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Your DisplayPort 2.1 Monitor Might Not Be Running DisplayPort 2.1

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, June 4, 2026, 5:05 AM TechSpot Electronics

Your DisplayPort 2.1 monitor and graphics card may support UHBR20, but that doesn't mean you're getting it. Here's how a seemingly harmless cable choice can change everything.

Electronics Industry

China unveils GPMI, an HDMI and DisplayPort rival with 192 Gbps bandwidth and 480W power delivery

It's USB-C compatible and supports 8K video, networking, and high-wattage power delivery

By Rob Thubron, April 7, 2025, 6:40 AM 10 comments

Electronics Industry

HDMI 2.2 and DisplayPort 2.1b debut at CES, introducing higher bandwidth and longer cables

The RTX 5000-series features DisplayPort 2.1b

By Rob Thubron, January 7, 2025, 5:16 AM 8 comments

Gaming Electronics

Asus, Samsung, and MSI all reveal first 4K 27-inch OLED 240Hz monitors

All featuring DisplayPort 2.1a

By Rob Thubron, January 2, 2025, 12:07 PM 16 comments

Hardware

MSI reveals first USB4 expansion card, delivering 100W through USB-C

Two 40Gb/s USB-C ports, two DisplayPort outputs, 6-pin power connector

By Daniel Sims, June 2, 2023, 5:34 PM

Hardware

HDMI licensing administrator says the obscure HDMI Alt Mode specs are dead

Users and manufacturers rejected the HDMI-over-USB-C tech

By Alfonso Maruccia, January 13, 2023, 9:26 AM 18 comments

Electronics Hardware

VESA updates all DisplayPort 2.0 products to the new DisplayPort 2.1 standard

Although there weren't that many to begin with

By Tudor Cibean, October 18, 2022, 7:37 AM 24 comments

DisplayPort vs HDMI: What's Best for High Refresh Rate Gaming?

FEATURE By Nick Evanson, August 29, 2022, 6:03 AM TechSpot Electronics

DisplayPort and HDMI: In this article we'll point out the differences between the two interfaces, how the choice of monitor fits into this, and why GPU vendors seem to prefer DisplayPort over HDMI.

Hardware Software

AMD RDNA3 GPUs might support UHBR20, allowing DisplayPort bandwidth up to 80 Gbps

8K 144Hz HDR through a single cable

By Tudor Cibean, May 26, 2022, 5:14 PM 7 comments

TechSpot's Quick Guide to Sockets and Ports

FEATURE By Nick Evanson, November 2, 2020, 6:02 AM TechSpot Hardware

The average desktop PC has over 10 different types of connections and often sports over 30 individual sockets. Whether you're wanting to sort out SATA from M.2, or DVI-D from DisplayPort, welcome to our quick guide to sockets and ports.