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Cabling needed to connect Apple Studio Display XDR with a PC

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Petite messe solennelle

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What cables would I need to connect my GEEKOM A9 Max Mini AI PC AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 to my new Apple Studio Display XDR?

The PC has the following ports:

2 × HDMI 2.1 FRL
1 × USB 4.0 Type-C DP-Alt-Mode / PD-In
1 × USB 4.0 Type-C DP-Alt-Mode
plus 4 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A

Although I'm a developer, I know next to nothing about hardware. From searching the web I think I would need the following combo:

PC
> HDMI 2.1 to DisplayPort 2.1 cable
> DisplayPort 2.1 to USB Type-C Thunderbolt 5 cable
> Studio Display XDR

Is that correct?

And interestingly most if not all cables seem to be ‘backwards‘ to my needs (there are a lot of UBS-C to DisplayPort for example but I didn't find any DisplayPort to UBS-C).
 
Petite messe solennelle said:
That doesn't work unfortunately.
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It works with my
Lenovo Legion 5-15 Ryzen AI 7-350 - RTX5070 - it has 2 usb-c ports, 1 is connecting to integrated graphics, another one to the dGPU, in that case try not thunderbolt cable, but the usb-c port still should work with that thunderbolt cable
Make sure you have amd drivers installed, windows is overcomplicated and usually lacking drivers is a thing making things not work.
 
Thank you very much, but unfortunately I have no idea what you're talking about (shame on me!). I can plug in cables – and of course by them first –, and that's it.
 
salamanderjuice said:
It has USB4 that supports eGPUs, so they're essentially TB3 ports like the supported M1 products. It should work just fine.
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Only if the implementation is correct. In googling it, it seemed like this would not work. I agree with the idea that USB-C ports should work, but overall it seems unlikely, and the proof is largely in the pudding as the OP is unable to get it to work
 
I was able to connect with the following two cables I had ordered yesterday and received today:

PC
> USB Type-C to DisplayPort 2.1 cable
> DisplayPort 2.1 to USB Type-C Thunderbolt 5 cable
> Studio Display XDR

Thanks to all suggestions and comments.
 
I was going to say you need this:
bidirectional Displayport to USB-C cable.

From here, post #728

Pixel Realities: The New and Upcoming PC Monitor Thread

Which ROG displays did you choose for the sim setup? It looks immersive AF but the comment was likely referring to holding high FPS and high 1% lows at native rez. Seeing as how how “high FPS” is already heading towards 1,000FPS, or 480Hz on the low end, that statement holds true for lacking GPU...
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com
 
Petite messe solennelle said:
I was able to connect with the following two cables I had ordered yesterday and received today:

PC
> USB Type-C to DisplayPort 2.1 cable
> DisplayPort 2.1 to USB Type-C Thunderbolt 5 cable
> Studio Display XDR

Thanks to all suggestions and comments.
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Can you provide links to all the cables?
 
 
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Ok, bidirectional USBC/DP2.1 cable. I bought one before but don't have a new enough Intel/Nvidia GPU that supports DP 2.1.
 
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