“Tests by French site Mac4Ever.com found that current model Retina MacBook Pro machines can use their Thunderbolt 2 connections to drive the Sharp PN-K321 4K display at 60Hz when running Windows 8.1 with the latest NVidia drivers, rather than the 30Hz possible with OS X,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac.
“This suggests that OS X will be able to do the same when Apple updates the rMBP video/Thunderbolt 2 drivers,” Lovejoy reports. “The mystery had been why the latest Retina MacBook Pros, with Thunderbolt 2 support, were limited to 30Hz when the specs should have made them capable of double this – and the video drivers appear to be the answer.”
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Could they be sandbagging so people jump for the Apple TV tv/display when it comes out in March?
They are probably waiting for their own Apple 4K Monitor. 😛
It needs all the extra ports on the back…