HP Elitedesk Intel i5 3,2GHz with Graphic Cards

[alekslyse]

I ordered an HP Elitedesk Intel i5 3,2GHz due to suggestions here and now running BI on it as a standalone machine, though I see Blue Iris supports cuda. I have an ASUS GeForce GT 630 2GB Silent PhysX and an
ASUS Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 Silent - will any of those cards be a benefit for BI?

 

[aristobrat]

Most of the threads I've seen about CUDA sum up that while it works, it takes more power (electricity) to run those cards vs just using the built-in Intel QuickSync feature.

Seems like those cards get handy when your Blue Iris machine is directly connected to a 4K display... they can help drive that display better. My Blue Iris PC isn't connect to a display, so I've never messed with that.

 

[alekslyse]

So in other words a complete waste and I can rather use them for plex transcoding?

 

[aristobrat]

I don't have any experience with them, so I'll wait for someone else to better answer your last question. But from what I've read, that's what it sounds like.