IMO, Monitors since they will ultimately display the image. The HDMI and Displayport cables should match the specifications of the ports. It should include a single 6ft cable per port.
For example, if the monitor uses HDMI 2.1b ports, it should include an HDMI 2.1b cable.
Older GPU
If an older GPU has HDMI 2.0 outputs, the 2.1b cable will still work, but will only work as run at the GPU’s 2.0 bandwidth.
Newer GPU
If later in the future you upgrade to a GPU that has a theoretical HDMI 3.0 port, then it should still output to the monitor, but only at HDMI 2.1b speeds. That monitor will never work at HDMI 3.0 speeds, but it should be able to fully reach its own HDMI 2.1b specs.
When a monitor supports both display port and hdmi port, they need to supply 2 6 foot cables just in case? And what happens when 6ft isn’t enough for a specific situation. You need to then buy an extra one just in case?
Also, when buying replacements, the cables are totally unnecessary.
We have a bad enough problem with E waste. Making it worse for the sake of the tiniest convenience for the average consumer is ridiculous.
2 cables for a monitor that will be used for about a decade or so, with a length that is typically long enough for any desk setup so that you don’t have to trial and error cables types/lengths will probably reduce the amount of cables that the user will end up ordering.
If the monitor comes with no cables, someone might end up ordering a 3ft HDMI 2.0 cable, which ends up being too short. Then they’ll order a 6ft HDMI 2.0 cable, which is the correct length, but isn’t the correct cable to fully utilize that monitor. Then a few years go by and they upgrade their GPU and realize that their monitor isn’t displaying to its potential, so they finally order the correct 6ft HDMI 2.1b cable.
Ask me how I know that has happened before 😂 (it was me).
IMO, Monitors since they will ultimately display the image. The HDMI and Displayport cables should match the specifications of the ports. It should include a single 6ft cable per port.
For example, if the monitor uses HDMI 2.1b ports, it should include an HDMI 2.1b cable.
Older GPU
If an older GPU has HDMI 2.0 outputs, the 2.1b cable will still work, but will only work as run at the GPU’s 2.0 bandwidth.
Newer GPU
If later in the future you upgrade to a GPU that has a theoretical HDMI 3.0 port, then it should still output to the monitor, but only at HDMI 2.1b speeds. That monitor will never work at HDMI 3.0 speeds, but it should be able to fully reach its own HDMI 2.1b specs.
That is such a huge waste of material.
When a monitor supports both display port and hdmi port, they need to supply 2 6 foot cables just in case? And what happens when 6ft isn’t enough for a specific situation. You need to then buy an extra one just in case?
Also, when buying replacements, the cables are totally unnecessary.
We have a bad enough problem with E waste. Making it worse for the sake of the tiniest convenience for the average consumer is ridiculous.
2 cables for a monitor that will be used for about a decade or so, with a length that is typically long enough for any desk setup so that you don’t have to trial and error cables types/lengths will probably reduce the amount of cables that the user will end up ordering.
If the monitor comes with no cables, someone might end up ordering a 3ft HDMI 2.0 cable, which ends up being too short. Then they’ll order a 6ft HDMI 2.0 cable, which is the correct length, but isn’t the correct cable to fully utilize that monitor. Then a few years go by and they upgrade their GPU and realize that their monitor isn’t displaying to its potential, so they finally order the correct 6ft HDMI 2.1b cable.
Ask me how I know that has happened before 😂 (it was me).
So if your monitor came with 2 cables and your gpu came with 2 cables, thats 4 cables instead of 3.
No GPU should ever come with video cables. Thats where unnecessary waste would come from IMO.
But in your scenario, that was exactly where you needed a new cable, even though you had the right one before then.
If I had been provided the correct cables initially, i would not have had to play cable roulette.
(It was a used monitor that I had purchased that did not come with any cables.)
Well put.