Apple Mac Mini

#1

Post by computerjunkie » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:27 PM UTC

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#2

Post by digitalsushi » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:38 PM UTC

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#3

Post by frandroid » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:41 PM UTC

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

It better be able to do 5K, since the Thunderbolt will inevitably be upgraded to the same screen the new Retina iMac comes with...

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#4

Post by zador » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:41 PM UTC

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

According to Intel site, looks like it can do 4k.

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#5

Post by UVB-76 » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:42 PM UTC

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

Tech specs suggest both the Intel Iris and Intel HD Graphics 5000 models have the same support for 4K:

https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#6

Post by Xeoncross » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:44 PM UTC

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

The HDMI has "Support for 4096-by-2160 resolution at 24Hz" - http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-mini

Still only 1080p at 60Hz

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#7

Post by alexgaribay » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:44 PM UTC

frandroid wrote: post #3

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

It better be able to do 5K, since the Thunderbolt will inevitably be upgraded to the same screen the new Retina iMac comes with...

It won't because the bandwidth of TB2 cannot transfer the amount of data needed for a 5K display. The new Retina iMacs can get away with it because it can interface with the graphics output directly.

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#8

Post by MHordecki » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:44 PM UTC

frandroid wrote: post #3

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

It better be able to do 5K, since the Thunderbolt will inevitably be upgraded to the same screen the new Retina iMac comes with...

Even if the GPU does, DisplayPort 1.2 doesn't support 5K displays.

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#9

Post by MHordecki » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:45 PM UTC

digitalsushi wrote: post #2

Hi folks. I am not a hardware nerd at heart. It appears this 'iris' GPU will not be able to do 4k display. Does anyone confirm?

Iris (such like the one in 13" rMBP) can't, Iris Pro (15" rMBP) can.

Re: Apple Mac Mini

#10

Post by gambiting » Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 6:48 PM UTC

I seriously do not understand how can it ship with a 500GB 5400rpm drive by default. This gives such poor experience to the user that Apple should have opted for all-ssd approach two generations ago. Very disappointed by that.