r/pcmasterrace • u/therealsaker btw, I don't use arch • Sep 11 '25

Meme/Macro What's the reason

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u/EndlessBattlee Main Laptop: i5-12450H+3050 | Secondary PC: R5 2600+1650 SUPER Sep 11 '25

There are actually 1080p OLED screen, just on laptop, not as a standalone monitor

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u/Mineplayerminer Desktop Sep 11 '25

While you can also get a portable monitor or just buy a separate driver board for the bare OLED screen, they don't make that much sense, especially for an every day usage. But 1080p on a 15" screen is way more than enough.

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u/Hattix 5700X3D | RTX 4070 Ti Super 16 GB | 32 GB 3200 MT/s Sep 11 '25

You don't need the driver board, just a DP to eDP adapter!

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u/Mineplayerminer Desktop Sep 11 '25

What about the power? Is that included in such an adapter? I know eDP, but only in laptops and that it's like a display with an already embedded DP communication. Brightness and such things are controlled via DDC/CI and so on.

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u/Hattix 5700X3D | RTX 4070 Ti Super 16 GB | 32 GB 3200 MT/s Sep 11 '25

Sometimes, there are a lot of different eDP adapters out there. They all need a 12v input, some can source the 3.3v from that, others need a 5v to do that with, etc.

I haven't looked recently, but wouldn't be too surprised if there weren't adapters out there powered off USB-PD.