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vel0city on Sept 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why that Thunderbolt add-in card doesn't work prop...

Its probably because they're not actually doing USB-C alternate DP mode but probably using a DisplayLink chipset. Its a system of doing graphics over USB and IIRC supports HDMI by default.

floatboth on Sept 11, 2021 | [–]

No, the vast majority of dongles just have a DP-to-HDMI chip

solarkraft on Sept 11, 2021 | [–]

DisplayLink requires extra drivers, these dongles don’t.

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