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Desktop PC Ports "UMA only"?

Rony

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19 November 2020 at 2:13PM in Techie Stuff

Hi all,

So I am about to buy a new desktop PC, however in the descriptions it says this:

DisplayPort 1.2 (UMA only)
HDMI 1.4 (UMA only)

What does UMA only mean? It sounds kind of restricting. Not sure I want to have restrictions on my HDMI ports! It's a top end computer, so just want to know what it actually means, and if it's good or bad? I had a search on the internet but not much,

Thanks,

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A_Lert Posts: 609 Forumite

19 November 2020 at 2:20PM

It means those ports are only for output from the integrated graphics.
For a traditional desktop this is normal and doesn't matter. If you install a separate graphics card that card has its own HDMI ports.
For an all-in-one or a laptop, or anything else that doesn't have PCIe slots, it might be an issue.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/4zhcjc/so_what_is_the_difference_between_discrete/

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TadleyBaggie Posts: 6,569 Forumite

19 November 2020 at 2:20PM

It stands for Unified Memory Access, i.e. the built in motherboard GPU uses the same main memory as the CPU.

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Rony Posts: 160 Forumite

19 November 2020 at 4:30PM

Okay thanks. I'm not going to be doing any separate fancy graphics card stuff so it's all good. Thanks!

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