Does 2012 Mac Mini TB port support 120hz Monitor

[avkdm]

Hi All,
Does anyone know or has anyone tried to use a 120hz Monitor using a mini display port to display port (full size) cable. Just wondering if OSX Yosemite even supports native 120hz monitors. I only want to run at 1080p (1920x1080)

 

[avkdm]

Bought a cable (coming) so will let you know the result.

 

[Altis]

DisplayPort definitely supports it, and I'm pretty sure Intel HD4000 supports it. Not sure about OS X, though, as I've only bothered with it on a gaming (Windows) machine.

Worst case scenario is you'd be running the monitor at 60 Hz.

My 144 Hz monitor automatically goes to 60 Hz when I plug in a single-link DVI connector.

 

[avkdm]

DisplayPort definitely supports it, and I'm pretty sure Intel HD4000 supports it. Not sure about OS X, though, as I've only bothered with it on a gaming (Windows) machine.

Worst case scenario is you'd be running the monitor at 60 Hz.

My 144 Hz monitor automatically goes to 60 Hz when I plug in a single-link DVI connector.

Just tested my Mini Display Port (Thunderbolt) to Display Port Cable, OSX Defaults to and SwitchResX reports 1920x1080@100hz.
OSX Display Preference Pane does not show refresh rates - only the screen resolution.
So even though the Samsung is an 120hz 1920x1080 display SwitchResX does not report a 120hz refresh rate as default.
However I can up the monitor to higher resolution with SwitchResX (2560x1600@100hz) but it is not that sharp with smaller print..

With HDMI Cable SwitchResX reports 1080p@60hz resolutions with a bunch of other 60hz options as well which is what is to be expected as HDMI (1) only supports a maximum of 1080p@60hz.

Monitor is Samsung Syncmaster SA23950 (3D)

So my advice to people is buy a cheap mdp to dp cable and forgo Apples expensive USB/DVI-D solution.

 

[reflecti0nX]

Can you create a custom 1920x1080 120 Hz resolution in SwitchResX and see if you can make the monitor work in OS X at full refresh rate?

What about 105, 110 or 115 Hz?

HDMI should support over 60 Hz, but the monitor may be configured to only report 60 Hz as a supported refresh rate. Try creating a custom resolution in SwitchResX at a higher refresh rate and see if it works.

I was able to run my Seiki 4K TV at 1080p 110 Hz over HDMI from 2012 15" rMBP.

 

[canman4PM]

I don't know if monitors are any different than tvs when it comes to this, but a 120+hz TV will take 60 hz content and either just repeat frames ("draw" each frame twice for 120hz, 4X for a 240hz) or will interpolate the extra frames between the original frames, if there's some kind of motion blur reduction software running on the tv.

 

[avkdm]

Can you create a custom 1920x1080 120 Hz resolution in SwitchResX and see if you can make the monitor work in OS X at full refresh rate?

What about 105, 110 or 115 Hz?

HDMI should support over 60 Hz, but the monitor may be configured to only report 60 Hz as a supported refresh rate. Try creating a custom resolution in SwitchResX at a higher refresh rate and see if it works.

I was able to run my Seiki 4K TV at 1080p 110 Hz over HDMI from 2012 15" rMBP.

I created a custom resolution which I think is correct (I saved then copied my EDID info for 120hz)in SwitchResX.
Unfortunately after a reboot the custom resolution shows as invalid.
Still 100hz is better than 60hz

 

[reflecti0nX]

I created a custom resolution which I think is correct (I saved then copied my EDID info for 120hz)in SwitchResX.
Unfortunately after a reboot the custom resolution shows as invalid.
Still 100hz is better than 60hz

What's the highest refresh rate that works? Have you tried 105, 110, 115 Hz?

 

[avkdm]

What's the highest refresh rate that works? Have you tried 105, 110, 115 Hz?

I have to purchase SwitchResX to allow more than one custom resolution. It wont let me delete the 120mhz custom now from the menu.
I am not purchasing this software (read rip off) just to test different refresh rates. Sorry.