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what's the virtual display usb c thingy called and what adapters do it?

SamH12604
By SamH12604
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right so I have a laptop with a usb c port on either side (cant really remember but I think they're just usb c 3.1), the one on the left does charging and data, the one on the right does data and display port over usb c. You know how you can get USB 3 to hdmi, can I get one of those as USB C so that I can plug them both in one side and have both charging and display with one cable. I looked on amazon but all the different usb specs and names and shit makes it so confusing I can't tell if any of them do this, it's only for school work I don't do gaming and is for a 1080p external monitor so doesn't have to be perfect.

Hoping that makes sense and I'm not being completely dumb

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Normally yes, but if your laptop really only supports charging on one of the ports and DP on the other then no, you'd need 2 cables.

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I have a usb c hub which does charging and has a usb 3 port on it so what if i used that and got a usb 3 to hdmi adapter or are those pretty rubbish?

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They're pretty rubbish, but would be fine if it's just for displaying the desktop/simple work apps.

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Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max

Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case

 

Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED

 

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