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• scaryboat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Intel arc a380 would be a good option, especially if you’re interested in av1 encoding. I know asrock recently showed off a low profile a380, don’t know if it’s available yet tho

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• JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you are debating on eventually doing a media server, Arc 380 is small form factor, no external power, crushes all encoding benchmarks, and only $150. Plenty of good used card options from a few generations back like some mid-tier gpus, but pretty future-proof as far as server performance if you have kernel 6.3+

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  • SirNuke@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    @JustEnoughDucks I am planning on getting an Intel Arc for my Jellyfin server at some point. Have an old Dell SFF with a 8700 that I think I'll eventually stuff into a 2U chassis. It's probably overkill for my VM server though, since the VMs really just need to not lag in desktop application work (aka IntelliJ) and play Youtube videos without obvious framing.

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• Nugget@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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

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  • SirNuke@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• Nilz@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  1030’s can be both low profile and passively cooled. They are cheap but their performance is quite low. I think it’s slower then modern integrated graphics. 1650’s are also available without external power.

  On AMD’s side you can go for either a Radeon 460 or a Radeon Pro WX 5100. I think those 4 are your best options

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  • SirNuke@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    @Nilz Do you know if the WX 5100 supports SR-VIO? Getting mixed answers about what if any AMD GPUs support it, but having VMs share a single physical GPU would be a perfect solution.

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  • i_lost_my_bagel@seriously.iamincredibly.gay ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have a RX 6400 in my r620 and it’s been good

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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think the best slot powered GPU you can buy right now is a second-hand is the RTX A2000, specifically the 6GB VRAM version. It’s too expensive brand new, especially the 12GB version. But you might be lucky enough to grab a used one on the cheap.

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• TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nvidia Tesla P4. Under $100 for a new one on eBay. Comes with a low profile bracket.

  If you’re running Proxmox, you can even get the official vGPU drivers running so you can split the card between multiple VMs.

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• SirNuke@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Actually I lied, according to the Dell manual the full profile slots have a connector that provides PCIe power though I'd have to buy a cable for it. Long term the answer might be to get a used V100 and dive deep into the vGPU rabbit hole (erp).

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• ag10n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  depending on your use case these are cheap and cheerful.

  www.newegg.com/…/N82E16814202416

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• Shrek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nvidia RTX 4090 ti.

  Obviously a joke. I’d love to see some good suggestions here too ☺️

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