Display port cables are much cheaper than the monitor. :-) On Mar 8, 2018 16:38, "John Jason Jordan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:55:58 -0800 > John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo: > > >Store employees tell me that a 4K monitor can display a 1920x1080 > >screen, but what they can't tell me is how the 1920x1080 will appear. > >Will it extend to the edge of the bezels, or will it appear as a > >1920x1080 image in the middle of the screen surrounded by blackness. > > It suddenly occurred to me to check what the on-board video can > actually do. It's putting out 1920x1080 now, but is that only because > that's the best that the monitor that it's connected to can do? > > I grabbed the manual from the Asrock Z270 motherboard and here's what > it said: > Dual graphics output: > Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent > display controllers <huh?> > Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K by 2K (4096x2160 > <sic>) at 24Hz / 3840x2160 @30Hz > Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max resolution up to 4K by 2K > (4096x2304) @60Hz > <Plus other stuff about color and 'auto lip sync' - huh?> > > I have read online that <60Hz is not good. So it looks like DisplayPort > 1.2 is what I need. Yet another video cable to buy. But that is > better than having to buy a whole video card and praying that I can get > it working. > > Thoughts? > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
