The Nvidia site shows GTX 690 (which is my desktop card) supports max
resolution of 4069x2160

Don't remember the brand it was one I hadn't heard of and don't have the
box. Would have to pull it apart to check.

Is there a tool that identifies what version of Displayport you have?


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Do you need to have the 55” one? You can get a 28” 4K Samsung monitor
> for around $750 these days. The pixels being closer would probably give you
> a smoother picture at close range.
>
>
>
> However, to output 4K, your GPU, chipset and display port (HDMI or
> DisplayPort) need to support the resolution.
>
>
>
> For example, you can see the max possible supported resolutions for Intel
> laptop chipset/GPUs here:
>
>
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/quick-reference-guide-to-intel-processor-graphics
>
> (hint: 3rd gen Core / IvyBridge is 2560x1600  and 4th Gen Core / Haswell
> is 4K)
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price
> *Sent:* Friday, 9 May 2014 11:35 AM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* [OT] 4K TVs
>
>
>
> I'm surprised at how hard it is to find out if it is possible to use a 4K
> TV with a laptop (with Mini Displayport).
>
>
>
> I did a little reading and I think this is possible to do if the TV
> supports HDMI 2.0 but I'm not sure if the laptop also needs to support HDMI
> 2.0 or if Mini Displayport would work (with adapter).
>
>
>
> Anyone know or tried this with a new TV?
>
>
>
> Would love to have a big 55" curved series 9 Samsung as my main coding
> screen. I have seen some machines can only drive the 4K res at 30Hz which
> would suck for gaming but would be very cool for coding.
>
>
>
> Happy Friday :)
>
>
>
> Stephen
>

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