Graphics Cards

[bschelew]

Have installed the latest drivers for the R7 200 series and can only get 30Hz using 3840x2160 resolution through HDMI 2.0 port. (Monitor supports 3840x2160 @ 60Hz.) No Display Port on my particular R7 240 card from Yeston.

Do I need a special HDMI cable or is there something wrong with my graphics card?

FYI: Have a second display 1920x1080 @ 60Hz running fine through DVI cable.

Specs

Radeon Software Version - 18.5.1

Radeon Software Edition - Adrenalin

Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Memory Size - 4096 MB

Memory Type - GDDR5

Core Clock - 780 MHz

Windows Version - Windows 10 (64 bit)

System Memory - 12 GB

CPU Type - AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 521 Processor

Radeon Settings Version - 2018.0516.1451.24901

Driver Packaging Version - 18.10.16-180516a-328911C-RadeonSoftwareAdrenalin

Provider - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1634

Direct3D® Version - 9.14.10.01334

OpenGL® Version - 6.14.10.13521

OpenCL™ Version - 24.20.11016.4

AMD Mantle Version - 9.1.10.0254

AMD Mantle API Version - 102400

AMD Audio Driver Version - 10.0.1.6

Vulkan™ Driver Version - 2.0.20

Vulkan™ API Version - 1.1.70

Graphics Card Manufacturer - Built by AMD

Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Device ID - 6613

Vendor ID - 1002

SubSystem ID - 0000

SubSystem Vendor ID - 1002

Revision ID - 00

Bus Type - PCI Express 3.0

Current Bus Settings - PCI Express 2.0 x8

BIOS Version - 015.048.000.071

BIOS Part Number - 113-B30-A/B45

BIOS Date - 2017/02/16 22:48

Memory Size - 4096 MB

Memory Type - GDDR5

Memory Clock - 1000 MHz

Core Clock - 780 MHz

Total Memory Bandwidth - 64 GByte/s

Memory Bit Rate - 4.00 Gbps

2D Driver File Path - /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/Class/{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}/0000

1st Monitor: Philips BDM4037U using HDMI port 2.0 capable of 3840x2160 @ 60Hz

Horizontal Timing Total - 4400

Horizontal Timing Display - 3840

Horizontal Timing Front Porch - 176

Horizontal Timing Sync Width - 88

Vertical Timing Total - 2250

Vertical Timing Display - 2160

Vertical Timing Front Porch - 8

Vertical Timing Sync Width - 10

Horizontal Timing Polarity - Positive

Vertical Timing Polarity - Positive

Interlaced/Progressive - Progressive

G.Pixel Clock (KHz) - 297000

G.Refresh Rate (Hz) - 30

Current HDCP Status - Disabled

Current Link Settings - Not Available

2nd Monitor: Acer 243H

Horizontal Timing Total - 2080

Horizontal Timing Display - 1920

Horizontal Timing Front Porch - 48

Horizontal Timing Sync Width - 32

Vertical Timing Total - 1111

Vertical Timing Display - 1080

Vertical Timing Front Porch - 3

Vertical Timing Sync Width - 5

Horizontal Timing Polarity - Positive

Vertical Timing Polarity - Negative

Interlaced/Progressive - Progressive

G.Pixel Clock (KHz) - 138500

G.Refresh Rate (Hz) - 59.9339

Current HDCP Status - Disabled

Current Link Settings - Not Available

[elstaci · Accepted solution]

First HDMI 1.4 only support 4k@30 hz according to Wikipedia : HDMI - Wikipedia

Version 1.4[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HDMI_1.4_with_Audio_Return_Channel.pngHDMI 1.4 with audio return channel

HDMI 1.4 was released on May 28, 2009, and the first HDMI 1.4 products were available in the second half of 2009.^[62][98] HDMI 1.4 added support for 4096×2160 at 24 Hz, 3840×2160 at 24, 25, and 30 Hz, and 1920×1080 at 120 Hz.^{[99](§6.3.2)} It also added an HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) that accommodates a 100 Mbit/s Ethernet connection between the two HDMI connected devices so they can share an Internet connection,^[43] introduced an audio return channel (ARC),^[41] 3D Over HDMI, a new Micro HDMI Connector, an expanded set of color spaces with the addition of sYCC601, Adobe RGB and Adobe YCC601, and an Automotive Connection System.^{[62][100][101][102][103]} HDMI 1.4 defined several stereoscopic 3D formats including field alternative (interlaced), frame packing (a full resolution top-bottom format), line alternative full, side-by-side half, side-by-side full, 2D + depth, and 2D + depth + graphics + graphics depth (WOWvx).^{[61][104][105]} HDMI 1.4 requires that 3D displays implement the frame packing 3D format at either 720p50 and 1080p24 or 720p60 and 1080p24.^[105] High Speed HDMI cables as defined in HDMI 1.3 work with all HDMI 1.4 features except for the HDMI Ethernet Channel, which requires the new High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet defined in HDMI 1.4.^{[61][104][105]}

HDMI 1.4a was released on March 4, 2010, and added two mandatory 3D formats for broadcast content, which was deferred with HDMI 1.4 pending the direction of the 3D broadcast market.^[106][107] HDMI 1.4a has defined mandatory 3D formats for broadcast, game, and movie content.^[106] HDMI 1.4a requires that 3D displays implement the frame packing 3D format at either 720p50 and 1080p24 or 720p60 and 1080p24, side-by-side horizontal at either 1080i50 or 1080i60, and top-and-bottom at either 720p50 and 1080p24 or 720p60 and 1080p24.^[107]

HDMI 1.4b was released on October 11, 2011,^[108] containing only minor clarifications to the 1.4a document. HDMI 1.4b is the last version of the standard that HDMI Licensing, LLC is responsible for. All future versions of the HDMI Specification were produced by the HDMI Forum, created on October 25, 2011.^[35][109]

The MSI r7 240 (2 gbyte) GPU card only has HDMI 1.4a. You need HDMI 2.0 for 4k@60 HZ.

Video Output Function

• Single-link DVI-D x 1
• HDMI x 1 (version 1.4a)
• D-Sub x 1

[elstaci]

The Sapphire R7 240 also has HDMI 1.4a : B&H Photo Video

Outputs

1 x HDMI - HDMI 1.4a support 1 x DVI-D single-link 1 x VGA

According to AMD Support on the R7 240 it will support 4k Resolutions @ 60 hz using MST or SST enabled Monitor only. : https://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/r7

FEATURES	R7 265	R7 260X	R7 260	R7 250X	R7 250	R7 240
GPU ARCHITECTURE	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
API SUPPORT9	DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL®  4.3, OpenCL™	DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL® 4.3, OpenCL™	DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL® 4.3, OpenCL™	DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL® 4.3, OpenCL™	DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL® 4.3, OpenCL™	DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL® 4.3, OpenCL™
PCI EXPRESS® VERSION17	3	3	3	3	3	3
AMD POWERTUNE TECHNOLOGY13	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
AMD ZEROCORE POWER TECHNOLOGY13	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4K RESOLUTION SUPPORT3	Yes (4K60 SST or MST)	Yes (4K60 SST or MST)	Yes (4K60 SST or MST)	Yes (4K60 SST or MST)	Yes (4K60 SST or MST)	Yes (4K60 SST or MST)
DDMA AUDIO	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
HDMI (WITH 4K, STEREO 3D, DEEP COLOR & X.V.COLOR™)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

[bschelew]

elstaci,

Thanks for the indepth info. My takeaway is this:

My Philips monitor has an HDMI 2.0 port which the specs in their manual

state does support 4K@60Hz. (No mention of SST or MST).

An official AMD produced r7 240 does support 4K60Hz according to your post

but other manufacturers that licence and assemble the AMD graphics card

under their own brand (such as the Sapphire r7 240) may only have the HDMI

1.4 port and thus only output 4K@30Hz.

On the site where I bought the Yeston card (the manufacturer of my

particular AMD r7 240 card...

https://www.gearbest.com/graphics-video-cards/pp_734473.html) it does not

specify whether the HDMI port supports the 60Hz. Since it is silent on

that, I suspect that it does not. Too bad. I just figured that ALL AMD r7

240's would have the same specs (i.e., as listed on the AMD site) and 3rd

party manufacturers wouldn't substitute in inferior parts. Lesson learned.

Thanks again for the clarification.

[elstaci]

The R7 240 according to the image I posted ONLY supports 4k@ 60 hz if the monitor has SST or MST technology built into it. Otherwise it will run 4k@ 30 hz with the 1.4a HDMI port.

The advertiser is not lying when it mentions it run 4k just at 30 hz and not at 60 hz.