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No 120hz listed in the tech specs, that’s gonna be jarring for people with a M1 macbook pro.
by valine 5y ago
No 120hz listed in the tech specs, that’s gonna be jarring for people with a M1 macbook pro.
- yokoprime 5y agoI hardly notice when switching between my M1Pro monitor and larger 27" monitor. Sure my monitor do support 144Hz, but im running it at 60Hz... because docking station
- Matheus28 5y agoThere is a world of difference between 60 Hz and 144 Hz, though. I don’t think I can go back to anything less than 120.
- hughrr 5y agoYeah it feels horrible now. When I got my iPhone 13 pro it cost me an M1 iPad and a 14” MBP because everything felt horrible afterwards.
- noahtallen 5y agoI disagree completely. My main monitor is at 144hz, and it's very jarring to switch to my (slightly older) MBP running at 60hz. Not having high refresh rate means this new monitor won't ever be on my short list.
- swah 5y agoI feel that while changing from 30hz to 60hz and the latter feels smooth (enough). Never used a higher refresh rate device but wonder how much more can this keep going and humans noticing.
- aroman 5y agoHaving used displays from 30Hz to 300Hz, I believe 120Hz vs 60Hz is easily noticeable for anyone who is aware of the differences. Higher than that is a steep point of diminishing returns in my experience.
- faeriechangling 5y agoI imagine things will get to the imperceptible range around ~500hz but diminishing returns apply. 60 to 120 is a bigger deal than 120 to 480.
- owenwil 5y agoThere's a good reason for this: Thunderbolt 4 doesn't have enough port bandwidth. TB4 can carry a max of 30Gbps but 5K @ 120hz is 32Gbps. There's no way Apple would do two cables for this, and the next gen of Thunderbolt is a while off, so the choice makes sense.
- noahtallen 5y agoDoesn't display stream compression support higher bitrates? Also, I think thunberbolt 4 supports DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0, which can handle up to like 80Gbps. But I guess that comes at the cost of attaching any other devices other than the monitor.
- fotta 5y agoI think your math is off a bit. TB3/4 carries 40Gbps and 5k@120 is 53Gbps (5120 * 2880 * 120hz * 30bits/pixel). But your point still stands :)
- owenwil 5y agoWhoops - you're right!
- o_m 5y agoThey could have made it 90hz then
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