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minus-squarelambaliciouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days ago If your laptop has USB-C it most likely already has DP out. For some reason I always miss this. I checked in software and at least arandr says I have 4 DP Outs. Presumably 2 per USB-C port? I don’t know how this actually works.
minus-squareCarrot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI think past thunderbolt 4 you get 2 displays daisy chained off of one port. I have a thunderbolt 5 port and I run 2 4k monitors off of it
minus-squarelambaliciouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoThanks! I’m gonna try and find a USB-to-DP cat’o’tails I can buy for cheap to see what happens.
For some reason I always miss this. I checked in software and at least arandr says I have 4 DP Outs. Presumably 2 per USB-C port? I don’t know how this actually works.
I think past thunderbolt 4 you get 2 displays daisy chained off of one port. I have a thunderbolt 5 port and I run 2 4k monitors off of it
Thanks! I’m gonna try and find a USB-to-DP cat’o’tails I can buy for cheap to see what happens.