Display apparatus and method of driving the same

A display apparatus includes a signal controller, a panel driver, and a display panel. The signal controller includes N functional blocks that process input image signals to output image data signals and convert input control signals to internal control signals to output the internal control signals. The panel driver converts the image data signals to image data voltages in response to the internal control signals to output the image data voltages and outputs a gate driving voltage. The display panel receives the gate driving voltage and the image data voltages to display an image. A screen of the display panel includes a first area and a second area different from the first area. First input image signals corresponding to the first area among the input image signals are processed by I functional blocks (I is smaller than N) among the N functional blocks.