USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)

Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by arcticbull on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:57AM (#30915436)

I'm a huge fan of the Dell WD19TB. Works great on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro (did I mention it's for Pros) and my gaming PC. The only issue I have with it is that the PC will only run video over Thunderbolt if I use YCbCr 4:2:2 with chroma subsampling - so instead I wired my PC monitor directly to the GPU and use the WD19TB for everything else (including video on my Mac laptop over HDMI).

Gets a solid 980Mbits symmetric on the ethernet port, 90W of power delivery, etc. It's a lifesaver swapping just the one cable between my PC and laptop.

Works in USB-C mode too.

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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by ruuda on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @02:18AM (#30915840)

I have been using this one for years, it used to drive two 4k displays at 60 Hz. But since half a year or so, I can't get the second display to run at 60 Hz any more. I think it's a regression in the Linux kernel, but it's basically impossible to debug. A few times it suddenly did recognize it can do two displays at 60 Hz, but it seems to depend on the phase of the moon :/

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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by arcticbull on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @02:57AM (#30916074)

Dude video over these hubs - even the good ones - is so hit and miss. It's really frustrating actually.

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