Reddit reviews Certified Cable Matters Active 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 Cable in Black 3.3 Feet Supporting 100W Charging (Not Compatible with USB-C Ports Without The Thunderbolt Logo)
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MORE SPEED with this Thunderbolt 3 cable 40Gbps rated that delivers a lightning fast speed; Provides twice the speed of the previous Thunderbolt generation and eight times the data of any other cable while supplying power to your Thunderbolt 3 devices; Transfer 3 hours of 4K GoPro footage in less than a minuteMORE PIXELS with a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 3 cable that is DisplayPort compatible; Connect a 5K display to the new MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 3. Single cable docking solution to connect a Thunderbolt 3 Dock such as the AKiTiO Thunder3 Duo Pro or StarTech Thunderbolt 3 Dual-4K Docking Station; Connect to a Thunderbolt 3 docking station or PCIe expansion box with a slim, reversible Thunderbolt 3 connector and room to maneuverDELL COMPANION Thunderbolt 3 cables for Dell XPS 12 9250, 13 9350 / 9360 / 9365, 15 9550 / 9560, Latitude 5480 / 5580 / 7275 / 7280 / 7370 / 7480 / 7520 / 7720 / E5570, Precision (certain configurations) 3520 / 15 3510 / 5510 / M7510, 17 M7710, Alienware 13 / 15 / 17THUNDERBOLT 3 port compatible with the 2016/2017 MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, Acer Aspire Switch 12 S/R13, V15/V17 Nitro, TravelMate P648, Predator 15/17/17X, ASUS ROG GL/G5/G7/GX/Strix, ZenBook Pro UX501VW, ZenBook 3 Deluxe/Pro, Transformer 3 Pro, Schenker XMG, Q524UQ 2-in-1 15.6, Gigabyte Aorus X5 15, X7 DT 17, BRIX/BRIX S, Razer Blade/Stealth/Pro, Samsung NP900X5N, Notebook Odyssey, Notebook 9 15 Inch, FUJITSU Workstation CELSIUS H760HP Elite X2 1012 G1/G2, Z1 Workstation G3, Spectre 13.3/x360, EliteBook X360 G2/X 360 1030 G2/Folio G1, ZBook 17 /15 /Studio, Lenovo Legion Y720, IdeaPad Y900, Miix 720, Thinkpad P 50/70, T 470/470S/570, Yoga 370/720/920, MSI Phantom Pro, Ghost Pro, Stealth Pro, Titan Pro, Dominator Pro, Vortex G65, LG Gram 15Z970, Intel NUC6i7KYK/NUC7i5BNH/NUC7i5BNK, Toshiba Portege X20W, Sony VAIO S11, Clevo P 750DM/770DM/870DM
On the USB C cable length thing. The limit of 0.5 meters applies to individual cables between powered devices so from the laptop to the EGPU is one span of 0.5m and then the signal gets rebroadcast on another span of 0.5m between the EGPU and display. You can actually daisy chain several devices this way and get full thunderbolt 3 the whole way as long as each span is under 0.5m and each device supports the speed. The total length is irrelevant. There are things called active cables that basically put a signal repeater every 0.5 m down the cable to get full speed without having to go optical.
Here is one that is 1 meter long with full 40gbs support for $50 https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Thunderbolt-Supporting-Compatible/dp/B01H5QF1GO
IDK if Grey will see this because of project cyclops but maybe someone else will find it useful.
Here was my shopping list,
-PCIe eGPU enclosure for the WiGig card
-Thunderbolt3 (active) cable
-Vive Wireless Adapter with Vive Pro addon
-Spare battery with 20000mAh Qualcomm QC 3.0
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077YCR5LC
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H5QF1GO
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0X3NL5
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GKHNBCT
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GY7JZP4
I read about 2 dozen posts around the internet covering the topic of using the wireless adapter with external configurations for laptops. Many people had mixed results and I was hesitant to try it myself but I needed to figure out if it was possible regardless since there wasn't any clear answers.
I ordered the items that made the most sense to me in terms of price and quality. The eGPU enclosure I got was the most attractive and had a carry handle which I liked considering my intended use for this setup was going to be mobile. I went with an active Thunderbolt 3 cable due to the fact that it "should" in theory provide a better signal from the eGPU to the laptop. Finally, I got a spare battery based on the reviews that said the included HTC battery didn't last long and took forever to recharge. The battery I got was recommended by others in the reviews who said they had a Vive Wireless kit.
Once I got all the items I did the setup and fired up the Vive. Right off the bat it worked perfectly. With that said, some of the mixed reviews I was seeing from others trying the eGPU setup had commented on FPS stuttering/lag when moving your head and I did experience this slightly although it was intermittent at times. I also had a brief random moment where everything pixelated pretty bad as if the graphics suddenly got toggled to 1990 Nintendo mode.
In the end I was able to determine the following,
My testing of this setup was with an Alienware M15 and M17 both with i9 CPU, 2080 RTX, 32GB RAM, and x2 NVME M.2 SSD. I have an older Alienware 17 R5 I plan to test with soon to compare results.
Most importantly, what I noticed in my testing was that there's some graphical loads that will bog down the FPS and cause slight stuttering and it's not yet fully clear why. For example, while in SteamVR home room area there was a few key spots that when I looked directly at them it would cause stutter if I moved my head left and right slowly but if I opened the Steam menu which added a transparent overlay on top of what I was looking at the stutter would go away completely even though I could still see the same thing behind the overlay. I read a lot of people tweaking SteamVR settings to smooth out the FPS and I have yet to get the time to fully dive into that part but I suspect it will likely work out to resolve the issue.
The alternative setup I was wanting to test was getting the Alienware AGA enclosure and testing to see if that provided a better out of the box solution without tweaking settings. I found some people saying it didn't work at all and others saying it did. Considering the cable connection is different it still has me curious, as I believe the cable connection over the AGA is using an identical pipeline/bandwidth as Dell docking stations.
I see. How do you know this cable in OP is not active? Because it supports USB 3.1? I did a quick search and it looks like this one might be the better option: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H5QF1GO/?tag=reality&th=1&psc=1?