Reddit reviews Corning Thunderbolt Optical Cable 30m (100ft) for Self-Powered Peripherals AOC-MMS4CTP030M20
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20Gb/sbi-directional,whenusedwithaThunderbolt2 host and Thunderbolt 2 devicesData and video on a single cableElectrically isolated, noise-reducing designUltra-slim, zero-bend radius cableDaisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt devices
Not exactly. The limit is propogation of the signal, and being able to read a clear signal. Signal degredation occurs over distance from the transmitting source until a point to which you can no longer read that data without seeing data corruption sufficient to prevent accurate reconstruction.
But you can definitely transmit the data optically, using a USB - just don't expect to power a device on the other end
Same goes for thunderbolt
Kind of expensive, then again - it's also kinda niche.
So for self powered peripherals, or if you can easily power them at the other end - distance really isn't a problem.
Which is to say: Latency isn't really a determining factor for max speed. Signal integrity is.
Just looked through the video and now I'm crying a little bit....
https://www.amazon.com/Thunderbolt-Optical-Self-Powered-Peripherals-AOC-MMS4CTP030M20/dp/B00HWIPJ9U/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=optical+thunderbolt+cables+by+Corning&qid=1557155977&s=gateway&sr=8-5
530$ :(
I don't think you even need a thunderbolt dock. Get two long DisplayPort cables (or 1 if your monitors can be daisy chained) and then a USB extension with a USB hub on the end. Plug your mouse and keyboard into the hub and plug any audio devices into your monitor. (I assume that they have audio, considering they are high end monitors)
Edit: Because I have nothing else to do, I looked into a single cable thunderbolt solution.
The idea came from this video, and it will be extremely expensive. Like is there really a good reason to not just move the PC by your monitors?
First, to use Thunderbolt, you need to actually have Thunderbolt on your computer. Luckily for you, ASUS has a PCI card to do just that. Your motherboard is not listed as supported, but your motherboard does have the Thunderbolt header that is needed by the card, and is a newer mobo from the same manufacturer, so there is a possibility it might work. Assuming it does, you would just connect the DisplayPort from your GTX 1080 to the Thunderbolt card.
The next thing you need is a long Thunderbolt cable. I don't know how far away the computer is going to be from the TB dock, but here is a 33' long Thunderbolt cable. If you need longer, you can get 100' for $600.
Next, you'll need the Thunderbolt dock. There are many out there. I have no experience with any of them Belkin and Elgato both make them.
An unfortunate thing about the Thunderbolt docks is that they only support dual display when one of the displays is a Thunderbolt display. Otherwise, you can only use one over HDMI or one over MiniDP to DP, but not both. So that would mean repeating the whole setup with 2 docks, or just going with the suggestion I made above.
If it wasn't because Thunderbolt cables by Corning is really expensive i would have recommended: https://www.amazon.com/Optical-Cables-CorningTM-AOC-MMS4CTP030M20-ThunderboltTM/dp/B00HWIPJ9U
I have seen some videoes on YouTube featuring these cables, exactly to remove the computer from the same room etc. https://youtu.be/NshXgisNly4