Macbook Pro 13" Late 2016 external video support
The video card is Intel Iris Graphics 550.
The "Video Support" section of the technical specs says:
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:
One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
Up to two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
Does that mean it can do both simultaneously or pick one? I know this isn't a port-based limitation, it's purely how much the hardware can push.
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Pick one of the 2 listed.
You can do 1 x 5K or 2 x 4K (along with the built in screen)
Thanks!
I have two 1920x1200 monitors. Could it push a 4K plus those two "half" resolution monitors?
I can't answer that question, unfortunately. Would be @Thrax probably.
Number of external ports would be part of it, plus some type of active splitter or something?
2x 4096x2160 = 17.7 megapixels
5120x2880 = 5K = 14.74 megapixels
4096x2160 = 4K = 8.85 megapixels
2560x1440 = 2K = 3.69 megapixels
1920x1200 = 1K = 2.30 megapixels
Since it can handle 2x 4K monitors @ 60Hz, what's really being said, here, is that this port has enough bandwidth to handle 17.7 megapixels at 60 updates/sec (60Hz). Or half the megapixels (8.85mp/4K) at double the update rate (120Hz). And so on. Provided the (megapixels * the update rate) is lower than (17.7 mil. * 60), the port has enough bandwidth to handle it. (Aside: megapixels*rate = mpix/sec). That said, there's probably some other hardware limit that caps the maximum number of displays to 3 or 4.
And provided Apple made the correct splitter, should be no issue to handle 1x4K + 2x1K. That's only 285 mpix/sec out of the 1062/sec that can be handled.
However it is likely that all three displays will need to be DisplayPort for maximum compatibility and reliability. DVI and HDMI use outdated signaling techniques that are difficult to handle in large numbers.
The 4K display is a native Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), which is the only port available on the new Macbook Pro anyway. The lower-res monitors are HDMI or DVI, but I have DisplayPort adapters for both. Either way, I'll need a new adapter, and the one I found at a reasonable price was USB-C to HDMI. I don't need the low-res monitors to do anything more than show music and chat apps. If I'm feeling real frisky I might open a database schema on it (stand back, it's party time).
Are you saying I definitely need a splitter for the two low-res monitors? Would that be on the HDMI side of the adapter?
In a perfect world, there would be a dongle/box that plugs into the Thunderbolt 3 port on the notebook and has multiple monitor ports on it that match what your monitors have (e.g. 1x thunderbolt, 2x HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort).
Did you get the 2 or 4 Thunderbolt port model? I think that if you got two, there doesn't appear to be a way at this time. If you got 4, you should be able to connect a USB C to HDMI adapter to two of those ports for the low-res monitors. EDIT: because the only way to provide multiple thunderbolt ports is to chain them, i.e. using multiple thunderbolt monitors (this is all from reading a few mac forums of people trying to solve the same problem with previous gen hardware)
I have the 4-port, and my 4K monitor also has a pass-thru.
ur a donglebox
Re pass thru, that's relevant if the next monitor is also thunderbolt, I believe.
I think you're on the right track with needing multiple adapters, unfortunately. I don't know, but don't think that the all DP compatibility mentioned by @Thrax will be particularly relevant here, but could be wrong.
u just plug the steve jobs cable into the steve jobs dongle and activate the steve jobs protocol and it just works like magic
//edit: In serious news, can you link me to your specific model of Macbook?
13" Macbook Pro with Touchbar, Late 2016, all options maxed out.
Okay. Do they not make Thunderbolt-to-whatever adapters?
http://www.apple.com/shop/mac/mac-accessories/power-cables?page=1#!&f=adapter&fh=4595+45b0
I was saying "USB-C to HDMI" as synonymous with Thunderbolt to HDMI, so yes.
That should work nicely, then, provided nothing bizarre is done on the system. If your monitor has an HDMI port, then just plug in TB3-to-HDMI into the laptop and monitor into the adapter, and off you go.
I was wrong, the older monitors only have DVI, VGA, and DisplayPort - not HDMI. It took me a while to track down a second DVI cable after I finally had the right adapters.
Final result, attempting:
Whichever 1920x1200 monitor I plug in second won't activate. If it's not a hardware limitation, it's a software one in macOS. Cest la vie.
Do you have MacOS Sierra on the laptop?
Not a software limitation. It's a problem with that shitty Apple dongle. Let me see if I've had a Mac client that I've sold one of these USB-C docking stations to.
Yes.
Ok, then I think the problem is more hardware than software.