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Cable required for Macbook Pro to 1440p display?
I have a 13" MacBook Pro (Early 2011) and have just bought a 27" Samsung 2560x1440 display to work with the MacBook while I am at home.
From a bit of Googling, I seemed to find that a DVI cable will supply the highest resolution to the display, so ordered a Mini Display to DVI cable for it also. However, I forgot to think about what the maximum was for the Mini Display part (Apple states that the Mac is cable of a maximum output of 2560x1440)
Now that I have it all set up, it seems that the display can only reach 1080p, not the full 1440p. The display says this, but to me it looks larger than that, the image just doesn't fill the full screen though.
After looking through the display settings on my Mac, is this a cable problem or a Mac problem?
Any help is much appreciated, thank you!
It is the Samsung S27B970.
1 Answer
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Why not just tell us which display?
That display has three connectors. DVI is the worst. From the first link in "Sources"....
"The DVI specification mandates a maximum pixel clock frequency of 165 MHz when running in single-link mode. With a single DVI link, the highest supported standard resolution is 2.75 megapixels (including blanking interval) at 60 Hz refresh. For practical purposes, this allows a maximum screen resolution at 60 Hz, for widescreen 16:10 ratio of 2,098 × 1,311."
To connect by DisplayPort.....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Mini-DisplayP...
If Samsung's design of the product prevents easy connection to the DisplayPort, use this...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-8M-Display-Cable-Adapter...
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Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interf... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DVI_Connector_Ty...
