I don't know if they're fully rolled out yet, but these would be the most trouble free. The revision 1.1 Gigabyte X570 boards have thunderbolt headers which will work with either Alpine or Titan Ridge cards. ASRock Luncurkan Thunderbolt 4 Add-in card (AIC), Kartu Tambahan Untuk.
That was an even more expensive solution though, and I could only justify it because I switch daily between my desktop and my work notebook.Įdit: There is a third option, that I was originally looking into but couldn't because of stock issues. Use the search tool or manually browse to identify software for your computer. Intel ® Thunderbolt 3 Certified add-in card Intel ® DSL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports (USB Type-C) Max Bandwidth 40 Gb/s DisplayPort 1.4 Capable with 4K Video Throughout Daisy-chain up to 12 Devices (6 devices per port) Support PD3.0 standard (up to 100W) GC-TITAN RIDGE add-in card availability may vary based on local distribution. Downside of that one is that it can't support two displays, but outside of that all my IO is running through a dock. My solution in the end (and I don't recommend it) was to change motherboards to the Asrock X570 ITX with TB3 port native. Alpine Ridge cards have more issues than Titan Ridge cards though, due to being a 1st gen controller. The 'safe' option would be the Asrock card, but as you say it's pricier. The situation is no better for Thunderbolt 4 however some technical details differ from what is written on this page.
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the user manual that comes with your motherboard. Hacking Thunderbolt Part 1: Why that add-in card doesn’t work properly in your unsupported PC This article concerns Thunderbolt 3 add-in cards. TBH I don't know whether the same restrictions were rolled out in Alpine Ridge firmware versions, so can't answer that one way or the other. Align and insert the card into a PCI Express 3.0 slot on the motherboard.