November 1, 20214 yr I’m thinking about adding an nvidia graphics card for video encoding but because my mobo doesn’t have an x16 slot I’ll need to replace it. My current motherboard is an SuperMicro MBD-X10SLL-F. I’m thinking about replacing it with a SuperMicro X10SAE. Not much of an upgrade but it will allow me to reuse my cpu and fan. I think the memory will still be good too. And the IPMI Fan Control app should still work (I hope). Am I missing anything? Also, Google is showing a huge range of prices for the nvidia 1050Ti. Walmart has one for $100 US while Newegg has the same card for $400 US. It’s obvious from the pics that these aren’t really the same card, they don’t look the same at all and I’m a little doubtful of the quality of the cheaper versions. Could use some advice on which is the best price vs quality!!!
November 1, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, wgstarks said: because my mobo doesn’t have an x16 slot I’ll need to replace it. Why? For transcoding I don't think x8 vs x16 is going to make any difference at all.
November 1, 20214 yr Author Currently I have one x8 in 16 slot that I’m using for my H310 controller so there’s really not a slot available for the GPU. From what I’m reading online the 1050Ti requires an x16 slot. Is that wrong? I really don’t know much about GPU’s.
November 1, 20214 yr It has a physical x16 length, but I'm pretty sure if you open the end of the slot it would even work in a 1x slot, at 1x speed. PCIe is special that way. Random google result https://dfarq.homeip.net/x16-gpu-in-pcie-x1-slot-the-caveats/
November 1, 20214 yr Author 45 minutes ago, JonathanM said: It has a physical x16 length, but I'm pretty sure if you open the end of the slot it would even work in a 1x slot, at 1x speed. PCIe is special that way. Random google result https://dfarq.homeip.net/x16-gpu-in-pcie-x1-slot-the-caveats/ Thanks. Might be able to make that work. I’ll just have to give up my m.2 cache drive (I have a spare slot for a 3.5 HDD) or the eSATA card I use for my external UA drive (could use onboard USB 2 instead). I don’t have any spare slots right now. Still need recommendations on which GPU to buy though.
November 1, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, JonathanM said: it would even work in a 1x slot, at 1x speed The main problem that brought this up is that I’m trying to use the TDARR docker to re-encode my video library to x265. Right now I’m using cpu but TDARR is a real hog. Maxes out all cores that I assign to it. And very very slow encoding that way. If I connect the GPU to an x8 slot using a riser cable would that cause a significant speed lose on the encodes? Faster encodes is my primary reason for making the change. Edit: Nevermind, google knows everything 😁. I should have checked there first. https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2488-pci-e-3-x8-vs-x16-performance-impact-on-gpus TL;DR- about a 1% decrease in performance in the x8 slot. Edited November 1, 20214 yr by wgstarks
November 1, 20214 yr Depending on the exact usage, there may not be ANY performance penalty, even in a x1 slot. It all depends on how the GPU is being used, if the job you are asking is 90% processing cycles and 10% i/o, it probably wouldn't even matter. Mining using GPU uses so little i/o that PCIe x1 is perfectly fine, no performance penalty at all. I suspect transcoding is somewhere between mining and 3d gaming, probably on the mining end of the scale.
November 2, 20214 yr On 11/1/2021 at 9:25 AM, wgstarks said: Also, Google is showing a huge range of prices for the nvidia 1050Ti. Walmart has one for $100 US while Newegg has the same card for $400 US. It’s obvious from the pics that these aren’t really the same card, they don’t look the same at all and I’m a little doubtful of the quality of the cheaper versions. Could use some advice on which is the best price vs quality!!! Walmart is super sketch online... They have so many random retailers on there that you could be looking at some wish.com level garbage card. Sure the 1050Ti is an older card but with the microchip shortage the way it is everything is hard to find and it being a cheap Chinese knock off is the only reason I would think you could find a 1050Ti for only $100 brand new.
November 4, 20214 yr Author On 11/1/2021 at 4:49 PM, JonathanM said: Depending on the exact usage, there may not be ANY performance penalty, even in a x1 slot. Is pci-e 3.0 required? The only slot I’ll be able to make available is pci-e 2.0 x4 in x8.
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