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Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by madeofpalk »

bluetidepro wrote: post #6

To be fair, it's a 60hz refresh rate monitor, which would be considered pretty meh for any modern gaming pc, especially when you look at the price tag. It would be pretty insane to buy this monitor for specifically gaming. Hundreds of far better options for significantly cheaper... None the less, it's Apple. None of this sounds surprising, sadly. In Apple's defense, the specs are pretty clearly laid out with the port…

It's a weird one. 60hz is pretty low refresh rate. Definitely not a gaming monitor.

But it's resolution is quite high. At this resolution, I think there's only one other monitor, the LG Ultra Fine 5k is which is like only $200 cheaper.

I think for people that care about resolution/pixel density, this monitor has basically zero competition? There's plenty of lower resolution monitors with higher refresh rates.

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by TillE »

Plugging a Macbook into a normal high-end monitor requires a USB-C to DisplayPort cable. Doing the opposite requires...the exact same type of cable. The only weird part here is that it's 5K.

You should be able to send audio over DisplayPort too, but I wouldn't be surprised if Apple doesn't support that.

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by goosedragons »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #7
goosedragons wrote: post #2

I don't think this is totally accurate. Apple lists several non-TB devices as compatible like the iPad Air 5th Gen. In the Ars Technica review of it the author mentions it worked just fine on the USB C ports of their Radeon RX 6800 just with the devices running at USB 2 speeds. Perhaps something else is at play with the Nvidia card/drivers?

It's accurate. The Studio Display connects the same way as the Apple XDR Display and the newer revisions of the LG 5k Ultrafine, and you can read dozens of pages of people trying different ways to get things working. The problems are… - Very, very few Nvidia or ATI cards have USB-C video out. They seemed to stop caring when VR failed to take off a couple years ago. - So you're left using DisplayPort-to-USBC — but hav…

Yes, but you don't need TB 3 on your PC. It's at least doable with some AMD cards as evidenced by the Ars review. Clearly something is up with how the USB C port on the 3090 interacts with the monitor. Whether that's on Apple's side or Nvidia's.

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by anaisbetts »

I don't know why anyone would buy this goofy monitor, the LG 27GN950-B has a gorgeous 4K@144Hz HDR screen, works great for gaming and for reading text / coding, and is cheaper too. You could get this monitor, a pair of great AudioEngine A2 speakers and a webcam, and still have money left over

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

goosedragons wrote: post #13
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's accurate. The Studio Display connects the same way as the Apple XDR Display and the newer revisions of the LG 5k Ultrafine, and you can read dozens of pages of people trying different ways to get things working. The problems are… - Very, very few Nvidia or ATI cards have USB-C video out. They seemed to stop caring when VR failed to take off a couple years ago. - So you're left using DisplayPort-to-USBC — but hav…

Yes, but you don't need TB 3 on your PC. It's at least doable with some AMD cards as evidenced by the Ars review. Clearly something is up with how the USB C port on the 3090 interacts with the monitor. Whether that's on Apple's side or Nvidia's.

There's no USB-C port on the 3090 he linked. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-serie...

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by dylan604 »

NovemberWhiskey wrote: post #5

The author appears to have bought a monitor that's advertised as requiring a Thunderbolt 3 connection, and being compatible with a limited number of Apple products, and is complaining that it doesn't integrate nicely with his gaming PC (which has neither Thunderbolt 3 graphics connectivity nor appears on the compatibility list). I don't want to be the Apple apologist here, but ... really?

Yeah, but now they're internet famous being on the front page of HN! I'm actually surprised this is a mere blog instead of a YouTube video with a poster image of someone with a frustrated expression holding obviously incorrect cables.

I'm all for repurposing things, so I don't blame them for attempting something most rational people would not bother. Been there done that, will attempt it again on something different.

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by thebean11 »

NovemberWhiskey wrote: post #5

The author appears to have bought a monitor that's advertised as requiring a Thunderbolt 3 connection, and being compatible with a limited number of Apple products, and is complaining that it doesn't integrate nicely with his gaming PC (which has neither Thunderbolt 3 graphics connectivity nor appears on the compatibility list). I don't want to be the Apple apologist here, but ... really?

It's DisplayPort over USB-C though. Shouldn't DisplayPort output with a passive USB-C adapter work fine?

edit: Sounds like it does, but missing the additional features like audio.

Re: Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

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Post by hughrr »

User connects a premium low market share monitor not designed for gaming or for a PC really, despite some software supplied to the vendor, to a gaming PC and then complains about how difficult it is even though it eventually all works anyway.

I don't get these articles or why you'd even buy one of these monitors for this case, even though I own one. I'd grab a random 144Hz 4k jobby instead. But I'm not a fan of punching myself in the balls over and over again for the hell of it.

So far with this monitor I've read pages of whining from people who shouldn't have bought it or didn't buy it. Everyone who should have bought it and did buy it seems quite happy. I know I am!

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