It's possible but the refresh rate is stuck at 30 Hz. The 2014 Mac minis can do 4K at 60 Hz.
Nope, the 2014 Mac Minis share the same Haswell-U chipset as the 13" rMBPs, so it still can only do 4K at 30Hz, but can be upped to 52Hz with some troublesome tweaking.
Thanks for the correction, should have known. Quite a disappointment considering many people want to use 4K displays with Mac minis.
how can you achieve 4k with a mini? I'm stuck on 2.5k would love to be able to really use my 4k screen
Does 3840x2160 show up in System Preferences > Displays?
Ive attached a screen shot.
maybe some specs will help
2012 2.3 quad mini
samsung uhd 4k screen
mDP->DP adapter (has done 4k on my cMP & r9 280x)
DP to monitor
I couldn't get 3840x2160 via switchers with my rmbp.By default, 3840x2160 won't show up when using DisplayPort, only through HDMI (refresh rate will be 30Hz only). If you want do use DisplayPort, you have to use SwitchResX to manually add the resolution.
EDIT: Sorry, I see you have 2012 mac mini. Unfortunatelly that won't qualify for 4K over HDMI. You may get 4K@30Hz over DP using SwitchResX though (never tried it, but there are some successes on the web).
Which one would you suggest ? That’s all I would need it to for.Your best bet at 4K with the mini is getting an external GPU. At which point you could rather just get a 4K iMac or a pc.
Which one would you suggest ? That’s all I would need it to for.
I’d wait until the NUC 8 comes out, i3 should have a quad core.The Intel NUC is comparable to the Mini only it doesn't have ancient hardware.
Thank you for the information. Like the OP, I have a 2012 mini and was looking to get a new monitor. I wanted something more future proof than a lower resolution monitor but was unsure if a 4k monitor would work on an older mini. Upscaling is fine for now.I have a 2012 quad core mini and I use a 55” Vizio P Series set from 2014. The mini outputs 1080P over HDMI, which the Vizio upconverts to 4K. LOOKS INCREDIBLE!