hz 1080p monitor.

hdmi will run at 144hz if you use a hdmi 2.0 cable right?

 

[Glenwing]

hdmi will not run at 144hz. When I connected my 144hz monitor to my pc using hdmi cable, it was limited to 60hz.
Use dual link DVI. It works just fine with 144hz 1080p monitor.

hdmi will run at 144hz if you use a hdmi 2.0 cable right?

It will run 144 Hz if the monitor supports 144 Hz over HDMI. The GN276HL does not.

 

[thijsbesseling]

hdmi will not run at 144hz. When I connected my 144hz monitor to my pc using hdmi cable, it was limited to 60hz.
Use dual link DVI. It works just fine with 144hz 1080p monitor.

hdmi will run at 144hz if you use a hdmi 2.0 cable right?

It will run 144 Hz if the monitor supports 144 Hz over HDMI. The GN276HL does not.

Alright, thank you! So I have to use DualLink DVI in order to get the 144Hz with the GN276HL?

 

[Glenwing]

hdmi will not run at 144hz. When I connected my 144hz monitor to my pc using hdmi cable, it was limited to 60hz.
Use dual link DVI. It works just fine with 144hz 1080p monitor.

hdmi will run at 144hz if you use a hdmi 2.0 cable right?

It will run 144 Hz if the monitor supports 144 Hz over HDMI. The GN276HL does not.

Alright, thank you! So I have to use DualLink DVI in order to get the 144Hz with the GN276HL?

That is correct