[GTALUG] PC build recommendation

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Tue Feb 27 11:34:59 EST 2018


On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:32:11AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> Displayport is much much more versatile and futureproof.  And supports
> daisy chaining monitors and higher resolution than HDMI.  Also trivially
> adapts to DVI, HDMI, etc.  I would not consider buying anything without
> at least one displayport.  Especially since the HDMI on the AM4 boards
> is 1.4 not 2.0, and hence limited to 4k @ 30Hz, not 60Hz.  At least
> intel based boards tend to be HDMI 2.0 these days.

Apparently depending on the CPU model and how well the board is made,
it MIGHT be HDMI 2.0 compatible.  The 2400G is apparently one of the
chips that should support HDMI 2.0 if the board is done properly.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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