HDMI Monitor

alanbjames · 05-04-2014, 11:18

Hi everyone can someone please answer a question...

At the moment i am running a 27" and a 24" monitor as secondary.

The 27" is connected the DVI port and 24" through the standard VGA port.

Now the VGA lead has a dodgy pin and monitor keeps flickering so im gonna switch one monitor to HDMI and have one on the DVI.

Shall i put the 27" on HDMI and 24" on DVI as they both have same functions and ports.

Thanks.

05-04-2014, 11:48

both digital so I do not see it mattering. I use HDMI on my primary screen though but thats cuz its a tv same config as you

Kabaal · 05-04-2014, 11:48

Either or really as the picture will be just the same with either. The only difference HDMI ever makes with mine are that some extra options open up in the monitor settings, stuff i wouldn't change anyway.

Jimmy-J · 05-04-2014, 12:41

I must be doing something wrong, because no matter how high I set the resolution, when connected via HDMI, the image never looks good.

qasdfdsaq · 05-04-2014, 18:50

The only resolution you should be setting is the native one.

If it still looks crap it's your monitor settings, nothing to do with the interface.

Kabaal · 05-04-2014, 18:58

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

The only resolution you should be setting is the native one.

If it still looks crap it's your monitor settings, nothing to do with the interface.

If i remember right mine looked a bit funky too the first time i used HDMI on the monitor. Scaling was off and everything was fuzzy but i can't remember what i did to sort it out other than it being easy to fix.

qasdfdsaq · 05-04-2014, 19:03

Setting the correct resolution probably. There should be no scaling at all at native, which is what you should always be using.

05-04-2014, 19:08

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Setting the correct resolution probably. There should be no scaling at all at native, which is what you should always be using.

I have often had to use the scaling option at native resolution with ATI gfx cards

Kabaal · 05-04-2014, 19:14

It wasn't the resolution. It was an AMD specific issue with HDMI and as i said, there was an easy fix for it i just can't remember what i did but if it's the same thing for Jimmy-J i'm sure 10mins googling would be all he needs.

Edit - should have refreshed the page before replying ^

05-04-2014, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Kabaal

It wasn't the resolution. It was an AMD specific issue with HDMI and as i said, there was an easy fix for it i just can't remember what i did but if it's the same thing for Jimmy-J i'm sure 10mins googling would be all he needs.

Edit - should have refreshed the page before replying ^

and I should have put AMD and not ATI lol

dilli-theclaw · 05-04-2014, 20:24

I had to change the over scan option on my TV to get the picture just right on the native resolution.

You can do this on the pc settings too but I just did it on the TV.

qasdfdsaq · 07-04-2014, 17:10

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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

I have often had to use the scaling option at native resolution with ATI gfx cards

Had to? For what?

I can't think of any reason why you'd have to use the scaling option...

Unless you're trying to mirror a laptop display with an external monitor of different resolution? That's about the only reason I can think of

07-04-2014, 17:56

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Had to? For what?

I can't think of any reason why you'd have to use the scaling option...

Unless you're trying to mirror a laptop display with an external monitor of different resolution? That's about the only reason I can think of

to get the image to fill the screen correctly at native resolution. No settings on TV do it (set to monitor mode )

simple scaling option in CCC scales it up

my current tv does not need it

qasdfdsaq · 08-04-2014, 17:41

Wait, the native resolution of the TV does not fill the TV screen but rescaling it in the graphics card does?

That makes no sense... Shouldn't even be possible.

Kabaal · 08-04-2014, 18:03

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Wait, the native resolution of the TV does not fill the TV screen but rescaling it in the graphics card does?

That makes no sense... Shouldn't even be possible.

AMD's CCC underscans by default with HDMI so the slider need moved 'up' to 0% manually. A combination of that and it not playing well with monitors that are set to AV instead of PC for their HDMI inputs (causes blurry text) which is often the default and you see the issues we've been talking about here. It's very very common with AMD, not an issue with Nvidia.

Had to google again just to remember what i had to do with mine.