[SOLVED] Docking station viable for gaming laptop?

[portie123]

im not new to pc gaming, but i am new to the whole multiple monitors and cool tech that have advanced in the last few years. I was just wondering if a docking station for a gaming laptop be viable? Im not trying to strech a video game out on 2 or 3 monitors. I just want to have game on my laptop screen, twitch or something on another monitor (if i ever want to stream or whatnot) and youtube or work on the other. Would that be a viable option? Im just trying to use for more practicial options like i stated, not trying to stretch games out.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

I have never tried it but it appears that you may have issues getting the laptop to run on the discrete GPU and not the iGPU.

Here is an article saying not to do it.

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/docking-station-gaming

 

[portie123]

I have never tried it but it appears that you may have issues getting the laptop to run on the discrete GPU and not the iGPU.

Here is an article saying not to do it.

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/docking-station-gaming

would this docking station be able to utilize my laptop gpu and not the docking one?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FKTZLBS?tag=laptop-magazine-20

it says something like this on the product page " The dock's main HDMI port utilizes USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode (converted internally to HDMI for maximum compatibility) which has a direct pipeline to the host graphics processor (GPU), and the connected monitor will perform as if natively attached to the system. Video and photo editing and other resource-intensive tasks are possible assuming that the system's GPU capabilities are sufficient for the application being used. "

so could it be possible to actually achieve maybe what im wanting?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

It sounds like it would work and for $175 it better lol. I would give it a shot and if it does not than return it.