They try different uses with the usb type

Surely you have all seen that the new Nvidia RTX cards have a USB Type-C port on their rear panel, this is one of the many novelties of these Turing architecture GPUs. Does this port work with other components besides VR glasses? Well, the guys at Eurogamer.net have tried them to get us out of doubt.

Nvidia RTX USB Type-C is not just for VR glasses

The properties of the new desktop graphics cards from the Nvidia company are already well known. An architecture that brings us closer to the new generation of games to come, and that will surely reach its maximum level in the coming years, with DLSS improved to the maximum and Ray Tracing giving their best.

And we want all this for one thing only, that the player experiences sensations as similar as possible to the real world, with maximum immersion. Another novelty of these cards is the presence of USB Type-C or also called VirtualLink by Nvidia, which, whenever we have talked about it, is to refer to virtual reality, and the possibility of connecting VR glasses on it.

Unfortunately, many manufacturers eliminate this port from custom models, to save on costs, or simply to add more HDMI or DisplayPort, eliminating a port that, as we will see, serves much more than this. The people of Eurogamer prove it to us by testing this port with anything connectable to it.

USB-C is a standard USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C

They started testing this port with high-speed removable storage drives and provided with a USB Type-C port. The ADATA SX8200 Pro managed to work at a good speed of 750 MB / s, but never reaching the maximum rate that a 1000 MB / s motherboard would give. This means that, although it is true that it works perfectly, we see that the link to the system suffers, being slower than the native ports of a motherboard.

Then they tested with a USB hub and with USB Type-A to Type-C adapters and they worked perfectly, being able to connect mice, keyboards, normal headphones and all of them correctly detected and in full operation.

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It is also well known that USB-C allows us Ethernet and DisplayPort network connections, and also here it demonstrated its good performance, registering transfer rates typical of an RJ45 connector, and reaching 2K resolutions on DVI monitors.

They also tried to connect a Galaxy S9 Smartphone, working perfectly both in charging mode and in file transfer mode. But with one thing to keep in mind, since the cable has to be of quality and with the correct link, otherwise it will only work on the motherboard.

We see then how having a USB Type-C in our graphics card will allow us to have a certain advantage, being able to use it as any other USB. What's more, if our board does not have that connector and have a card that does, we can normally use peripherals with this type of interface, something extremely positive. Of course, we should not confuse this port with Thunderbolt 3, since in this case it will not work as such.

So whether you have VR glasses or not, you already have a new standard port on your device. Unfortunately many manufacturers choose to remove this port from custom models, and yet it is very useful whether we have VR or not. Have you ever tried to connect something to this USB-C? If you have an RTX with it, tell us about your experience of use.

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