Ironman273 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 So I thought I'd hook up a 4K display to my home computer even though I may run it at 1080 just to see if it would work. The display (a Sharp PN-K321) has 2 HDMI connectors and a DisplayPort connector. The display should run 3,840 x 2,160 at 30Hz on one HDMI and 3,840 x 2,160 at 60Hz with 2 HDMIs or the DisplayPort. My video card is an nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 2 DVI and one HDMI connectors, like this: When I plug in the HDMI to the Sharp display I get no video whatsoever. Do I need a DisplayLink to DVI or dual DVI cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Do I need a DisplayLink to DVI or dual DVI cable? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted February 5, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2014 afaik DVI doesnt have the bandwidth to handle 4k. i could be wrong. also, ive never heard of using 2 HDMI cables to achieve 60Hz. Are you sure that panel supports 60Hz at all? im just basing this off of the general 560 Ti specs, but max resolution is 2560x1600. You'd think, however, the monitor would just downsize to 1080 or something. anyway, you could just upgrade that graphics card... since, ya know, you seem to have the funds to buy that Sharp monitor :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchetsteadman Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes Fastest end to a thread EVAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 afaik DVI doesnt have the bandwidth to handle 4k. i could be wrong. also, ive never heard of using 2 HDMI cables to achieve 60Hz. Are you sure that panel supports 60Hz at all? im just basing this off of the general 560 Ti specs, but max resolution is 2560x1600. You'd think, however, the monitor would just downsize to 1080 or something. anyway, you could just upgrade that graphics card... since, ya know, you seem to have the funds to buy that Sharp monitor :woot: Well, this is from the manual: And, yeah, I was thinking of upgrading the video card but I was just messing around with it at first. The cool thing is I hooked up a Surface Pro 2 to it and it ran 4K just fine! It has a better video card than my home PC! :cry: Edit: I just realized I wrote DisplayLink and I meant DisplayPort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 afaik DVI doesnt have the bandwidth to handle 4k. i could be wrong. also, ive never heard of using 2 HDMI cables to achieve 60Hz. Are you sure that panel supports 60Hz at all? im just basing this off of the general 560 Ti specs, but max resolution is 2560x1600. You'd think, however, the monitor would just downsize to 1080 or something. anyway, you could just upgrade that graphics card... since, ya know, you seem to have the funds to buy that Sharp monitor :woot: Isn't DVI just HDMI with no audio? Plus HDMI 2.0 isn't out yet which will support 4k res. Odd he didn't get a picture at all I agree. When I connected my computer up to my 2560x1440 monitor via hdmi I got a 1080 picture at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Isn't DVI just HDMI with no audio? Plus HDMI 2.0 isn't out yet which will support 4k res. Odd he didn't get a picture at all I agree. When I connected my computer up to my 2560x1440 monitor via hdmi I got a 1080 picture at least. HDMI requires that: 1) You have the correct cable version 2) Both end to end devices support the correct HDMI version Also, HDMI 1.4 supports 4k @ 30Hz. HDMI 2.0 that was released just last September supports 4k @ 60HZ. So the chances of anything having it right now are slim. His best bet is to get an active DP->Dual Link DVI adapter or use a Dual Link DVI cable provided his graphics card supports dual link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted February 5, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2014 HDMI requires that: 1) You have the correct cable version 2) Both end to end devices support the correct HDMI version Also, HDMI 1.4 supports 4k @ 30Hz. HDMI 2.0 that was released just last September supports 4k @ 60HZ. So the chances of anything having it right now are slim. His best bet is to get an active DP->Dual Link DVI adapter or use a Dual Link DVI cable provided his graphics card supports dual link. Wikipedia confirms that DL DVI wont work. there's not enough bandwidth. Max res is 2560x1600 @ 60Hz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface But yes, HDMI 1.4 will support 4k @ 30Hz, but not 60Hz. My guess is that Sharp monitor doesnt support 60Hz either. In the end, i think the video card is the limitation here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 There's no such thing as an HDMI Cable version. HDMI cables are either High Speed or Standard Speed, with or without Ethernet. HDMI version numbers only apply to devices, not cables. http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/trademark_logo_pub.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted February 5, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2014 Isn't DVI just HDMI with no audio? Plus HDMI 2.0 isn't out yet which will support 4k res. Odd he didn't get a picture at all I agree. When I connected my computer up to my 2560x1440 monitor via hdmi I got a 1080 picture at least. im fairly sure DVI is completely different from HDMI. HDMI 2.0 is out, but afaik there's nearly no devices out on the market that use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Wikipedia confirms that DL DVI wont work. there's not enough bandwidth. Max res is 2560x1600 @ 60Hz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface But yes, HDMI 1.4 will support 4k @ 30Hz, but not 60Hz. My guess is that Sharp monitor doesnt support 60Hz either. In the end, i think the video card is the limitation here. It does though. Look at the manual page I posted above. Here's the supported resolutions page: And here's the compatible video cards page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted February 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 5, 2014 Which GPU? Do you tried latest GPU driver? You need at least driver above 326.19 Beta, which added 4k tiled display support: See: http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Releases-32619-Beta-Driver-Adds-Support-4K-Tiled-Displays Nvidia article: https://developer.nvidia.com/4k-ultra-high-resolution-development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The monitor definitely supports 4K @ 60Hz but the graphics card simply isn't up to the task. The GTX 660 and above support 4K @ 60Hz over DisplayPort / 2 x HDMI. Note that in the picture above it states that both HDMI ports must support 1920x2160 (4,147,200 pixels), whereas the GTX 560 Ti only supports 2560x1600 (4,096,000 pixels). That would seem to be the obvious issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 But shouldn't I be able to get something out of it at 1080? It's an IGZO 4K display so I'm wondering if it'll look "retina-ish" even at lower resolutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted February 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 5, 2014 But shouldn't I be able to get something out of it at 1080? It's an IGZO 4K display so I'm wondering if it'll look "retina-ish" even at lower resolutions. Yes and lower resolution with pixel doubling, it will look like retina-ish. I think you should post this issue in Geforce community forum. ManuelG or some other nvidia developer might help you or shed light on it clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes and lower resolution with pixel doubling, it will look like retina-ish. I think you should post this issue in Geforce community forum. ManuelG or some other nvidia developer might help you or shed light on it clearly. But there's no community better than Neowin! ;) That's a good suggestion. I'll try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted February 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 5, 2014 But there's no community better than Neowin! ;) That's a good suggestion. I'll try that. Without a doubt... (Just for sake of help) Here is a link: http://forums.nvidia.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted February 6, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2014 it appears that i was wrong after all. Apparently DL DVI does have the bandwidth to support 4k @ 30Hz. Also, ive never once heard of using 2 HDMI cables to achieve 60Hz. News to me... Also, why is it so difficult to find information about cable and monitor output bandwidths? Like, for 'x' resolution, you'll need 'y' amount of bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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