Just got around to testing this on mine... and my results are pretty odd!
I usually use a passive Ugreen 3 metre extension + 2 metre USB A to C giving me 5 metres total. This is connected to a USB 3.1 Gen 1. I get 1.9 Gbps on this.
Just for comparison I thought I would try a Cable Matters 1 metre USB C Gen 2 cable rated at 10Gbps, connected to my laptops Thunderbolt / USB C 3.1 Gen 2. The test result was also 1.9 Gbps!
I too would be really interested if someone could post results for the official cable, as it would appear there would be no improvement if I got it? Seen as a 1 metre USB Gen 2 cable is giving me the same results as 5 metres of USB Gen 1 cable A to C cable.
Link has actually been performing pretty fine with the Ugreen cables I have.
I posted earlier my results using the official Oculus Link cable. I am getting 2.2 Gbps. Have the cable plugged into my motherboard's front panel USB-C header.
What real world difference does a 3Gbps result make over say a 1.5Gbps result? Is there any difference in response or graphics quality?
As someone wrote in another thread, that the bandwidt usage of Oculus Link is at around 180Mbit/s, I think its only important that the USB connection is at least version 3 and stable/lagfree.
Very informative post, I'll throw mine in. I have the recommended 10ft Anker cable with a cablecreation 16 foot extension cable. With everything plugged in I get 1.6 gpbs and unplugging the extension cable gets 1.9. I didn't think to try different ports, this was done with a USB 3 gen 2 port.
Quest 1, i5-8600K at 4.7 GHz, eVGA 1080 ti FTW3, Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming, 16 GB 3200 MHz
Using the CableCreation Gold (Long 16FT) Super Speed USB 3.0 Active Extension Cable and Anker Powerline USB C to USB 3.0 Cable, 3m in total both together is 5 Meters and Im getting 2.7 Gbit - 2.9 Gbit.
