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Can somebody explain why hdmi 2.1 is so important? I thought everybody used display ports?
DP isn't crossing over to mainstream TVs like HDMI is all it boils down to. It's not important it's just what some ppl want
 

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Can somebody explain why hdmi 2.1 is so important?
for gamers its because hdmi 2.0 was capped at 4k 60 fps and hdmi 2.1 is capped 4k 120 fps or 8k 60 fps...2.1 also provides variable refresh rate and auto low latency mode

on the home theater side its mainly because of eARC and Dynamic HDR

this pic show the differences between hdmi versions

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Can somebody explain why hdmi 2.1 is so important? I thought everybody used display ports?
HDMI 2.1 is mainly for premium televisions that support 4K 120hz and true 10-bit color. Monitors and displayport used to be far ahead of TVs in terms of input lag and picture quality, but today's TVs caught up thanks to the new HDMI standards.
 

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So my amazon.de order for the zotac card is still in my history. Haven't been cancelled yet. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
 
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I ain't got anything other than the case so far so I ain't missing out if I don't :russ:

I'm just found a local store that will notify me when they have it in because the shipment hasn't reached them yet, so its still hope,

I'm hoping the 3090 is too expensive for these flippers, I mean the 2080ti was only 999 when it dropped

but I need to hurry up and get one now, because the price won't be going back down the 1080ti was 700 when he it dropped, and the price quickly went up to 800 then over 1000 at one point before dropping back down to 800s
 

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I'm thinking of just buying a open box 2080 super from Microcenter to hold me over until this shyt gets resolved. Currently I'm using some old GPU I had laying around and that shyt is pitiful(Radeon R9 280).
 

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I'm thinking of just buying a open box 2080 super from Microcenter to hold me over until this shyt gets resolved. Currently I'm using some old GPU I had laying around and that shyt is pitiful(Radeon R9 280).

That 290 was the shyt tho :banderas:
 
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