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submitted 4 months ago by Cikos@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

Hi, just wondering if the title is possible. I'm currently daily driving my steam deck as my work pc in my office. mostly i used it to stream programs off my much beefier main pc at home.

Recently I've been thinking of adding a drawing tablet to the setup (wacom movink) but it uses usb c to c and the dock only has one for power. so if i used an adapter (usb c to usb a), would it work?

cheers.

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[-] desentizised@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Ah yea I didn't realize the official dock has 2 ports for display output. Valve is bae.

There are definitely docks that have 3 display outputs, which would be a viable option if you also buy the Wacom Link Plus. I personally don't know of any docks that have 2 display outputs and a USB-C port that is display-capable. There may be Thunderbolt ones but Steam Deck doesn't do Thunderbolt unfortunately.

So yea I guess your only option is a different dock plus Wacom Link Plus. I don't see any other personally.

[-] Cikos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

thank you for your info. seems like searching other docks is the most cost efficient for me. other commenter said that steam deck has a hard limit of 2 external displays, i cant find info if its true or not.

[-] desentizised@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

according to some redditor the limits are

one monitor 8K 60Hz | one monitor 4K 120Hz | three monitors 4K 30Hz | three monitors 2K 60Hz

which makes a lot more sense to me than a hard limit. driving displays as far as graphics processors are concerned is just a matter of data bandwidth. so the more pixels you want to drive the fewer monitors you will be able to run

[-] Cikos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

thats pretty generous limit. then im sure at least it wont be a problem from the steamdeck itself

[-] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Check my edited comment, I'm pretty certain my limit was wrong.

[-] Cikos@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

thank you for your time for do a bit of a research

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