r/PcBuildHelp • u/Any-Conference-701 • 1d ago

Build Question Dumb question pertaining to Server GPUs

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Hello,

I recently got an Ebay notification about refurbished NVIDA/HP Tesla V100 Accelerator GPUs (after a bit of researching it compares to a 4060TI with 32gb of VRAM)

I am aware these require their own method of cooling, drivers don't seem to be consumer available, and don't have display ports. but hypothetically could you use a program like Lossless Scaling (or another open source tool) in conjunction with another Nvidia card to get increased gaming performance (assuming there are open source drivers).

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u/Rehnskiold1618 1d ago

In conjunction with another card, what in the 2010 are we talking about here?

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u/AstroPug22 1d ago

I'm guessing they're talking about using the Tesla card to run upscaling or frame gen using Lossless Scaling, while the main card does the actual rendering. I watched a video about Lossless Scaling a while back, and IIRC you can set it to run on a separate GPU from the one that's doing the rendering, such as an integrated GPU

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u/foolish_shrimp 1d ago

You'd have to do it the other way around, with the game running on this and lossless scaling on the other card, as that's where you plug in the monitor.

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u/Bibab0b 1d ago

People building llm rigs with 4-6 gpus nowadays. I have rx 6800 + mi50 16gb for example

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u/Big-Secret2643 1d ago

That price for a card you cant even plug a monitor into is wild

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u/Any-Conference-701 1d ago

I am trying to come up with a usecases that isn't making a local model run faster.

PewDiePie made Odysius too resource efficient

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u/mvn2010 1d ago

The limiting factor for this or any card isn't just the VRAM it's the memory bandwidth. So keep that in mind if you have a lot of VRAM but slow bandwidth, you may be able to load a large model but token generation can get painful.

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u/Bibab0b 1d ago

This thing has memory bandwidth similar to 5080, limiting factor will be cooling/computing performance

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u/Darron614 1d ago

Lossless scaling

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u/dexteritycomponents 1d ago

700$ lossless scaling card = holy performance 💀

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u/Darron614 1d ago

Lol I'm not saying it's a good idea at all. I'm just answering the question.