Thunderbolt support?

[jeffk]

I’m a total Apple fanboy (boo-hiss!) but the Steam Deck has gotten me back into PC gaming recently.

I’m sorely tempted to buy a gaming PC so that I can play more demanding games. However, I’d like to plug this PC into my existing Apple Studio Display that only supports Thunderbolt.

Looking around, Thunderbolt ports aren’t standard on modern graphics cards. Unhelpfully, when I search for “Thunderbolt graphics card” Google returns results for eGPU enclosures - the opposite of what I’m looking for!

Do graphics cards with Thunderbolt ports exist? If so, could someone point me in the direction of one please? I’m only looking for something that can handle 1440p gaming.

I guess the alternative is to buy a gaming laptop (seems wasteful) or use a DisplayPort to Thunderbolt adapter (and lose speaker/USB functionality).

 

[jeffk]

I know nothing about Apple stuff, but I suspect you'd need DP over USB Type-C? I can tell you motherboards that support this feature, like the Asus Creator range, but the only recent GPUs I know of with USB Type-C are the MBA 7900 XT and XTX.

That’s right: I need DP over a USB-C connector. So a Thunderbolt port on the motherboard should do the trick? If so, there seems to be some decent options out there. Thanks.

Can you not just use a Display Port to Thunderbird cable? Lots available online.

That would be the simplest solution but means that the speakers, webcam, etc. built into the monitor wouldn’t work.