That solid wood desk sounds awesome dude!

Just to update - noticed on the ASUS supplied cable it says 8K. AFAIK 8K support needs DP1.4 right? So, the ASUS cable is probably DP1.4. Yeah it's short, but is working pretty smoothly so far.

Actually tried calling ASUS about it but...their technical support couldn't do much better than read through the user manual and tell me that the monitor ports are DP1.2.

On another note, I'd be keen to know if people buying this monitor are having quality issues. I had to return 3 as they all had dead pixels out of the box, one even had rust building up at the base. On my 4th one now and after few days of adjusting to it I noticed the right 1/4 of the screen has a banding/colour or hue shift noticeable on white/gray/cyan backgrounds mostly. More noticeable on wider viewing angles.

The shift is distinct with a STRAIGHT VERTICAL line so don't think it's IPS glow? It's quite distracting on gray/white screens.