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Recommendations for 4k display for MBP?

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Baldrake

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I've been waiting for years for a retina external display (and most recently waiting for the mythical 5k TBD.) Now that we're hearing that the 2016 Skylake MBP will not support 5k displays, I'm giving up. Does anyone have recommendations for a 4k display? I'm use to the beauty and quality of a TBD, so I'm looking for something high quality.

Also, can anyone confirm that Skylake will be able to flawlessly drive an external 4k display in retina mode?

Thanks a million. That's what I love about this place - there are always people who've tried whatever you're thinking of.
 
I use a 43" wasabi mango 4k with dp1.6. Its under $1000 but I think its nice, has a very narrow metal bezel. My 2012 rmbp could only drive it at 30hz but a new rmbp with graphics card works good at 60hz. A display this size would be better curved but there are not many 4k options available yet.
 
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Baldrake said:
I've been waiting for years for a retina external display (and most recently waiting for the mythical 5k TBD.) Now that we're hearing that the 2016 Skylake MBP will not support 5k displays, I'm giving up. Does anyone have recommendations for a 4k display? I'm use to the beauty and quality of a TBD, so I'm looking for something high quality.

Also, can anyone confirm that Skylake will be able to flawlessly drive an external 4k display in retina mode?

Thanks a million. That's what I love about this place - there are always people who've tried whatever you're thinking of.
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Where did you hear this? Even the current MacBook Pro supports 5k. Why would the skylake mbp not?
 
Yes, here's the relevant section of that article:
Intel's Skylake processors for Mac notebooks, launching in early 2016, and Kaby Lake processors, expected to launch in the first half of 2017, will not be able to drive a 5K Thunderbolt Display over Single-Stream Transport (SST). The underlying issue is that both processor lineups lack support for DisplayPort 1.3.

Instead, the display would sync two channels over Multi-Stream Transport (MST), which can cause some performance issues. That means Apple may wait until at least Cannon Lake chipset (which promise SST 5K support) in the second half of 2017, before releasing a 5K Thunderbolt Display.
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So not impossible to drive a 5k with Skylake, but with performance issues. There's been quite a bit of discussion of this in the "Waiting for Skylake" thread in this forum as well.
 
I mean... did you guys not see that new Lenovo monitor at CES? This thing is the hawtness like no otha.

I'm waiting to buy the next rev of MacBook Pro, and I'm hoping I can get a 5K display w/ that, but if not, this Lenovo looks dead sexy!
 
Baldrake said:
Yes, here's the relevant section of that article:


So not impossible to drive a 5k with Skylake, but with performance issues. There's been quite a bit of discussion of this in the "Waiting for Skylake" thread in this forum as well.
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Eh, there really aren't any performance issues from running in dual displayport mode. The issues have to do with the sheer power needed from the video card to drive 5k and getting the connectivity working (I find myself plugging and unplugging more often than I would like). But once the connection is up and running it is solid. I would prefer a single cable, but to imply that there are performance issues with dual displayport is mostly inaccurate.
 
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