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MP 7,1 Mac Pro, Be honest what Display are you using ? If you can’t afford the XDR Display.
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What I inferred from the post is that he’s using an educational expense deduction, and not a business deduction. Harder to justify an XDR as an educational expense. His audit risk is also already likely very high, so not good to throw an XDR on.
Honestly I find it kind of silly though. If not getting a deduction on an XDR is really what kills it for you... well...
But as a business expense it should be absolutely no issue. The IRS is never going to look at the display, look at your business, and say it’s not valid.
What they’re more likely to call you on is if you’re using it for personal use and not business use. That’s more quick to come up in an audit. And if you’re trying to pretend you have a business, adding an XDR could also lead you to declaring an overall loss which is another huge red flag.
Do I have this right? The poster blithely used Section 179 to deduct a Tesla, but is worried about deducting a monitor!?
I'm not sure I understand this. I'm running 8K right now and the GPU sits at 29MHz core and 500MHz memory.
You understand that "moving millions of polys around" on a screen is basically a NO-OP for a GPU, right? GPUs get loaded up when they do calculations. Not "drawing".
Really. It won't matter one bit.
It’s also complicated by your screen resolution being different than your 3D viewport resolution. Just because you have a 6k display doesn’t mean you are rendering in 6k.
And moving around flat windows in 6k is dead easy for a GPU. MacBook Pros in scaled resolution will sometimes render that high. They overrender to produce a better scaled image.
Still, if you don’t need the 6k, you don’t have to buy a 6k.
I got the BenQ 32 inch today and, although the build looks nice, I'm not impressed with the monitor. Seems very dim and low contrast. its only 300 nits, so that certainly has something to do with it. I think the LG 5K looks better quality, so I'll probably swap out for that. Will just have to live with the ugly body. ?
The sooner you order the sooner you get it. Otherwise you will be waiting for demand to be met.
Does the machine boot with grey screen with just your old RX580 in it, or does it need the 580x in there as well?
you answerd your own question. it needs 2 DisplayPort cables! Bit obsolete method of connection now.
The iMac was the first all in one to do 5k
yes, but 8bit color only (MacOS limitations), if you need 10bit you need Windows 10
Please show me a screenshot of this monitor at 7680x4320@60Hz in MacOS.
I'm stuck at 7680x4320@30Hz (4K HiDPI) in Mojave.
That’s probably what I’m going to go for. Is it 60hz, and is it all connectable with one single cable (unlike some other Dells)?
There's fan in there, but according to Ars Technica, it runs at 7 decibels, which pretty much means an ant scurrying up the wall would drown it out.
Also, Apple is very good at thermals and this monitor has a wide brightness range, so chances are when you're using 500 nits to browse the web, it would use much less energy than at 1600 nits and wouldn't have to be cooled as aggressively.
