However, it has a small caveat. If you have the 12-inch Apple MacBook, you’ll get 4K-only at 30Hz. Other than that, it’s a versatile cable and works on both macOS and Windows systems. USB-C is a powerful connector and is now a part of most ultrathin, compact laptops like MacBook Air, Dell XPS 13, or the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3. This powerful connector allows features like charging your laptop or connecting dongles to read contents from an SD card, among others. The best part is the USB-C’s Alternate Mode, which lets you use the same port to output video to an external display. So if you have an external monitor with a DisplayPort, you can get a USB-C to DisplayPort cable to connect your Mac to it. Follow directions to install the driver & connect the device. If it doesn’t work right away, you may need to reboot & make sure you don’t plug the display port line into the device before the blue light comes on.

Again, it has standard looks and doesn’t have fancy frills like the braided exterior, textured connectors, and the likes. It’s a simple USB-C to DisplayPort cable, and that’s about it. DisplayPort over USB-C has many advantages over DisplayPort and its primary competitors. These advantages include increased convenience, versatility, functionality, and multi-display streaming. ConvenienceI am using the 4K monitor for editing photographs and business. Not sure if this setup would be fast enough for gaming. Also on this size display you may have to reset the display characters to a custom size. I used 200 and I can now read the text in the menus. At the same time, if you are on a Windows system and have more than one DisplayPort-compatible monitor, you can also use the MST mode to daisy chain both the monitors.

DisplayPort over USB-C enables the USB-C connector and cable to support the DisplayPort interface for audio/video (AV) transport capability. Hard drive retention: Hard drive retention is not available on models with a soldered hard drive, including XPS 9315 2in1, Chromebooks or Venue tablets, except the Venue 11 Pro. Also Pixio mentioned not to use converters since some shady companies will sell you garbage that could destroy an input of the monitor and because people can be silly and say the monitor broke when in reality its the converter.)Yes. Adapters and Adapter cables are used to connect DisplayPort over USB-C to an HDMI/VGA input on the HDTV. If the HDTV has a DisplayPort input, then a USB-C to DisplayPort adapter cable can be used to provide DisplayPort display capability. One of the major advantages of DisplayPort over USB-C is that you can use it more easily in newer, slimmer devices such as notebooks, tablets, phones, or displays. Since the USB Type-C connector is the latest USB interface that almost all new devices sport, this reduces the number of ports required on any one device.

So if you have an extremely powerful processor and no videocard then you should probably buy a video card also and enjoy the computer as it was meant to be used. For USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort over USB-C cables can provide up to 100 watts. This is convenient for laptop users, as it's possible to maintain your laptop's charge via the connection to the monitor, meaning it's unnecessary to drag the charger around with you. No video data will be received by the display, hence there will be no image on the screen. Doing this will not harm your device. A warning message might also be displayed on the screen of the USB product to notify the user about the incompatibility. Can I connect an existing monitor to a new computer, tablet or phone that uses the USB-C connector with DisplayPort over USB-C? Battlefield 4 will be a nightmare. Playing this game or looking at the infamous blue screen is the same.

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All other products will be delivered via the fastest available method (excluding bank holidays and weekends) and generally within 3-5 days, depending on customer location. The product itself does work but if you are looking into playing a game in better resolution or using photoshop or related adobe products, the processor will be used at about 99% of its capacity. My i7 1.73ghz had a really bad time in processing almost everything while working with a photo.