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graphics performance on Thunderbolt Hub

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Hello,

 

After seeing the video of linus personal rig where he puts the computer in the next room and uses thunderbolt cable and a thunderbolt hub to create silent computing i was intrigued. I like to do a similar thing where I want silent and cool computing. But my question is. The hub is connected to a separate thunderbolt pci e card. does the hub uses the full graphic performance from the GPU since there is no video cable directly connected to the graphics card.

 

Linus uses a elgato thunderbolt hub which has a 2nd thunderbolt connector to the back. is it possible to connect a displayport cable to my asus 144hz monitor? because hdmi doesn't support 144hz.

 

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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54 minutes ago, JPotze said:

Hello,

 

After seeing the video of linus personal rig where he puts the computer in the next room and uses thunderbolt cable and a thunderbolt hub to create silent computing i was intrigued. I like to do a similar thing where I want silent and cool computing. But my question is. The hub is connected to a separate thunderbolt pci e card. does the hub uses the full graphic performance from the GPU since there is no video cable directly connected to the graphics card.

 

Linus uses a elgato thunderbolt hub which has a 2nd thunderbolt connector to the back. is it possible to connect a displayport cable to my asus 144hz monitor? because hdmi doesn't support 144hz.

 

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Performance should not be affected. Maybe slightly higher latency, but it's negligible. I would also believe that a DisplayPort cable will be usable on your ASUS display, but just to be sure, what display is it?

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it is a asus vg248qe display. I see the thunderbolt cables above 3 meters are very much expensive. the optical thunderbolt 10m from corning are 300 euros. the hub itself is also another 300. for that money i can buy silent fans and a airco for the room. I will consider the options.

 

is there a ethernet option for a kvm extension? 

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it is a asus vg248qe display. I see the thunderbolt cables above 3 meters are very much expensive. the optical thunderbolt 10m from corning are 300 euros. the hub itself is also another 300. for that money i can buy silent fans and a airco for the room. I will consider the options.

 

is there a ethernet option for a kvm extension? 

That definitely has DisplayPort support.

 

What would the KVM extension be for?

I found these: https://www.blackbox.com/store/us/browse.aspx?cat=KVM_Extenders_Hubs

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