Wednesday, November 25th 2015
Club 3D Intros DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 Active Adapters with 4K-60 Hz Support
With AMD announcing software support for HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 active adapters with its Radeon Software Crimson Edition, various AMD AIB partners could jump in with such adapters. Club 3D, which has been making dongles, converters, and adapters, besides AMD Radeon graphics cards, announced its entry. The company announced two active adapters - standard DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0, and mini-DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0. Both support 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160 pixels), with 60 Hz refresh rate display mode. The company didn't announce pricing.
12 Comments on Club 3D Intros DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 Active Adapters with 4K-60 Hz Support
Why do I get the sense that the price is unreasonable due to low volume? AMD killed off DVI-I/DVI-A in high end cards. I suspect they want to kill off HDMI too. Remember the 5870 Eyefinity 6? Mini DisplayPort only. Sure it was a low volume card and quite ahead of its time but, there it is.
www.amazon.com/dp/B004I6IYSM/?tag=tec06d-20
and cable to power the converter...
not best option for an HTPC card ;-)
Besides, from what I see from several listings from EU local sites, apparently it's not mere few bucks. I predict it's EUR40~ stuff or so.
But even if that's the case, it still about ~$100 cheaper option than trading my 390 to GTX980.
For reference, most DisplayPort active converters are $20-40. I think it will start at $80'ish and eventually fall to $30-50. I wouldn't be concerned about that. What I would be concerned about is detecting the state of the connected monitor and having that information sync with the graphics card/Windows. I have two DisplayPort active converters (one to VGA and one to DVI-D) and I ended up installing a second card then later, using the integrated GPU to drive the DisplayPort. Putting them on one card and using my KVM to cut off and restore signal, Windows moves everything from the DisplayPort display to the main display. It sounds trivial but when it happens many times a day, it gets downright annoying.
It's more Windows' fault than DisplayPort. This issue doesn't exist, for example, in Linux.
Generally speaking though, I don't like to buy and use adapters. I typically buy monitors that have all the ports I want / need and the same goes for video cards. I've had a triple monitor setup for years and never once used an adapter. If I can help it I'll still buy the product that natively supports what I want to use and in this case it would remove the need for such an adapter,....