This Gefen GTB-DPKVM-3CAT7(-BLK) DisplayPort KVM Extender over CAT-7 advertises up to (when all the proper DisplayPort 1.1a, USB 2.0, and CAT-7 cables/devices are used). Why invest extra into a monitor built for beautiful gaming, then chop it down to 60fps?

So I reorganized things, keeping the Swift on my pretty gaming rig, buying a cheapo little monitor (and another keyboard) to use on my (well, my employer's) KVM machines. Your comment made me realize the same thing. I may have to look at a different monitor that has two inputs I suppose. I was curious if a 60Hz rated one would work at all.

Thank you for the quick reply about your setup. I suppose it helps with dips in fps to eliminate tearing and reduce the stuttering caused by v-sync? Either way this isn't going to work for me if it doesn't support higher than 60Hz. I don't really understand the concept of getting a 144Hz display if you then limit it to 60fps. And switching is not quite instantaneous, it takes a tiny fraction of a second to cross over.

Not a biggy, but it's annoying that I cannot use USB3.0 superspeeds on my keyboard's integrated USB3.0 hub. My only complaints with the unit - aside from hard technical limits and price tag - are that (contrary to some published info) it enumerates as USB2.0, not USB3.0. I think a single GPU would lose some fps, but I don't notice significant loss with my 2-SLI GTX980 setup (which almost always assures >60fps at these single-monitor resolutions, anyhow). It does work with G-Sync, up to 60Hz (or up to 60 fps, if you like), but it introduces latencies which apparently load onto the GPU (or force it to slow frame timing) a little. But, if manfully forced through ugly hacks, it typically just halts drawing and kicks an onscreen error message back through the OS.) It turns out that DisplayPort 1.1a and DisplayPort 1.2 are, in the context of this application, fully compatible and interchangeable. It also works fine with a sordid variety of USB network and video capture hardwares.

If you can find anything better then please inform me by PM, haha. I use the Belkin F1DN104P - it supports one input and four outputs (DisplayPort 1.1a, I think it's basically the best KVM specs you can find. Join Date Mar 2015 Reputation 152 Posts 2,718 Samsung 850 PRO 512GB SSDs, 4xSATA3 RAID0 NVIDIA Quadro GP100GL/16GB, 16xPCIe3, NVLink1 (SLI-HB)

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