Adding a second GPU? I have an AMD, want to add Nvidia, possible with this motherboard?

caleblemotte

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Hello,

I have this motherboard - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128616

and this GPU - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195109

Can I add an Nvidia GPU?

I am an animator, and I need to run a software known as "REDSHIFT", which requires this - NVidia GPU with CUDA compute capability 2.0 or higher and 2GB VRAM

If all this is possible I would like to get a GPU that hums. In other words, I could really use the computing power, system has been lagging in my work. Not too pressed financially...Can you please make some recommendations.

Thanks a lot!

Caleb
 
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https://www.redshift3d.com/support/faq

What GPU should I buy for Redshift?

At the time of writing (Jun 2017), the best price/performance ratio is offered by the NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB and NVIDIA GTX 1080 8GB GPUs. On the higher-end, the NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal) offers excellent performance and 12GB of VRAM. On the top-end, the NVIDIA Quadro GP100 offers the highest possible performance and 16GB of VRAM. In general, GPUs featuring 12GB of VRAM or more are best suited for users who render high-poly scenes (200 million unique primitives or more).

To find out how the various GPUs compare against each other, please check out our "Benchmark Results" thread here: https://www.redshift3d.com/forums/viewthread/12843

A 1070/1080 would...
For non SLI / Crossfire purposes then yes you might be able to, however i'm unsure if you can use the nvidia's cuda cores without the monitor being attached, perhaps this isn't an issue for you, but there were also issues with having both drivers installed at the same time, but this was years ago, and the amd's drivers are not stock gpu drivers but firepro drivers.

In short the stock answer of 'you can't combine AMD and Nvidia' may not be relevant in this case as SLI or Cross fire are not needed, it's just an accelerator card.
 

caleblemotte

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Ok, thanks for the reply's.

Is it common practice to use 2 different GPU"s separately? Does that create problems? Would you recommend trying this or is it technical, risky? I'm aware of the technicalities you've mentioned.

Can I run an Nvidia GPU with this motherboard?

 
Your current video card is kinda garbage so... if you just want to upgrade to a good video card then all you have to do is replace yours with the nvidia one.
But also remove the AMD video drivers and install the Nvidia video drivers as well.

There's no real reason to keep your current GPU around if you're going to upgrade.
 
https://www.redshift3d.com/support/faq

What GPU should I buy for Redshift?

At the time of writing (Jun 2017), the best price/performance ratio is offered by the NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB and NVIDIA GTX 1080 8GB GPUs. On the higher-end, the NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal) offers excellent performance and 12GB of VRAM. On the top-end, the NVIDIA Quadro GP100 offers the highest possible performance and 16GB of VRAM. In general, GPUs featuring 12GB of VRAM or more are best suited for users who render high-poly scenes (200 million unique primitives or more).

To find out how the various GPUs compare against each other, please check out our "Benchmark Results" thread here: https://www.redshift3d.com/forums/viewthread/12843

A 1070/1080 would require you have a good 500w+ PSU.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

You could probably get by with a 1050ti that doesn't require a new PSU though, that's still like 300% better than your current GPU.
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-AMD-FirePro-V4900/3649vs2843
 
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