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Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display

…You're right, it shouldn't be this hard

I'll never forget when I bought the first 5K Retina iMac. Almost as soon as I ripped it out of the box, I booted it while holding down Command-F2, assuming it would support Target Display Mode, with the intention of using its one-of-a-kind display with my gaming PC. I was heartbroken when Mac OS X booted anyway and I slowly realized that Target Display Mode hadn't survived the transition to retina resolutions. And it never came back, either. (I haven't really been happy with my setup ever since.)

Well, here we are, 8 years later and Apple has introduced the 5K Studio Display. I ordered one the minute that they hit the store in the hope I would receive what I thought I had purchased in 2014: a single 5K Apple display that could drive both a Mac and a PC desktop. (Nevermind the fact that it's damn near the exact same panel that I bought 8 years ago.) When my Studio Display arrived, I tore it out of its environmentally-friendly origami box and excitedly plugged it into one of my Nvidia RTX 3090's DisplayPorts with a DisplayPort-to-USB-C cable.

I booted up the PC: nothing happened.

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Tabelogged: 清水 HANARE

I visited this restaurant on July 28, 2020, and gave it a 3.3 on Tabelog.

Name: 清水 HANARE
Description: 新橋、汐留、内幸町/もつ焼き、もつ鍋、居酒屋

Which Google translates into English as:

Name: Shimizu Hanare
Description: Shinbashi, Shiodome, Uchisaiwaicho/Motsuyaki, Motsunabe, Izakaya

Tabelogged: Bar K6

I visited this restaurant on July 4, 2020, and gave it a 3.7 on Tabelog.

Name: Bar K6
Description: 京都市役所前、三条、三条京阪/バー、ダイニングバー

Which Google translates into English as:

Name: Bar K6
Description: Kyoto City Hall, Sanjo, Sanjo Keihan/Bar, Dining Bar

Tabelogged: 心斎橋かわぐち

I visited this restaurant on June 28, 2020, and gave it a 4.0 on Tabelog.

Name: 心斎橋かわぐち
Description: 心斎橋、長堀橋、四ツ橋/焼き鳥、鳥料理、創作料理

Which Google translates into English as:

Name: Shinsaibashi Kawaguchi
Description: Shinsaibashi, Nagahoribashi, Yotsubashi/Yakitori, chicken dishes, creative cuisine

Tabelogged: まるや本店 名駅店

I visited this restaurant on June 21, 2020, and gave it a 4.0 on Tabelog.

Name: まるや本店 名駅店
Description: 名鉄名古屋、近鉄名古屋、名古屋/うなぎ、郷土料理

Which Google translates into English as:

Name: Maruya Main Store Meieki Store
Description: Meitetsu Nagoya, Kintetsu Nagoya, Nagoya/Eel, local cuisine

Tabelogged: Kreis

I visited this restaurant on June 21, 2020, and gave it a 4.4 on Tabelog.

Name: Kreis
Description: 伏見、丸の内、国際センター/バー

Which Google translates into English as:

Name: Kreis
Description: Fushimi, Marunouchi, International Center/Bar

Tabelogged: 世界の山ちゃん 名鉄メンズ館テイクアウト専門店

I visited this restaurant on June 20, 2020, and gave it a 3.1 on Tabelog.

Name: 世界の山ちゃん 名鉄メンズ館テイクアウト専門店
Description: 近鉄名古屋、名鉄名古屋、名古屋/郷土料理、鳥料理、串揚げ

Which Google translates into English as:

Name: Yamachan Of The World Meitetsu Men's Building Takeout Specialty Store
Description: Kintetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Nagoya, Nagoya/local cuisine, chicken dishes, skewers