XPS 8950, DP to HDMI cable?

Right, best not to use "adapters" but sometimes you gotta (at least for a while or temporarily).

DisplayPort to HDMI  . I always buy these CM-made adapters, and they always just work. Good company and they have been around for years.

I don't have another HDMI another cable right now to use, so I just want to buy a display port to HDMI cable instead of  an HDMI cable and adapter

Decent but inexpensive cable from Amazon.

Thank you, I will check that out.

The XPS 8950 DP port is Dual-Mode DisplayPort 1.4. So all you need is an inexpensive, passive adapter to go from DP(PC) to HDMI(monitor).

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@Joe Shades wrote:

I don't have another HDMI another cable right now to use, so I just want to buy a display port to HDMI cable instead of  an HDMI cable and adapter

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They also have good HDMI-cables at Amazon.

High-Quality (perfectly working) passive-adapter are sometimes hard to find. HDMI-cables are not.

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@RoHe wrote:

The XPS 8950 DP port is Dual-Mode DisplayPort 1.4. So all you need is an inexpensive, passive adapter to go from DP(PC) to HDMI(monitor).

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That is what I linked to for him.

Thanks for the replies!

@Joe Shades 

I use these DP++  to HDMI with sound adapters on many of my systems

Rankie DisplayPort to HDMI B010SDZZ80

They need a cable

HDMI Cable B014I8T0YQ

Works fine and includes audio if your display port++ has it.

I will be connecting my 8950 display port to my acer monitor with HDMI so I just need the DP to HDMI cable

Received my 8950, connected this cable that was recommended and it says no signal!! now what do I do?

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B093LPK918/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@Joe Shades  - Did you check your monitor's On-Screen Display (OSD) to make sure it's set to receive an HDMI signal?

Reboot and when you see the Dell logo, immediately start tapping F2 to open BIOS setup. Check the Primary Display and Multi-Display settings (see table 3 here).

Maybe you can return it and try the one @Robert Houston says works with his XPS 8950?

I don't know what do with this. I spent alot of money and I can not afford another monitor now. I start the PC the dell logo appears then when it goes to windows the screen goes black and the monitor then says no signal .

@Joe Shades Are you sure your XPS 8950 does not have a discrete graphics card because the behavior you described could be a result of having a discrete graphics card?