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What's a good, cheap, no external power GPU to buy for VMs? Want to chuck a few in my Dell R730 server to make my desktop VMs more usable. Right now have an old K620 for a Windows VM, seems like 1030s are a good bet since I have a bunch of low profile slots I otherwise have no use for.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been using a Quadro P600 for encoding without issue. It seems to be able to handle everything I throw at it, though I never do any crazy multi-streams. I got it for about $80.

Edit: I was too excited to reply. I have no idea if it's good for driving a normal desktop VM. Sorry if this isn't helpful!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Nugget Yeah an older Quadro like the P600 is the fallback option. Looks like they run about $50 used on eBay.