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.

  • desentizised@lemm.ee
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    6 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.worldOP
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      6 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
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        6 months ago

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

      • desentizised@lemm.ee
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        6 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.worldOP
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          6 months ago

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