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2 HN users recommended this between 2021 and 2022, in 2 comments.
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This was such a pain... we tried several combos and dongles. In the end we found this to work for driving the 2nd monitor.
Startech Dual Display Port adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C69HG33/
We have noticed that the refresh rate on the second monitor isn’t great... but it works and isn’t horrible for developers.
Edit: and we also have this due to the lack of ports (Thanks Jony)
HyeperDrive USB C Hub https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MUAEI7J/
I've got my main 4k Dell screen plugged in via HDMI. Then I've got two Dell 2.7k displays hooked up with this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C69HG33?psc=1
There is a little glitchiness but it is confined to:
1. the main display snows on startup very briefly every time so it requires a half second of patience.
2. once a month or so the main display just doesn't wake up from sleep and i have to restart the display, but this isn't a daily occurrence.
3. the displaylink adapter causes a "your screen is being monitored" warning message to pop up on the unlock screen which is ignorable.
I was running that on my M1 mini with 3 displays and on my Mac Stadium.
That might not be sufficiently pro-level enough for some, but I'm able to game on the main 4k display fine (although I don't tend to play bleeding edge games). I haven't needed to upgraded the other monitors to 4k and mostly use them to park chat apps and music streaming and other stuff. If you need wrap-around 4k monitors for your 3+ screen Eve Online gaming or whatever it is these days then it might not work for you. I don't push that DisplayLink adapter terribly hard.
I have no special settings and the firmware on the monitors are probably many years old.
YMMV.
EDIT: I'm running 2xDell U2713Hm at 2560 x 1440 @ 60.00Hz and 1xDell P2715Q at 5120 x 2880 scaled to 2560 x 1440 @ 30.00Hz. Wonder if that 30Hz is why subnautica looks a little choppy, I figured it was doing well just to be playing under Rosetta at all.