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4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

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Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

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Post by FireBeyond »

andyfleming wrote: post #22
fortran77 wrote: post #3

It's nice to have options on Windows 10 and a choice of GPU and driver vendors.

How many professionals need 144Hz to get work done?

I certainly don't. However, I absolutely have noticed a reduction in my eye fatigue after a day of working. It's also very nice to move things quickly, scroll quickly, without tearing.

Need, though? No.

I'd also like it if Tidal could play without popping and hiccuping on a 12 core Xeon at idle under Big Sur (this also worked fine on Catalina, but I've not found much on this so I'm reserving my blame). I'm getting flashbacks to my 486 trying to play 320kbps MP3s...

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#32

Post by gnu8 »

ActorNightly wrote: post #27
acuozzo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My Windows 10 installation forcibly rebooted to install updates right in the middle of a 10+ hour overnight render.

Pretty easy to fully disable updates.

Easy to do on a temporary basis but they will come back. I think even if you do 'sc delete wuauserv' it will eventually come back.

Don't do that on a computer you care about...

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#33

Post by aplummer »

FireBeyond wrote: post #2

Happened to me. With Catalina, my Mac Pro (2019, W5700X) was able to drive 2 LG 27GN950-B 27" monitors at 4K, 144Hz, HDR. Under Big Sur? 60Hz only, for HDR, or 95Hz without HDR. It seems Display Stream Compression (DSC) is broken in Big Sur, including 11.1, including for some Apple display users. For other users, doesn't matter the display, the GPU, or the cable, this seems broken. Apple gets bit (again) by the WFM b…

It’s contrasts, because HDR on windows kills me, however flawless on Mac. Probably the specific monitor I guess.

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#34

Post by marcinzm »

mfkp wrote: post #26
acuozzo wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a Windows 10 Pro installation.

Can you not schedule updates on Pro? Or change the option to not automatically reboot?

Not on mine in the UI, you can pause for 7 days or set hours to reboot during (but you need X hours per day that it can reboot during) but not have it disabled perpetually.

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#35

Post by FireBeyond »

fortran77 wrote: post #3

It's nice to have options on Windows 10 and a choice of GPU and driver vendors.

Don't think I'm blindly all-in on Macs - I have Windows here, multiple Linux flavors running, etc.

This is more about Apple's continual decreasing quality level unless you do buy all-in (and as much as they are pretty, I get what I need from these 2 LG monitors, and don't need the Pro Display XDR). I mean, it seriously appears as though they didn't bother to test DSC on anything but the Pro Display with Big Sur, when this stuff worked just fine.

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#36

Post by acuozzo »

mfkp wrote: post #26
acuozzo wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a Windows 10 Pro installation.

Can you not schedule updates on Pro? Or change the option to not automatically reboot?

I did via the registry, but I later discovered that these changes reverted after updating.

I now have my render box completely disconnected from the internet and I task it remotely.

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

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Post by arch-ninja »

fortran77 wrote: post #3

It's nice to have options on Windows 10 and a choice of GPU and driver vendors.

Arch Linux representing: my OS can turn a directory into a container w/ arbitrary programs loaded that is split from my main OS. My backup routine moves 50gb to an external hdd in 30 seconds because I use rsync with hard links against previous deltas. I have ~75 lines of python that poll my downloads directory and unzip, untar, and un-rar anything I download. Another ~75 lines moves downloads into a quarantine zone after 48 hours, then deletes them after 5 days.

My entire OS weights 26gb, I can remote into servers across the globe faster than you can get a right-click menu on a win10 desktop, and I want to finish by reminding windows 10 users that their videogame OS ships with a start menu and boots like an orangutan with a PHD in sales.

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#39

Post by d3nj4l »

ActorNightly wrote: post #27
acuozzo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My Windows 10 installation forcibly rebooted to install updates right in the middle of a 10+ hour overnight render.

Pretty easy to fully disable updates.

You can't do that anymore. You can pause updates for a while, but eventually it'll start again.

Re: 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur

#40

Post by antjanus »

ActorNightly wrote: post #24

Even before Big Sur, the output to external monitors on MPBs was buggy as hell. My 2019 one wakes up from sleep, and its a 50/50 chance on the external monitor output working, causing me to have to unplug and replug the cable to get it to output.

I just got my first macbook in years. I legit thought something was wrong with my monitor (even though it works perfectly with my Windows desktop and my Linux laptop). So it's Big Sur??
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