Title says it all.

My unRAID server is running on old hardware and doesn't support VT-d for GPU pass-through. Is there any way I can utilize my GPU for something, or should I just remove it from my system?

 

I'd like to use it for Emby/Plex transcoding, or crypto mining at the very least. But it seems that VT-d support is the only way to use a GPU with unRAID.

Specs:

CPU: Core2Quad Q8300 @ 2.5GHz

GPU: GTX 750Ti Winforce from Gigabyte

Mobo: Asus CG5270

RAM: 8GB; 4x2GB DDR2@800MHz

9.2TB array with 230GB sata M.2 SSD cache.

 

FYI, I have my BIOS set to use the CPU's onbaord graphics, not the GPU's.

PCI Devices and IOMMU Groups

[8086:2e20]	00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
[8086:2e22]	00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
[8086:3a37]	00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
[8086:3a38]	00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
[8086:3a39]	00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
[8086:3a3c]	00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
[8086:3a3e]	00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
[8086:3a40]	00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
[8086:3a4a]	00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 6
[8086:3a34]	00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
[8086:3a35]	00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
[8086:3a36]	00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
[8086:3a3a]	00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
[8086:244e]	00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
[8086:3a18]	00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIB (ICH10) LPC Interface Controller
[8086:3a22]	00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
[8086:3a30]	00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
[10ec:8168]	01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
[1b21:0612]	02:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
[1095:3124]	03:01.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3124 PCI-X Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)


CPU Thread Pairings

Single:	cpu 0
Single:	cpu 1
Single:	cpu 2
Single:	cpu 3


USB Devices

Bus 001 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002:	ID 18a5:0302 Verbatim, Ltd Flash Drive
Bus 003 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001:	ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 002:	ID 04ca:002a Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Multimedia Keyboard


SCSI Devices

[0:0:0:0]	disk    Verbatim STORE N GO       5.00  /dev/sda   15.4GB
[1:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      WDC WD30EZRX-00D 0A80  /dev/sdb   3.00TB
[5:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      WDC WD2500HHTZ-0 6A00  /dev/sdc    250GB
[6:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 2C    /dev/sdd   1.00TB
[7:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      HGST HTS721010A9 A3U0  /dev/sde   1.00TB
[8:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      ST1000DM003-1SB1 CC41  /dev/sdf   1.00TB
[9:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      WDC WD10EZEX-08R 0A80  /dev/sdg   1.00TB
[10:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      ST2000LM003 HN-M 0001  /dev/sdh   2.00TB
[11:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      LITEON CV3-8D256 001   /dev/sdi    256GB
[12:0:0:0]	disk    ATA      Hitachi HUA72303 AA50  /dev/sdj   3.00TB

 

Maybe check out this 

 

 

Maybe face the unfortunate reality that you might need a new system to suit your new needs.