Daisy Chain DP 1.2 Monitor

I am looking to purchase a Dell Ultrasharp U2913WM 29" Ultra-Wide Monitor and I noticed that it has Display Port 1.2 capabilities through a displayport out and therefore has the ability to daisy chain multiple displays over displayport.
I was wondering if the Thunderbolt connector would allow me to take advantage of the Dell Ultrasharp U2913WM dasiy chain capablities considering it is compatable with Display Port.

ashayer wrote:
I found a solution which might work well for most people. If your monitor is HDMI compliant you can use this dock and get two monitors. Not the most ideal solution but it worked for me.
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/
Thanks, I have already ordered the Caldigit Thunderbolt station, but this DOES NOT solve the dp1.2 issue at all.  In summary, I can hook up both my Dell U2713H monitors today and will also be able to do it via the Caldigit Thunderbolt station, HOWEVER but both require using two ports, MDP for maximum resolution versus HDMI.   I would like to use dp 1.2, which is supported by Intel on TB2, to eliminate using both my TB ports.    However, for some reason TB2 on Apple products are preventing utilization of dp 1.2,     

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