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Hello, i have a serious and annoying problem with using my monitor with GTX980 TI and displayport cables.

I have 2 cables one bought from Accell through Amazon and the other that came stock with the monitor.
The problem is there is difference in picture and gameplay through these 2 cables.

One cable (Accell) gives faster response time in FPS games and less ghosting and more motion clarity with lesser picture stage sort of speak. The stock cable that came with monitor has more ghosting and lag in response time but gives more depth in pictures, more detail , and more 3dness in games and immersion. Picture looks more fleshed out and stretched out in a good way compared to the other cable.

Both cables are running at 165hz and not having any connection problems like not losing sync etc. But since im having such different experiences with thes 2 cables i am thinking one cable is not supporting upto 165hz.

What is a common indicator for a higher refresh rate? What is the correct cable to use? This is driving me nuts. Thanks for any help!

Both cables should perform the same. Sound like some sort of expectation bias is going on here.

> less ghosting

You check the ghosting using this link http://testufo.com/#test=ghosting

> motion clarity

Again, follow the test here: http://testufo.com/#test=mprt and check if both of the cables have the same "MPRT"

> gives more depth in pictures, more detail

Take a photo of this website here: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/contrast.php with both cables and colour balance onto the black or the wall behind the monitor, and compare the two photos.

>i am thinking one cable is not supporting upto 165hz.

Make sure the highest hz is selected in windows http://i.imgur.com/JLzixzD.png open up a game like csgo use cl_showfps 1 or net_graph 1 to display your fps and turn on vsync. CSGO will cap it's self to the refresh rate of your monitor when vsync is on