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dieselgg

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Original poster
Aug 31, 2010
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Mississauga, Ontario
Hi,

I have the 13" retina MB Pro early 2015 and I purchased the Dell P2415Q which has a native resolution of 3840x2160. The 13" rMB Pro early 2015 is capable of 3840x2160 @ 60Hz through the mini display port. I have it connected to the mini DP port from the rMB to the DP of the monitor. The Dell packaging does not indicate whether the cable is v1.2.

Anyhow, I am not able to select the default resolution of 3840x2160. The default resolution it is displaying is 1920 x1080. When I select 'About this Mac': it does report that it detects the DELL monitor, 24" (3840x2160) Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB graphics.

The option resolutions are as follows:
1504x896
2304x12096
2560x1440
3008x1692

Could it be that perhaps that Dell supplied a v1.1 mDP to DP cable?

Any advice on how I can resolve this would be appreciated.
[doublepost=1456801315][/doublepost]I figured it out. You have to select alt/option while clicking on 'scaled' in Display under System preferences to reveal the extra resolution options.
 
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Those are all hi-dpi scaled resolutions. It's operating at 4k but the UI is scaled to appear as they would be at the listed resolution.
 
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