If you’re using a TV. They rarely have DP ports.
replyHDMI is a king on consumer TVs. Linux (in form of SteamOS) is becoming a major console gaming platform thanks to Valve.
replyHDMI 2.1 carries more bandwidth than DisplayPort 1.4. Plenty of GPU/monitors have that port arrangement, as recent as Nvidia's RTX 40 Series.
replyYeah but this is for amdgpu and they had DP2.1 support for a while now.
replyThat doesn't help when the monitors don't have DP2.1 support.
replyI havent seen a monitor (besides tvs) that has HDMI2.1 but not DP2.1
replylots of linux based boxes are used with TVs.
replyI can tell you mine does: a Corsair XENEON 27QHD240. Or the somewhat popular and badly named Acer Nitro XV275K P5biipruzx
replyI'd say it's usual for displays released in the 2-5 years old range. HDMI 2.1 got somewhat quick monitor support for consoles, but search for "first DP2.1 monitor" gets results from 2024
And that parenthetical is exactly why people care.
replyTVs.
Because your motherboard only supports HDMI. The last three I used had HDMI, and sometimes VGA.
replyI have been using HDMI to game on TV for most or all of my adult life. Mostly console gaming. A few years back I built a dedicated gaming rig, but I still use it with a controller from my couch connected to a TV.
replySo this is a win for couch gamers and open source in general.