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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 1181301" data-attributes="member: 18896">[USER=156204]@Timberwolf99[/USER] you are semi-right, the Intel ARK specifies indeed that the i5-6500 or any HD530+ based APU can only do 4096x2304@24Hz but this is for HDMI 1.4 as most mainboards will only be capable of this. However, in [USER=107242]@Lyfesaver74[/USER] case he has a special mainboard with an extra chipset that converts the DisplayPort 1.2 output to HDMI 2.0a allowing for up to 4096x2304@60Hz, including coverage for UHD/4K-TV resolutions of 3840x2160 (4x 1080p).The chipset that does this is the MegaChips MCDP2800 chip available on the higher end GigaByte Z170 mainboards, but it will be default on the Z270 chipset from Intel as well, although they might reserve it for the Kaby Lake APUs then.Reference Intel ARK = <a href="http://ark.intel.com/products/88184/Intel-Core-i5-6500-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz" target="_blank">http://ark.intel.com/products/88184/Intel-Core-i5-6500-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz</a>MegaChips reference = <a href="http://www.megachips.us/products/MCDP28_Products.php" target="_blank">http://www.megachips.us/products/MCDP28_Products.php</a>Of course Intel still sucks on drivers, especially on new stuff, with the exception of their Iris Pro range, because the company they assimilated for that had awesome driver experience from the CAD/3D world. In the end it all works out with the next beta/stable update, but we can not all be patient enough to wait <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 1181301, member: 18896"] [USER=156204]@Timberwolf99[/USER] you are semi-right, the Intel ARK specifies indeed that the i5-6500 or any HD530+ based APU can only do 4096x2304@24Hz but this is for HDMI 1.4 as most mainboards will only be capable of this. However, in [USER=107242]@Lyfesaver74[/USER] case he has a special mainboard with an extra chipset that converts the DisplayPort 1.2 output to HDMI 2.0a allowing for up to 4096x2304@60Hz, including coverage for UHD/4K-TV resolutions of 3840x2160 (4x 1080p). The chipset that does this is the MegaChips MCDP2800 chip available on the higher end GigaByte Z170 mainboards, but it will be default on the Z270 chipset from Intel as well, although they might reserve it for the Kaby Lake APUs then. Reference Intel ARK = [URL]http://ark.intel.com/products/88184/Intel-Core-i5-6500-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz[/URL] MegaChips reference = [URL]http://www.megachips.us/products/MCDP28_Products.php[/URL] Of course Intel still sucks on drivers, especially on new stuff, with the exception of their Iris Pro range, because the company they assimilated for that had awesome driver experience from the CAD/3D world. In the end it all works out with the next beta/stable update, but we can not all be patient enough to wait :) [/QUOTE]

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