I’ve never connected a MacBook to an external monitor before. I’m just a little worried the computer would get too hot while I game and will damage it somehow. It would be for occasional league of legends gameplay. Nothing intensive.
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Would it be a bad idea to connect a 2018 MBP to an external monitor via usb-c for gaming?
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it won't make much noticeable difference, playing a game will activate dgpu anyway on a 15" whether or not monitor is plugged in.
Apple designed it so you can connect to External monitor so it is safe since it’s 100% supported. Don’t worry about the heat, I run my 2016 MBP 15” in clamshell connected to an external monitor and do a combination of gaming and programming and some photoshop. Never had any issues.