Need help installing a GPU

[105437]

I have a Dell OptiPlex 3010 that I have purchased an Nvidia Tesla K20 for. Is it pretty much plug-n-play or is their software/driver installs necessary? Thanks!

 

[105437]

My GPU should arrive in the next day or so. Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[wittaj]

The GPU itself is just plug-n-play, but to do anything with it like offload DeepStack to it, there are some files you need to do as part of the DeepStack for GPU.

 

[105437]

So plug the card in and then install the GPU version of Deepstack?

 

[wittaj]

First install these files and then download and install DeepStack for GPU:

Install DeepStack GPU
To install and use DeepStack GPU version on your Windows machine, follow the steps below

• Ensure your machine has an NVIDIA GPU
• Download and Install CUDA 10.1 from NVIDIA
• Download and Install cuDNN from NVIDIA

Once the above are installed, download and run DeepStack GPU version for windows via the link below.
>> Download GPU version for Windows

Using DeepStack with Windows 10 (CPU and GPU)

docs.deepstack.cc

 

[105437]

Excellent, I really appreciate it. Looking forward to see what kind of improvement I get. I'd really like to start using the dark model, but right now with no GPU and the CPU version, it takes 6 - 10 seconds to process images.

 

[dudemaar]

You may have to go to nviidia website and download the newest drivers for that card first. ? Usually the driver disc that comes with it is outdated already.

 

[105437]

@dudemaar ... I might be in trouble. I just went to look for a driver and couldn't find one. This NVIDIA Tesla K20 GPU Active Accelerator 5GB PCIe Gen 2.0 GPU is several years old.

 

[MikeLud1]

@dudemaar ... I might be in trouble. I just went to look for a driver and couldn't find one. This NVIDIA Tesla K20 GPU Active Accelerator 5GB PCIe Gen 2.0 GPU is several years old.

Below is a link to NVIDIA drivers

Download Drivers | NVIDIA

 

[105437]

Below is a link to NVIDIA drivers

Download Drivers | NVIDIA

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I saw that... but the one I have is a K20, I think? I didn't see any reference to K20c in the description of the one I bought. Hopefully that driver will work.

 

[MikeLud1]

I saw that... but the one I have is a K20, I think? I didn't see any reference to K20c in the description of the one I bought. Hopefully that driver will work.

I think it would work, normal NVIDIA makes there driver for the whole series.

 

[105437]

Well... I'm pretty bummed. I received the GPU today and apparently I need a low profile card to fit inside my Dell OptiPlex 3010 DT. The card fits just fine except it's too tall and I can't put the lid back on. Ugh!

 

[105437]

Anyone have any suggestions for a low profile NVIDIA card?

 

[wittaj]

You could always cut an opening out of the LID for the GPU card to stick out of

There are not too many low profile cards that have a lot of horsepower. I use the low profile 1030 that gets its power from the motherboard and it isn't a powerful GPU by any means, but it was an improvement in DeepStack by 6-8 times.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Look at the Tesla series from NVidia. Low profile, single slot, card but installing a fan for it is a good idea.

 

[iwanttosee]

P400, P620, GT 1030, GTX 1050TI all have low profile version and they won't stress out your 250watt power supply.

Though, prices for any video cards is high right now due to chip shortage.

 

[105437]

It's really too bad since the K20 was a 5G card and was only $39.

 

[sebastiantombs]

CUDA cores are more important than memory from what I can see so far. 1,000 or more seems to provide the best bang for the buck and shortest analysis times.

 

[105437]

How would this GPU work?

 

[wittaj]

That is the "equivalent" to the GT1030 I mentioned, except the 1030 has more CUDA cores.