[SOLVED] Monitor Compatibility

[tameshdoobay]

Hi,

I'm not really too savvy with electronics. However, I do want a really nice ultra wide monitor. My concern is if my laptop will take more CPU to run the monitor. I know it will take more CPU, but it's just I want to know how drastic it will be.

I have a 2020 13" Macbook Pro

The monitor I want to run is a 3840 x 1080p Monitor that has a 144hz. I am aware through some research that the max my laptop will output is 60hz, which I am okay with.

In my research, I found that the more pixels = more CPU usage.

I also do not do any gaming on my MacBook (who would lol). Just some music production and light netflixing. (I know this monitor is excessive for this but I just want to see if it's possible.)

Will the CPU usage increase be drastic?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

the increase in CPU usage would totally depend on what you were doing.
while it may take a bit more processing power to run a static image at a much higher resolution,
unless you are also running heavy CPU dependent tasks it shouldn't affect the CPU usage drastically at all.

32:9(3840x1080) is usually considered super ultra-wide.
21:9(2560x1080) is what most consider as just ultra-wide.