Comment on Steam deck triple monitor setup with the official dock
desentizised@lemm.ee 2 months ago
So the setup is currently two external monitors? Or does that include the Deck monitor? Is the USB connection to the Wacom just for pen input or does it transfer image as well? If USB-C is used as the monitor port it most definitely will not work with USB-A of any kind. Not even USB-A 3.1. You either need a different dock with a USB-C port or you need the Wacom Link Plus (which means you probably also need a different dock with at least 2 HDMI ports or one HDMI and one DisplayPort).
Cikos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i forgot to specify. yea, currently im running two external monitors. one 1080p and the other is 1440p.
the wacom movink is a display tablet with pen touch so i’d assume basically an external monitor hence the third monitor.
thats a bummer, thanks for the info.
desentizised@lemm.ee 2 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 2 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.
eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Check my edited comment, I’m pretty certain my limit was wrong.
desentizised@lemm.ee 2 months ago
according to some redditor the limits are
one monitor 8K 60Hz or one monitor 4K 120Hz or three monitors 4K 30Hz or 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 sble to run