Nvidia Tesla m2090... what is it for?

[The Electroclassic]

Hey guys! I just got gifted this card. But as a dumbass on technology (a.k.a Apple fanboy), I don’t know what to do with this. I’m trying to scour the internet and I learned that this is a Transcoding/ML Accelerator card for servers or something like that. What can I use this for?

 

[igormp]

It's a GPU meant for servers, so basically compute GPU tasks that don't involve a display output. Performance wise, it should be a bit slower than a gtx 580, but with 6gb of vram instead of 1.5gb, along with lower clocks.

 

You can use it as a paperweight.

[thevictor390]

It's just as you said. A GPU for servers and processing compute tasks that run well on GPUs instead of actually outputting to a screen. It's too old to make any real use of it unless you only have access to 2011 hardware in general. There's more power in a random cheap laptop nowadays.

[jaslion]

Machine learning in a server.

 

Thats about it.

 

It does NOT have self cooling capabilities it needs high pressure forced air through it.

 

As a desktop card its extremely niche and basically useless

[The Electroclassic]

3 minutes ago, igormp said:

It's a GPU meant for servers, so basically compute GPU tasks that don't involve a display output. Performance wise, it should be a bit slower than a gtx 580, but with 6gb of vram instead of 1.5gb, along with lower clocks.

 

You can use it as a paperweight.

you think it might work as a card for Plex on an existing computer? or maybe a new computer?

[jaslion]

5 minutes ago, The Electroclassic said:

you think it might work as a card for Plex on an existing computer? or maybe a new computer?

 

Basically this one is old and a like gtx 1050 would obliterate it in plex for less power.

 

So can it? Technically with lots of trouble. Really skip it and use it for decorstion or something.

[GuiltySpark_]

I don't think a GF110 has NVENC support, so no. That came with Kepler/GK series. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC