HP Z800 w/ GeForce Cards

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I know quite well that the system I have isn't meant for gaming and some say it is "wasted" on it. However I just want to know if & which GTX cards would work for gaming in an HP Z800.
Maybe the 660 Ti or 750 Ti?
 
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It just has a nehalem quad core. And being 4 yrs old it is starting to feel its age. It's decent but not "ultra-powerful." It's around the same as a i7 950 performance. It'll handle those cards fine though.
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DUDE, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW F*****G GOOD THE SYSTEM IS!!!!!!!!!! IT'S RUNNING XEON, FOR F****** SAKE!!!

Okay, I need to calm down. But I'm jealous. Xeon processor are ultra-powerful, and is beautiful for gaming. Aside from that, ever tried playing games on a Mac Pro 2014?

I would pair it up with a 750 Ti or R9 270X. Use the best for it.
 
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I'm quite happy to see such enthusiasm, but i'm still a little concerned about compatibility.
I only say that because when searching the net, I can't seem to find anything saying it would work properly.

The rig will have...
- 24gb ECC
- (x2) Intel Xeon X5667 procs 3.06GHz
- 850w PSU
- (a big one...) SSD primary drive

Any thoughts on potential issues? Planning on using a single 27" monitor.

 
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It would be more than enough. I suppose the two graphics cards' requirements are what? Like 550W PSU? However, I think it would be nice and tight.

The included FirePro should be killing, as it is an enterprise-grade graphics card. The nVidia Tesla is even better. Those are OEM and designed to fit the PSU, etc.
 
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I believe it was something along those lines. I posted those two as examples because of two reasons.
1 - The 660 Ti has (x2) 6-pin PCIe power connections
2 - The 750 Ti (EVGA) does not have any additional PCIe power requirements
(The Z800 has 2 6-pin PCI power connections, and I prefer not to use any splitters/converters)

However that only handles the hardware side. I've heard of some people having the workstation freeze up while trying to boot, or not showing video output for weird reasons in some cases. No one has mentioned the new GTX cards at all though (2011-present)
 
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Precisely what I was hoping to hear. It is getting there in age, but it can still pull its weight in some regards.

Thank you very much for your help.
 
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I'm using also a Z800 Dual XeonX5660@2.8Ghz, just installed a Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 - which supprisingly had one 8 pin and one 6 pin power slots instead of 2x6pins. I user a splitter from the molex, then converted it to an 8 pin. It's working so far - one full day it was GPU rendering. I wonder is if there is an other way to install an other GTX970 - I don't dare to split the my only one molex anymore - thanks!
 
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Hey, I'm just wondering if you put in the other card? I've got 2 GTX 780 ti cards that both have 8 pin inputs, but i'm stumped as to how to power them...
 
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Has it worked out alright for you?
I have the exact same question, haha.
 
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