Ivy Bridge GPU Will Support 4Kx4K Displays

The upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge processors will support 4096x4096 pixel displays, paving the way for a Retina display Mac, reports VR-Zone.

The new processors are expected to hit shelves about half a year from now and feature a new Multi Format Codec or MFX engine.

Not only can the MFX engine display up to 4096 x 4096 pixels on a single monitor, but it can also handle video processing for 4K QuadHD video as well. Remember when, two years ago, Jen Hsun Huang at Nvidia for the first time encouraged 4K resolution - at that time 3840x2400 or as he called it XHD2, for ultra realistic gaming too, to use the extra pixels to justify the high end card need? Now, what a fate, Intel is making it real on the - integrated graphics platform, of all. Now, can we have back those 16:10 3840x2400 or, better, 4096x2560 monitors?


Mac OS X Lion has made some progress towards Retina Displays and resolution independence with a new HiDPI display mode. With this mode enabled, everything is drawn with twice as many pixels as its non-HiDPI equivalent.

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