I have a 2009 Mac Pro (flashed to 5,1) with a Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB GPU I acquired to support Mojave. The configuration has been happily stable since late 2018 and performed as expected with my venerable 30” Apple Cinema Display.
However, after a decade of use, the display was showing signs of pixel fatigue, so today I unpacked an LG 34BK95U-W 34" 5K monitor and connected it to the RX 580 via DisplayPort.
- While both the GPU and monitor allegedly support 5120 x 2160 through DisplayPort 1.4, I’m unable to get above 3440 x 1440.
- Strangely, I have to set the display to DisplayPort 1.1 to get 3440 x 1440.
- With the monitor set to DisplayPort 1.4, the best I can do is 2560 x 1080.
So far, I’ve unplugged, plugged, and reseated everything, reset the SMU, and zapped the NVRAM. No joy. Attempts to get support out of Radeon and LG have (predictably) failed, and the problem is so specific I’ve not been able to find anyone in similar straits. Research into DisplayPort, while interesting, hasn’t proved enlightening.
I’d really like to understand how I’ve gone wrong. "It all looks good on paper." I can pack the thing up and return it, but I’ll still have to address the issue of needing a new display and wanting (pardon me) a big one.
