Re: Use a PCI graphics card on Poweredge T620

Dell - Chris H

The 12th generation servers differ in the fact that you can use the 3rd party video cards in them, but in a GPGPU use. Not for the sake of video display.

skylarking

Now what is still confusing for me is that I understood that graphics cards were supported on the 12G servers. I even went through the exercise to configure a Quardo cards on a T620 12G servers when they were first released (but at the time of my post i could not even find a TELSA card in the T620 config options let alone a Quardo card)! So considering, Chris' response that graphics cards are "not for using for display, but as a graphic processor" is a little confusing. Is Chris' comment indeed correct and has something changed since the initial release of T620 or have i misunderstood something?

skylarking

Now I'm not familiar with the Telsa cards and the C2075 specifically, but this NVidia PDF clearly states the card had dual link DVI connector supporting up to 1600x1200 resolution!

theflash

But you understand why that is the answer they give ... it is the only answer they CAN give.  They do not have ANY documentation from the people who designed and worked with these machines as to what will and won't work and how - and no doubt the engineering teams did NOT test anything that was not a designed feature or function of the server.

So what is the PE T620 design capability with respect to graphics cards as initially i was able to custom configure a quadro card with this server on Dels system soon after this server being launched but last time i checked i was not able to custom configure such! And as Quadro cards are definately intended for video output, not dedicated GPGPU cards (while Telsa C2075 is a GPGPU card which can also support video output according to NVidia). So i'm confused about the 12G servers graphics capabilities and at this point, should i buy a T620, i wouldn't be sure of anything!

Chris care to elaborate?

Theflash, i don't know what the technical issue is but as Dell initially offered these systems with Quadro and/or Telsa cards, i would expect Dell to support the systems they sold. When there are such complex issues, support should be able to contact the design group for assistance rather than spouting the 'not supported' line. It just seems wrong when 12G T620 initially provided add on graphics and now it seems it doesn't. It's wrong with little good will being shown by Dell.