The issue is whether or not the Studio Display has the magic required to allow connection of two DisplayPort inputs. The issue with macOS and single tile displays that are wider than 4K connected to old AMD graphics such as that of the MacPro6,1 is documented in many places.

You would have to take two DisplayPort connections from the MacPro6,1, and input them into a Thunderbolt 3 add-in card to get 5K 60Hz 10bpc RGB. Single HBR2 for 4K 60Hz probably is supported since it was supported by the LG UltraFine 5K.Ĭlick to expand.What said is accurate - dual tile 5K Thunderbolt 3 displays can't work from Thunderbolt 2 Macs because Thunderbolt 2 doesn't have enough bandwidth.

Dual HBR2 is probably a given since Mac mini 2018 is supported. DSC support is currently only implied by the non-Thunderbolt iPad support. We have yet to learn if the Studio Display can use HBR3 (XDR can only use HBR3 for dual tile mode - I don't recall anyone getting a HBR3 single tile mode). With support for DSC (so not the BlackMagic eGPUs), you should be able to connect two Studio displays per Thunderbolt 3 bus.īut maybe DSC is not supported - in that case an HBR3 signal is required for non-Thunderbolt connection 5K 60Hz support which can only do millions of colors and only one of those can be connected per Thunderbolt bus for full 6K support. However, the MacPro6,1 doesn't support DisplayPort 1.4 or DSC and it's GPU (or Apple GPU driver? - need a Windows or Linux check to be sure) doesn't support width > 4096 if you try a lower refresh rate for a single tile connection.įor Thunderbolt 3 Macs (or Thunderbolt 3 eGPUs like the Blackmagic eGPU or Sonnet Breakaway Puck 5500XT/5700):

I think the Studio display can support DSC so it can work from the iPads that don't have Thunderbolt.Ī Thunderbolt 2 connection is sufficient for a 5K 60Hz DSC signal (because it's sufficient for the 6K XDR).

Is macbook pro late 2013 thunderbolt 2