Any benefit in adding a GPU to a Blue Iris PC?

[JK200SX]

I have a BI setup at my parents place running on a HP Elitedesk 800 G4, i5-8500, 16GB RAM, and a couple of NVME SSD's. There are 6 cameras connected; 5 Dahua and 1 Reolink, and the CPU utilisation is fine, typically ranging 12-16%.

I have a GPU lying around and was wondering if there was any benefit adding it to the PC. The GPU is from another HP elitedesk (ie as a std option), with p/n 923800-002. Here is a link to the gpu:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiP377N76KDAxXbSGwGHQ7ND-0QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fh20195.www2.hp.com%2Fv2%2FGetDocument.aspx%3Fdocname%3D4aa7-4501enw&usg=AOvVaw2PpZtYflEM7tVwYo7nGRcE&opi=89978449

HP AMD Radeon R7 430 2GB GDDR5 923800-002 Low Profile Graphics Card VG

Specifications Memory Size: 2 GB Connectors: DisplayPort,VGA Compatible Slot: PCI Express 3.0 x16 MPN: 923800-002 Chipset/GPU Model: AMD Radeon R7 430 Brand: HP Chipset Manufacturer: AMD Memory Type: GDDR5 Features: Small Form Factor (SFF) UPC: Does not apply Package Contents HP AMD Radeon R7...

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Would adding a gpu like this provide any benefit at all, ie would any processing be off loaded to it? Also, as the BI pc is headless, there would be no monitor connected up to its outpus, so I'm not sure whether it would still be doing anything?

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[jrbeddow]

AMD/Radeon cards aren't supported for the purposes of offloading processing for AI (CPAI), only Nvidia (CUDA) is supported, so it will be of very little benefit overall.
As far as headless goes, I am running one of these on my nearly identical spec computer (same CPU, etc), with good results:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07XFB8KQV?

I've read that having one of these tricks the machine into believing there is an actual monitor at all times (no startup/BIOS errors, etc..), and is beneficial in many ways. I actually never tested without it, so cannot comment on how it would run without that attached.

 

[looney2ns]

I'm running that same computer headless for over a yr now with BI. No dongle used, and it's fine.
It's a no on the GPU addition.

 

[wittaj]

+2 in the camp of that GPU is not needed and would increase power consumption and provide no benefit to you.

Especially with the CPU at that %, no need to mess with what is working. Looking at all the various threads about CodeProject, it seems the biggest issues are with ones running the GPU versus the CPU version.

 

[JK200SX]

OK, thanks guys, I will leave it alone.

BTW, I have one of those dongle things to, and it helps with the resolution when you remote in.

 

[jrbeddow]

OK, thanks guys, I will leave it alone.

BTW, I have one of those dongle things to, and it helps with the resolution when you remote in.

Thanks,I feel somewhat vindicated on that headless dongle: I'm quite sure there were some convincing arguments in favor of it, on one of the threads here (IPCamTalk forums) when I was researching my system build in late 2021/early 2022. I know I didn't just randomly decide it needed it out of nowhere, LOL.

 

[dmcIPCAM]

... increase power consumption and provide no benefit to you.

This is an important and often overlooked point IMHO, particularly with a machine that is powered on 24/7.

 

[jrbeddow]

This is an important and often overlooked point IMHO, particularly with a machine that is powered on 24/7.

Fully agree, I'm pretty satisfied with a long term running average of 23 W on my B.I. computer, CPU usage is generally 3-5% (spikes much higher briefly during CPAI analysis). HP G3, i5-8500, no added video card. CPAI generally reports ~130 to 150ms analysis times, but B.I reports about double that, probably because I am always using two models (ipcam-combined and ipcam-dark).