#Displayport connect macbook to monitor install#
#Displayport connect macbook to monitor full#

Yet, this depends on the exact comparison. Note: On your machine the Thunderbolt 2 connector can act as a Mini-DP connector, which is capable of higher resolution/refresh rates than some older HDMI ports. wonвЂ™t display on it (presumably an anti-piracy measure).

#Displayport connect macbook to monitor full#

With a Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter, the full resolution of the display is used, but Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO Max, etc.

#Displayport connect macbook to monitor install#

So even if you would get a Mini-DP в†’ HDMI 2.x cable, you shouldn't be able to get a higher refresh rate. On my 2012 MBP, a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter works but doesnвЂ™t use the full resolution of my external display. Just download and install the DisplayLink Manager software, connect two displays to the Sonnet adapter, and plug the adapter into your computer. You will not be able to get a higher refresh rate, since you are using an older HDMI port and the MBPs video output is too limited. Everything you need to connect a monitor to your MacBook. Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays, both at millions of colors What this means for you The Mac Mini (2010) has the same problem. (No problems with HDMI or DVI adaptors though.) Fonts are not rendered correctly - it's as though the MBA thinks it's a VGA or something and the fonts come out sort of chunky. There has also been a similar question on AD: The MacBook Air (2010) had problems with this monitor connecting to the displayport on the monitor.

The MBP specs also state that the output is too limited for your high refresh rate monitor.

I also would not really suspect it, unless you have a reason to believe it is physically damaged.

You can simply test the cable with another device.

This may be at least one of the reasons you are not getting the higher refresh rate. Port, which is capable of A mid 2014 13' MBP does only support output over the HDMI port.

As you state, the input connector on your monitor is an HDMI 2.0.

GPU (graphics processing unit) limitation.

For this connection you could have four bottlenecks: