Mac mini and ultra wide screen

[whooshbong]

I’m considering getting a base model Mac mini with a ultra wide screen and later a gaming PC to replace my 2012 iMac. Does anyone have experience with the Mac Mini and ultra wide display, are they able to power one for you?

 

[bigtomato]

I have a mac mini with a samsung 34" and runs 4k. 16 megs of ram is better to have, although I purchased an external GPU from AMD 5700Xt and running in razor box and works like a charm. I don't have the model of monitor since I'm at another location at the moment.

 

[coot]

Been using the Dell U3818DW and LG 38uc99 for the past 18 months or so with no issues.

 

[inkhorn]

I run a LG 34WL850-W at 3440x1440 off the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 in my 13" MBP, I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[acoomans]

@coot @inkhorn can you change the screen brightness with the keys (F1/F2)?

 

[georgivelev]

I, too, run a LG 34” display with my base 2018 mini. No problems whatsoever. I throughly enjoy it when watching movies. I don’t play games, though.

The combination works very well with programs like Cubase or iMovie but I think the integrated video is far more capable than what my needs require.

 

[inkhorn]

@coot @inkhorn can you change the screen brightness with the keys (F1/F2)?

I can, and I can change the volume too, but none of this is natively, I had to write a little script and do some key-mapping.
https://github.com/tomtastic/ddcctl and https://github.com/tomtastic/scripts/blob/master/remap_mac_keys and BetterTouchTool to link the keys to execute the shell scripts.