CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I need this to connect a 4K TV in a meeting room. Cheapest small computer that would be able to drive a 4K TV at 60Hz and establish an RDP connection to an RDS server within our local domain.
I've seen the HP t730 thin client, which is ~700U$ here. I'm not sure an Intel Skylake NUC is able to achieve 60Hz on a 4K display. The DisplayPort 1.2 certification on the miniDP output should tell that it does, but I think I've seen DP 1.2 on other computers (mainly thin clients) that weren't able to send 4K at over 30Hz. I don't care if the computer only has a DisplayPort output. I can use a 40U$ Club3D CAC-1170 (DP 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapter).
If they run videos, I want those to look smooth. The TV is 4K capable (at 60Hz) on one of its ports so I'd like to have a computer or thin client up to the task.
The cheapest discrete graphic card I've seen that should be able to push 4K@60Hz is the NVidia Quadro K420 (~100U$). Any SFF computer would do, as long as it's reliable and affordable.
I've never tried to open and RDP session at 4K though. I hope it works.
I've seen the HP t730 thin client, which is ~700U$ here. I'm not sure an Intel Skylake NUC is able to achieve 60Hz on a 4K display. The DisplayPort 1.2 certification on the miniDP output should tell that it does, but I think I've seen DP 1.2 on other computers (mainly thin clients) that weren't able to send 4K at over 30Hz. I don't care if the computer only has a DisplayPort output. I can use a 40U$ Club3D CAC-1170 (DP 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapter).
If they run videos, I want those to look smooth. The TV is 4K capable (at 60Hz) on one of its ports so I'd like to have a computer or thin client up to the task.
The cheapest discrete graphic card I've seen that should be able to push 4K@60Hz is the NVidia Quadro K420 (~100U$). Any SFF computer would do, as long as it's reliable and affordable.
I've never tried to open and RDP session at 4K though. I hope it works.
