GPU makers just made me miffed

I'd like to add that Mini-HDMI connectors are garbage. I don't know what they were thinking when they designed them. They are way to slim to support the heavy cables and plastic housings (those are nearly as large as those of standard HDMI connectors) used in most cheap HDMI cables. Of course the cheap cable manufacturers are to blame, too. Mini-DP and Micro-HDMI connectors are done right, their shape is closer to a square and the housings are usually smaller.
 
TroyX said:
well, the hard truth still stands, those mini-hdmi's that they put on back of the cards are garbage.

the one on my gigabyte lasted me 3 months and the one on msi lasted just 2 weeks.

and its just not me, i googled about this issue and there are tons of people who had the same problem.

stop saving pennies and use the real size HDMI inputs, hence the reason why they no longer use them today for the 600 series and reason why AMD stopped using them for ages now.

i dont want to hear excuses.
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I went ahead and talked to my RMA guys, tech support team, and tech support management since I was curious about the issue, and so far as we can find there has never been a single incident of a Mini-HDMI port breaking on a Galaxy card. We do use different parts and manufacturing processes than others do for the outputs on our products, though. For instance, the analog connections in our DVI-I ports are shielded whereas those in typical cards are not. I've got no excuse or explanation for these ports breaking on other manufacturer's cards. For all we know they just suck at soldering. All I know is no one's broken one of ours yet and said anything about it.

Tell you guys what though, let's turn this from a potential flame war into something constructive since I'm hearing some good feedback here. We're not dealing with Galaxy cards so it's not like I can help with your replacements anyway.

If you guys could have any 3 or 4 outputs you wanted on a graphics card, what would they be? Are you guys all perfectly satisfied with the Dual DVI+HDMI+DP layout that's become pretty much standard on GTX series cards, or would you prefer something different?

If you had to use a single slot card, knowing that HDMI will not fit on the board with two DVI ports, would you rather have DVI+VGA+HDMI instead of DVI+DVI+Mini-HDMI?

I'm interested to hear you guys' opinions. I always pass the input on to our R&D team as they work on new cards.
 
I see nothing wrong with the DVI + DVI + HDMI + DP configuration. I would like to eventually see DP replace DVI as the standard, but DP monitor adoption is not yet widespread enough for this to be viable.

I would keep the DVI + DVI + mHDMI configuration. VGA needs to die in my opinion, and if it is to exist at all, it should be serviced via a DVI-I output.

I see nothing wrong with the mHDMI connectors. HDMI to mHDMI cables are readily available and cheap, and I have never had a problem with them. Some adapters, however, offer poor strain relief and can be troublesome.

@ OP, for curiosities sake, which type of mHDMI to HDMI adapter were you using?

Adapters which are essentially short male mHDMI to female HDMI cables tend to offer decent strain relief:
http://www.shophive.com/iadmin/images/prods/1048811.jpg

But inline inflexible adapters can act as a lever against the mHDMI port:
http://www.affordablehdmi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mini-HDMI-male-to-HDMI-female-adapter.jpg

I tend to avoid the inflexible adapters as the adapter's length in addition to the cable's end connector length can greatly increase the amount of potential torque applied to the card's mHDMI output.
 
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