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"Thunderbolt can be daisy-chained just like USB, so you're not limited to just the 6 provided ports."

Ok. Still trying to understand the "3" limitation on 4k displays. If it's a bandwidth issue, you'd think the number would be 4, since there are two cards.

And if it is bandwidth, then presumably 3 4k displays plugged in and ... even the empty TB ports become unusable since there is no more bandwidth available ?

I just want to plug in 6 monitors and am trying to figure out how :)




It's bandwidth of the HDMI interface (is my understanding), but even then, the max of a standalone AMD or nVidia graphics card is typically three displays. And these are 4K displays!


It certainly could be a bandwidth issue. Assuming 4K=3840x2160, that's about 12 Gbits per display with 24 bits/pixel and 60 Hz.




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