Tesla External GPU

[MihaiH]

OK so here is the thing. I work at a computer parts reseller, PCgarage.ro, in Romania. Last week a Tesla K40C was ordered by a client and he asked for testing as well. Now the card is for data centes, as you know so we only saw if it worked under a benchmark.

 

I however have a curiosity, that i couldn't test with the card. If you put it in an external GPU enclosure, like a razer core, could you take advantage of it? For instance 3D rendering and compute, maybe even gaming. It would be a cool ideea for a video BTW.(i think)

 

[Guest]

No, Teslas you're really going to need more than pcie x1 in order to get anywhere near full utilization of it.

 

[Himommies]

Just because it's name is Tesla doesn't mean it's a diffrent GPU

It\s still basically a 780

[Coaxialgamer]

There's 2 problems i can see right off the bat :

 

Tesla cards typically don't have fans of their own . They rely on airflow provided by the chassis , which simply can't be achieved by a razer core or even a regular case .Now , i have seen a couple tesla cards with a fan on them , so it depends.

-You won't be able to use a k40 without another gpu in the same rig . they're meant as accelerators , and as such do not have video out . It's fine for OpenCL compute/CUDA , but you won't be able to run games off it or anything . and you'll still need a graphics card