Hi Guys,

 At some point I'm going to add more users to my Plex server.  I currently have a Ryzen 7 1700X cpu with 64 GB of ram.

 

I know some people frown on these cpus, it seems to do a nice job. Right now, I only have 2 - 3 Plex users so not a big deal. I would like to switch to Plex HW acceleration., and was looking at the  PNY Quadro P2000 VCQP2000-PB 5GB  graphics card.  Some of the posts I have read say this card works well with Plex, video quality loss is minimal.  Do you think this card would work along side my cpu, and would the Plex HW kick in? Hopefully someone is using this cpu and card and could give me some insight. The other thought behind freeing up cpu is I might add some video cameras to Unraid.

 

Thanks

 

 

3 hours ago, Badboy said:

and was looking at the  PNY Quadro P2000 VCQP2000-PB 5GB  graphics card.  Some of the posts I have read say this card works well with Plex

On Windows, yes, it works, but, not with unRAID.  There are no nVidia (or AMD) graphics drivers in unRAID.  A special build would have to be created and supported to include these drivers.

 

If you want hardware acceleration with a Plex docker on unRAID, currently, your only option is an Intel CPU with iGPU and Quick Sync Video support.  I have this setup on both my unRAID servers.

Or a VM with the card passed thru

4 minutes ago, Squid said:

Or a VM with the card passed thru

True, which is why I noted it would work with Windows (VM in unRAID) but not as a docker in unRAID.  But, thanks for spelling that out in case the OP missed it. 😀

3 hours ago, Hoopster said:

On Windows, yes, it works, but, not with unRAID.  There are no nVidia (or AMD) graphics drivers in unRAID.  A special build would have to be created and supported to include these drivers.

 

If you want hardware acceleration with a Plex docker on unRAID, currently, your only option is an Intel CPU with iGPU and Quick Sync Video support.  I have this setup on both my unRAID servers.

Thanks for the input, much appreciated.  This is why I ask before I jump.  

3 hours ago, Squid said:

Or a VM with the card passed thru

Thanks Squid.