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    No external 4k for New XPS-15?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by JonathanGennick, Nov 13, 2015.

  1. JonathanGennick

    JonathanGennick Notebook Guru

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    Am watching Lisa Glade's review on the new XPS-15:



    She says there's no support for driving external 4k displays at 60hz. Watch from 6:50 onward.

    What a surprising omission on Dell's part. No Display Port support. And the HDMI is 1.4, giving only 30hz.

    I run my XPS-13 connected to a Dell 4k display. Runs great at 60hz, and not so great at 30hz.

    Maybe the XPS-15's Thunderbolt port would help, but is there a Thunderbolt to Display Port adaptor?
     
    JonathanGennick, Nov 13, 2015
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    the USB C port supports display port 1.2

    I thought about trying this one https://store.google.com/product/usb_type_c_to_displayport_cable
     
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    She is wrong.

    The Thunderbolt 3 port, which happens to use a USB Type-C connector, is absolutely compatible with DisplayPort. Buy a USB Type-C to DisplayPort adapter. Other laptops that use Thunderbolt 3 on USB Type C (like the MacBook) do this just fine.

    Edit: You're misunderstanding her. She's saying that the HDMI 1.4 port doesn't support 4K@60Hz, which is accurate. She's also saying that she hasn't had success using a Thunderbolt-->HDMI adapter running at 4K@60Hz. But I can guarantee you that Thunderbolt-->DisplayPort will work fine.
     
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    JonathanGennick Notebook Guru

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    Good to know. Thanks. And thanks for the link to the cable. Helps to know there is an easy solution.
     
    JonathanGennick, Nov 13, 2015
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    dimsdale, Nov 16, 2015
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    It's just because there aren't a lot of USB type C cables and adapters out. Just wait a few months. By this time next year, you won't have any problem finding adapters for USB-C

    Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
     
    kent1146, Nov 16, 2015
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    There are plenty of adapters. I ordered a handful back in october dirt cheap from some chinese site.
    They took forever, but still got here in november which is more than I can say about dell. I just got the laptop today.
    I immediately put it to 2 battery tests so I know what to expect when I go on the road.
     
    FlyingPigNJ, Dec 14, 2015
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