2018 Mac mini with multiple monitors/

[Mhotep]

Thinking about a project. Anyone running 4 or more 4K monitors on the Mac mini. If so how did you do it?

 

[apple_unreal]

"According to the official Mac mini technical specification, it offers “Support for up to two displays at 2560 by 1600 pixels, both at millions of colors.”

What are you thinking? Depending on the Mac Mini you can connect the monitor via thunderbolt and HDIM. Or... if you have an external GPU that would work as well.

 

[steve217]

The OP thread subject says “2018 Mac mini” which has the following display support:

“Support for the following combination of maximum concurrent display setups:

• Up to three displays:
• Two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt 3 plus one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0
• or
• Up to two displays:
• One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt 3 plus one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0”

Would you not have to deploy an eGPU to get 4 4k’s running?

 

[frou]

I use triple 5Ks via an eGPU. The monitors themselves are standard DisplayPort, not Thunderbolt.

 

[Mhotep]

Which egpu did you use?

 

[frou]

Which egpu did you use?

Sonnet eGFX. Apple have some recommended products towards the end of this page: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208544

 

[djc6]

I use triple 5Ks via an eGPU. The monitors themselves are standard DisplayPort, not Thunderbolt.

What 5K display use DisplayPort? Thanks!

 

[frou]

What 5K display use DisplayPort? Thanks!

There's actually a list on Wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5K_resolution#Monitors

 

[djc6]

There's actually a list on Wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5K_resolution#Monitors

Yes, but I'm curious what YOU are using Every one I looked at seemed discontinued or otherwise unavailable (I was looking pre-pandemic). Thanks!

 

[frou]

Yes, but I'm curious what YOU are using Every one I looked at seemed discontinued or otherwise unavailable (I was looking pre-pandemic). Thanks!

I use the iiyama, but I gather the Planar is more or less the same product. The theory is that they are seconds from the iMac 5K production line, which seems accurate because they have the same bonded glass bezel and even the lens for the FaceTime camera, despite there being no camera unit installed behind it.

Very happy with the performance (I'm primarily after Retina sharpness, not ultimate colour reproduction for media editing. I gather that since it's a single DP 1.4 cable, there is not enough bandwidth for full-on 10bit colour at 5K). The three units also looked different at the same OSD settings, so required some careful tweaking to match.