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Drecca

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As title asks... can the 2017 macbook run an external monitor at 3440x1440 at 60hz over HDMI?

I currently have the 13 inch which does it just fine, and want to get a macbook to make travel life easier..

Thanks!!
 
edit - I am an idiot. I misread this as UHD. I apologize.
 
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Yes, with the right adapter/dock, but not very well in my personal opinion. For any wired devices connected while you are doing 60hz UHD, they will operate at USB 2.0 speeds.
How is the OS responsiveness with a 3440x1440 display hooked up? It's not a 4K display.

I've only used a 2560x1440 display with mine, and that was fine.
 
How is the OS responsiveness with a 3440x1440 display hooked up? It's not a 4K display.

I've only used a 2560x1440 display with mine, and that was fine.

****. I completely misread that and I am very sorry. I do not know why but I read it as UHD.
 
Even the 2012mini with a HD4000 GPU can run 3440x1440 (albeit only @50Hz), so I’d expect even a 2015 rMB to handle that resolution already. Benchmarks show the HD515 in the 2015 model slightly better than the HD4000 and the HD615 in the 2017 rMB is said to have improved another 30+% over the 2015 model.

Edit: Confirmed (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7202207) - sorry, iPad won’t let me embed the link properly.
 
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