I have a 15" MacBook Pro, mid 2014, with the Intel Iris Pro card. I'm thinking about getting a 4k external monitor, which I would run in the scaled resolution of 3008 x 1692 (6016 x 3384).
This should work, but according to some sources, the laptop may have hard time supporting the 4k display in this resolution since it has to render the image off-display in 6016x3384 and then downscale to 4k. I'm not too worried about the system performance (this is for work, mainly coding; not for gaming), but I'm concerned that the fan may start spinning and make noise. I wouldn't like that.
Are there people running this or similar setup? Could you please share your experience.
In case this wouldn't work, any ideas on what kind of hardware I should get to make it work. I need a Mac, but it doesn't necessarily need to be a laptop. It doesn't need to be new.
Thank you,
Jan
This should work, but according to some sources, the laptop may have hard time supporting the 4k display in this resolution since it has to render the image off-display in 6016x3384 and then downscale to 4k. I'm not too worried about the system performance (this is for work, mainly coding; not for gaming), but I'm concerned that the fan may start spinning and make noise. I wouldn't like that.
Are there people running this or similar setup? Could you please share your experience.
In case this wouldn't work, any ideas on what kind of hardware I should get to make it work. I need a Mac, but it doesn't necessarily need to be a laptop. It doesn't need to be new.
Thank you,
Jan