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# Connecting a pen display to a USB-C port on a GPU

## Overview

It might be possible to use the USB-C port on your GPU. It depends on what you are trying to accomplish.

## Connecting for power, data, and video

In this case, the cable must carry video, power, and data. Currently, I only know of one GPU series with a USB-C port that might work for this case: the NVIDIA RTX 2080 series.

See this article: <https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2019-02-28-psa-the-usb-c-port-on-rtx-graphics-cards-isnt-just-for-vr> ([archive](https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2019-02-28-psa-the-usb-c-port-on-rtx-graphics-cards-isnt-just-for-vr))

To be clear, I have never personally tested this scenario with an RTX 2080 card.

Keep in mind that USB-C ports on a GPU almost never supply power. They will send a video signal, and they might carry data, but without power they can't support a **one-cable** connection on their own. So don't assume a GPU's USB-C port will work for a single-cable setup - a few people have told me they made it work, but I've never seen it myself.

### Connecting for video only

If a USB-C port is on a GPU, it should support a video signal.

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