Macbook Pro 13" with Asus PB287Q

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Macbook Pro 13" with Asus PB287Q

Hey,

I recently got my Asus PB287Q (28") and hooked it up with my Macbook pro 13" (mid 2014), due to lack of research prior to the purchase, I was disappointed in finding out that the macbook only supported 4k@30hz, to my surprise.

Still after searching around i managed to run the display on hiDPI mode in 1920x1080p@52hz (which is pretty nice, but too big..) and full native resolution 3840x2160@52hz (which is really too small for daily use) using SwitchResX.

What I want is to be able to run hiDPI on larger resolutions than 1080p, hiDPI in 3008x1692 (6016x3384) would be perfect. I know there are limitations on the intel graphics, but shouldn't this be possible in the 50hz range?

I tried some of the suggestions in this old thread, but to no avail.

Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Asus PB287Q

Posted on Jan 25, 2016 8:20 AM

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Jan 25, 2016 3:28 PM in response to vanillasoap

Damnit, it seems i got the wrong cable.. (displayport 1.1) 😝

i just ordered a displayport 1.2 cable. To my knowledge the Macbook pro 13" (mid 2014) should be capable of running 4k@60hz with scaling options out of the box, could somebody confirm that?

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May 16, 2016 10:18 AM in response to vanillasoap

Just checking in on your thread. Did you get this resolved? I am just starting this same adventure today. :-) I have a late 2013 13" MBP with the same monitor. I am also verifying that the cable I bought a few months ago (to drive a 2k) is DP 1.2. I agree with you, the full 4k display is too much for everyday use. I would like to scale somewhere above 2k, but below 4k. I have the same few options natively in OS X. I will update this thread as I try to figure it out....unless you know of a resolution somewhere.

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