> To drive that resolution at 60 Hz, about 34 Gbps of data rate is needed.
... But then the table just below states the MacBook does it at 8gbps without DSC. What's going on here?
... But then the table just below states the MacBook does it at 8gbps without DSC. What's going on here?
> I honestly don’t know. Maybe this is a bug in the monitor’s firmware and it does use some version of DSC after all? Or you’re right regarding lack of DSC support and it uses more than 8 Gbps but displays it incorrectly? Not sure. But something is definitely different about the monitor’s link when a MacBook is connected…
Then I read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36581855, which points out 24 bit colors vs. 30 bit colors. The MacBook links up with 24-bit colors indeed. Maybe that’s the difference?