rscott126 wrote:
Thanks for the input grant
I hope i don't end up hating myself for buying this thing.
Other then 4k can you make some recommendations on some middle of the road monitors that i could try without spending to much?
Also i noticed there are hardly any thunderbolt monitors except for the apple one. Should i be looking for HDMI then? I want to make sure i can take advantage of the nice graphics cards i paid for
No Mac so far made has HDMI 2.0, the best they have is HDMI 1.4a and this includes the 'new' Mac Pro.
The problem with HDMI 1.4a is that it can only do 4K at a maximum of 30fps and this is considered for general use. (It can be acceptable for playing movies.) I would therefore suggest you concentrate on looking at Displayport compatible monitors. You would need HDMI 2.0 for 4K at 60fps but as I said no Mac Pro supports this. There is the possibility of getting a Mini Displayport to HDMI 2.0 adapter such as this http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/mini-displayport-12- to-hdmi-20-uhd-active-adapter.html
With regards to 4K Displayport compatible monitors as Grant Bennet-Alder said there is no clear leader but I personally regard Dell monitors as a good choice. Dell have both a 24" 4K monitor and 27" 4K monitor. See http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/sna.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~topic=ultrahd _monitor
You could also hypothetically chose the Dell 5K monitor, this will also work on your Mac Pro.
Regarding Thunderbolt monitors, allegedly LG do one, it might even be an ultra-wide screen model, however in your situation I see no advantage to specifically getting a Thunderbolt monitor. It maybe that if/when the next generation Mac Pro comes out then at that point a matching new Thunderbolt monitor would be a better choice but for your current Mac Pro I see no advantage.
