Hi everyone,
I am interested in purchasing the new 27" iMac in December and I've recently purchased a new PC which will be used solely for gaming. My desk space is limited so I 'd like to use the iMac as a display for my PC.
The PC motherboard has thunderbolt connectivity and states it can output to thunderbolt displays. The mother board is a Gigabyte Z77x UP4 TH
There are numerous videos on youtube (and blog posts on the net) which show thunderbolt PC's connected to the Apple Thunderbolt Display, and it works fine. My question is, instead of a Thunderbolt Display, can I use a 27" 2012 iMac in Target Display Mode? Does target display mode simply turn the iMac into a monitor, and should it technically work with a thunderbolt enabled PC?
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Quick thread summary for new readers.
- A user has confirmed it's possible to use the thunderbolt iMac as a display for a laptop (HP Spectre XT > 21.5" 2012 iMac).
- Others can't reproduce, and the iMac is being recognized as a "PCI to PCI Bridge" under the Windows 7 Devices list.
- Setting initial display to igfx, increasing reserved IO for thunderbolt and enabling internal graphics in the PC BIOS does not seem to help.
- The latest bootcamp drivers (released with 10.8.3) don't seem to help either.
- The iMac cannot be used as a screen for an xbox or PS3 since it only accepts thunderbolt video input.
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I am interested in purchasing the new 27" iMac in December and I've recently purchased a new PC which will be used solely for gaming. My desk space is limited so I 'd like to use the iMac as a display for my PC.
The PC motherboard has thunderbolt connectivity and states it can output to thunderbolt displays. The mother board is a Gigabyte Z77x UP4 TH
There are numerous videos on youtube (and blog posts on the net) which show thunderbolt PC's connected to the Apple Thunderbolt Display, and it works fine. My question is, instead of a Thunderbolt Display, can I use a 27" 2012 iMac in Target Display Mode? Does target display mode simply turn the iMac into a monitor, and should it technically work with a thunderbolt enabled PC?
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Quick thread summary for new readers.
- A user has confirmed it's possible to use the thunderbolt iMac as a display for a laptop (HP Spectre XT > 21.5" 2012 iMac).
- Others can't reproduce, and the iMac is being recognized as a "PCI to PCI Bridge" under the Windows 7 Devices list.
- Setting initial display to igfx, increasing reserved IO for thunderbolt and enabling internal graphics in the PC BIOS does not seem to help.
- The latest bootcamp drivers (released with 10.8.3) don't seem to help either.
- The iMac cannot be used as a screen for an xbox or PS3 since it only accepts thunderbolt video input.
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