I have a Predator Helios 300 as my main computer because I couldn't buy a desktop due to lack of space and the forced mobility. I've had the laptop for about a year now and I'm super happy with it.
Now I want to operate two monitors at my desk when I'm at home. The USB-C port does not support DP, so all docking stations for USB-C are eliminated.
Unfortunately, the USB 3.0 docks are not enough to play with, since they forward the signal to the CPU and everything is calculated there.
Now I wanted to know whether it is possible to connect my keyboard and mouse, as well as the screen on which I'm not playing, via a USB 3.0 docking station and to connect the "gaming monitor" directly to the HDMI output of the laptop when I'm at my desk. So that I have two screens and can play on one without any problems and still have my expandable screen (i.e. Pull the window over)
Would be great if you could help me quickly.
Should be feasible in itself, but you shouldn't expect any miracles, i.e. Office applications and possibly 1080p YouTube videos, maximum.
Do you mean with USB 3.0 docking stations such docking stations with video output, USB connections, network card, etc. Or do you mean one of these small USB graphics cards that are not much larger than an adapter, i.e. Something like this https://www.amazon.de/...07TM9HLVL/
Thought to hang my monitor for gaming on the HDMI port of my laptop and to run a maximum of IntelliJ or Discord or Word on the second monitor.
for the second screen I thought of something like this: https://www.amazon.de/...00M9A46ZY/
Since I can also plug in a third monitor if necessary, so that I have one or two office monitors on the thing and my monitor for gaming, as already mentioned, directly on the laptop.
Now I just wonder if it works that he also recognizes that it is another screen and that not only the USB story OR the HDMI port work, since I want to expand the screen.
And such a "dock" would make sense, because I could work with a mouse and keyboard at home and would only have to pull 1-2 plugs if I wanted to go.
According to the video of the article that should work, unfortunately I have never tested such a device myself, but in the worst case, there's the possibility at Amazon to send the article back for up to a month
