MBPr 13 (Late 2013) 2 x LG Curved via Thunderbolt2?

[taenzerme]

Hello guys and girls,

I'm thinking about switching from iMac/MBP to MBPr as my primary machine at the office. I'm running 2 x 2560x1440px at the moment with the iMac display and a DELL 27" display via DisplayPort/Thunderbolt1.

I'm considering either

- 2 x DELL 27" U2715H (+ elgato dock + thunderbolt device to only use one thunderbolt port on my Macbook)

- 1 x LG/DELL Curved display at 3440x1440

or

- 1 LG/DELL Curved display at 3440x1440 via Thunderbolt2 + 1 x DELL 24" (1080p) or even a 27" via HDMI.

Anyone knows if the last option is possible at all?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastian

 

[Samuelsan2001]

From the Apple website

hello guys and girls,

i'm thinking about switching from imac/mbp to mbpr as my primary machine at the office. I'm running 2 x 2560x1440px at the moment with the imac display and a dell 27" display via displayport/thunderbolt1.

I'm considering either

- 2 x dell 27" u2715h (+ elgato dock + thunderbolt device to only use one thunderbolt port on my macbook)

- 1 x lg/dell curved display at 3440x1440

or

- 1 lg/dell curved display at 3440x1440 via thunderbolt2 + 1 x dell 24" (1080p) or even a 27" via hdmi.

Anyone knows if the last option is possible at all?

Thanks in advance,
sebastian

yes

dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 3840x2160 pixels on up to two external displays, both at millions of colours

thunderbolt digital video output

native mini displayport output
dvi output using mini displayport to dvi adapter (sold separately)
vga output using mini displayport to vga adapter (sold separately)
dual-link dvi output using mini displayport to dual-link dvi adapter (sold separately)

hdmi video output

support for 1080p resolution at up to 60hz
support for 3840x2160 resolution at 30hz
support for 4096x2160 resolution at 24hz

 

[taenzerme]

Samuelsan, thanks for the feedback.

Are you sure this is valid for an MBPr13 Late 2013?

Your quote appears to be from the MBPr apple.com description. The current retina 13" books use an Intel Iris Graphics 6100, the late 2013 is an Iris 5100.

Apple specs say this:

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP691?viewlocale=en_US&locale=de_DE

Graphics and Video Support
Intel Iris Graphics
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays, both at millions of colors
Thunderbolt digital video output
Native Mini DisplayPort output
DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately)
VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately)
Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)
HDMI video output
Support for 1080p resolution at up to 60Hz
Support for 3840-by-2160 resolution at 30Hz
Support for 4096-by-2160 resolution at 24Hz

Can anyone confirm if connecting 1 x 3440x1440 and a 1080px display works (or even a 27" 2560x1440 DELL?)

 

[Samuelsan2001]

you are right it is

Samuelsan, thanks for the feedback.

Are you sure this is valid for an MBPr13 Late 2013?

Your quote appears to be from the MBPr apple.com description. The current retina 13" books use an Intel Iris Graphics 6100, the late 2013 is an Iris 5100.

Apple specs say this:

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP691?viewlocale=en_US&locale=de_DE



Can anyone confirm if connecting 1 x 3440x1440 and a 1080px display works (or even a 27" 2560x1440 DELL?)

As far as I can tell it'll only do one 4K display.

Graphics and Video Support

Intel Iris Graphics
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays, both at millions of colors

Thunderbolt digital video output
Native Mini DisplayPort output
DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately)
VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately)
Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)

HDMI video output
Support for 1080p resolution at up to 60Hz
Support for 3840-by-2160 resolution at 30Hz
Support for 4096-by-2160 resolution at 24Hz

I seem to rember another thread where people got it working with a 1080p on HDMI as well but I can't find it and I think there were lag problems.

 

[taenzerme]

Maybe a little OT, but does 3440x1440 count as "4K"?

 

[chrizzz09]

Maybe a little OT, but does 3440x1440 count as "4K"?

No 3440x1440 are around 5 million pixels where as 4k is at about 8 million pixels.

But I can assure you that one 3440x1440 works on the late 2013 one. Not sure if you can add another 1080p one to this setup :/