Jetjockey Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Hello. 😊  I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but I'm hoping to introduce GPU hardware acceleration for Plex on my Supermicro X10SL7-F.  I already have a GTX730 in the smaller PCI express slot on the motherboard which is used for a WIN 10 virtual machine. This only leaves the full sized PCI slot next to it. Just to experiment I popped an old Nvidea 6800 card into the larger slot but this slot seems to be shared by the onboard A speed GPU, I had to enter the BIOS and tell the onboard GPU to give preference to the added Nvidea 6800. BTW, and taking into account there is a pecking order between which function gets hold of the GPU first (Virtual machine or Plex hardware acceleration), Does anybody already have this motherboard and have a working solution?  I dont mind buying a new graphics card but anything with any power appears to need a full size PCI slot. Can I use the full size slot without running into conflicts with the onboard A speed GPU, and would such a card co exist alongside the GTX730? In reality I cannot imagine running hardware acceleration for Plex, and running any virtual machines at the same time, but it would be a bonus if I could.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. 🙂 P.S> I did have my eye on a pallit 1050ti Kalm X but this also appears to need a full size slot, as does the PNY Quadro P2000! 🤔 Edited May 19, 2020 by Jetjockey Quote Link to comment
Meccaneko Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Hi there Did you end up finding a solution to your problem?  I’m just about to start looking at a video card to add to my supermicro board same as yours. cheers! Quote Link to comment
ich777 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 14 hours ago, Meccaneko said: Did you end up finding a solution to your problem?  I’m just about to start looking at a video card to add to my supermicro board same as yours. Why not buy a Nvidia T400? You can get it for about 140,- brand new, and consumes up to 35W Quote Link to comment
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