T he best gaming monitors and best graphics cards are packed with features, but one aspect that often gets overlooked is the number and type of DisplayPort vs. HDMI connections.

Where HDMI outshines DisplayPort is with eARC ... 2.1. Display Port is usually better suited for tasks like PC gaming, especially on high-end hardware where frame rates regularly exceed 100 ...

Generally, HDMI is used with TVs and laptops while DisplayPort is used with PCs and gaming monitors. But not always. And at CES 2025, we saw major advances for both standards, with new HDMI 2.2 ...

The two primary standards are HDMI and DisplayPort, which offer different ... so you can have a tear-free gaming experience no matter which brand of card you use (as long as your monitor supports ...

That could mean next-generation graphics cards and gaming monitors might ... limit for HDMI 2.1. As for how this compares to DisplayPort, the most recent DisplayPort standard is 2.1, which has ...

He’s a product expert who began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023. At CES 2025, the HDMI Forum ... option now is to use DisplayPort on a PC, or knock ...