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0 pointsNaac5y ago0 comments

Thunderbolt may not matter so much for desktop, but it definitely does for laptops.

Like the other comment mentioned, docks.

Yes you can theoretically accomplish everything with other ports, but I don't want to feel like I'm disconnecting my laptop from life support every time I move around. 1 Wire for Power + 10+ peripherals is awesome, and I can't go back.

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techrat5y ago

>1 Wire for Power + 10+ peripherals is awesome, and I can't go back.

This can still be done with non-TB USB-C. Including power and video.

domano5y ago

Not if you use 4k or even more.. DisplayLink compression sometimes gets so bad that you can measure it in seconds per frame.

dijit5y ago

I believe, based on my own experiences, that you're mistaken here.

MacOS has a nice feature that shows you in the device tree what the thunderbolt connection speed is, for my eGPU it shows as '2x' which is 20GBps, and that's running an eGPU with 2x 4k displays.

For work, I run a 4k panel from Lenovo[0] that has a USB-C in and while that's a 60Hz screen, it does not show any signs of input lag or artifacting.

[0]: https://www.lenovo.com/il/en/monitors/p27u

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techrat5y ago

USB C alt mode over DP isn't DisplayLink, does 4k and is published by VESA.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000141328/displaypo...

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0 pointsNaac5y ago0 comments

Thunderbolt may not matter so much for desktop, but it definitely does for laptops.

Like the other comment mentioned, docks.

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techrat5y ago

>1 Wire for Power + 10+ peripherals is awesome, and I can't go back.

This can still be done with non-TB USB-C. Including power and video.

domano5y ago

Not if you use 4k or even more.. DisplayLink compression sometimes gets so bad that you can measure it in seconds per frame.

dijit5y ago

I believe, based on my own experiences, that you're mistaken here.

MacOS has a nice feature that shows you in the device tree what the thunderbolt connection speed is, for my eGPU it shows as '2x' which is 20GBps, and that's running an eGPU with 2x 4k displays.

For work, I run a 4k panel from Lenovo[0] that has a USB-C in and while that's a 60Hz screen, it does not show any signs of input lag or artifacting.

[0]: https://www.lenovo.com/il/en/monitors/p27u

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techrat5y ago

USB C alt mode over DP isn't DisplayLink, does 4k and is published by VESA.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000141328/displaypo...

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