Jamesisnotonfire Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Hey all, i decided to get a 24" HD monitor for my Hackintosh to look more like a imac, the monitor works fine on dvi and vga output, the video is fine, minimizing etc. When I tried it with the HDMI coming from the Nvidia 9800gtx, i was dissapointed, quality is amazing, but the minimizing and restoring, dashboard etc, is all choppy. Can anyone help me with this? is it a problem? or something i should change. Thanks James Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204062-hd-video-is-choppy-hmm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Just use DVI and be happy, it's the same thing. You can't get audio over HDMI on a Mac or Hackintosh anyway, and that's practically the only difference between DVI and HDMI. Well that, and the Digital Rights Management {censored}. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204062-hd-video-is-choppy-hmm/#findComment-1369623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesisnotonfire Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Just use DVI and be happy, it's the same thing. You can't get audio over HDMI on a Mac or Hackintosh anyway, and that's practically the only difference between DVI and HDMI. Really? it's just the HDMI, seemed alot better quality, or maybe my eyes can't tell Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204062-hd-video-is-choppy-hmm/#findComment-1369624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I admit that I haven't studied the subject for more than a couple of minutes but from what I've read the digital signal used in HDMI and DVI is exactly the same. I don't think it's your cables, I guess cable quality don't make much of a difference (if any) when it's a digital connection. Maybe the monitor does some kind of picture enhancement when using one input and not when using the other? Test again and try going through the menus and see if it enables stuff like 'gaming mode' or something. And of course make sure that you're running it at its native resolution. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204062-hd-video-is-choppy-hmm/#findComment-1369627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesisnotonfire Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 I admit that I haven't studied the subject for more than a couple of minutes but from what I've read the digital signal used in HDMI and DVI is exactly the same. I don't think it's your cables, I guess cable quality don't make much of a difference (if any) when it's a digital connection. Maybe the monitor does some kind of picture enhancement when using one input and not when using the other? Test again and try going through the menus and see if it enables stuff like 'gaming mode' or something. And of course make sure that you're running it at its native resolution. Thanks for the reply, and i think i'll just stick on DVI, but thanks for your help and advice, i've gone into the monitor's settings and changed to gaming mode on hdmi and it didn't make a difference to the video quality. Thanks anyway James Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204062-hd-video-is-choppy-hmm/#findComment-1369954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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