The GC-Alpine Ridge card from Gigabyte adds two Thunderbolt 3 ports to compatible motherboards. In order to do so it needs a PCI-Express slot and a cable inside the system to the TB header on the board, along with DisplayPort connections from the graphics card if you want to pass-through video output on one (or both) Thunderbolt ports.
The Thunderbolt 3 ports themselves are Type C connectors, and in most cases both can be used at the same time with different devices. In fact, some TB 3 devices even support daisy-chaining. However, we have found that with some peripherals - most notably those designed for use with Mac computers rather than PCs - only one port / device could be used at a time.
The Thunderbolt 3 ports themselves are Type C connectors, and in most cases both can be used at the same time with different devices. In fact, some TB 3 devices even support daisy-chaining. However, we have found that with some peripherals - most notably those designed for use with Mac computers rather than PCs - only one port / device could be used at a time.
Note: Only one OSX Thunderbolt storage device can be simultaneously connected.
Model: Gigabyte GC-ALPINE RIDGE
Intel Thunderbolt 3 Certified add-in card
Dual Thunderbolt 3 Ports (USB Type-C)
40 Gb/s Bi-directional Bandwidth
DisplayPort 1.2 Capable with 4K Video Throughout
Daisy-chain up to 12 Devices (6 devices per port)
