ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE + Thunderbolt 3?

[Whipple_Jaeger]

Usb4 cryin' out loud

I certainly did seek but I did not find. There has been some commentary and links about USB4 but nothing touching what I would consider to be a relevant question. Although USB4 was projected to be released late 2020 it is still not available to the end user and I suspect it won’t be until next year. I’m fine with that but one thing keeps nagging me: Will there be USB4 expansion cards any time soon? Does anyone know? What with PCIe 4 having already been out for some time one wonders and one wonders if those PCs that already have Thunderbolt 3 can be somewhat upgraded to USB4 even if they don’t have PCIe 4. I’m just wondering if anyone might have some insider knowledge about this. Not really sure where to post this question but I’m done looking. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please refer to this thread, no happening anytime soon. OEM is the way to go, Lenovo’s etc, that have AMD and TB3. Personally, my goal is avoid TB until real add-in card are available and drivers have been opened for all platforms. (AM5 and alder-lake onward), no point in pursuing in current platforms. (imho, I know many members [welcome btw] are looking for direction on this topic, but with intel locking down their own bios’, omitting drivers for prosumers, it becomes difficult to look fondly upon them in this regard).