Adding GPU compatible with Nvidia Quadro K1200

[tradingcommodities]

I have a new setup at work and the third party tech support we used ordered mismatching products. I need to run 6 monitors and the machine arrived with a Nvidia Quadro K1200, with the belief the monitors could be daisy chained. I need to install an another GPU to the available PCI 16X slot (lenovo P410). What is compatible with the Quadro K1200 to run the two extra monitors?

 

[terry4536]

I would get another identical graphics card.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100008333%20600559538

 

[tradingcommodities]

I would get another identical graphics card.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100008333%20600559538

Definitely could. Thinking maybe the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 or Nvidia Quadro K4000 3GB as I can source them for 1/10th the cost. Thoughts on if these are compatible with the K1200?

 

[terry4536]

I'm not sure. If you were doing an SLI of two gaming graphics cards, then they need to as identical as possible. But since there is no cable connecting the cards, it may be two separate applications. This is probably a topic to ask the customer support of your graphics card manufacturer.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Given that the other card won't really be interacting with the K1200 by the sounds of it, it would seem to be more a question of what cards your software supports rather than what cards would be compatible with the K1200.

 

[terry4536]

Given that the other card won't really be interacting with the K1200 by the sounds of it, it would seem to be more a question of what cards your software supports rather than what cards would be compatible with the K1200.

That may very well be true. I was thinking of mining applications, and those graphics cards are independent (from my understanding anyway).

 

[k1114]

You can mix any gpu although it's simpler if they use the same driver. I have had issues with quadro and geforce drivers wanting to overwrite each other. Mixing amd, nvidia, and intel usually doesn't have issues but I don't think you are diving that deep in the rabbit hole.

Given the username, I'm thinking this is just a trading pc so just needs gpus for monitors. The single main gpu will probably be the only one the software runs off of as other gpus won't offload. If you can get that k4000 cheap, I would get that. Make sure the psu can handle both.

 

[tradingcommodities]

You can mix any gpu although it's simpler if they use the same driver. I have had issues with quadro and geforce drivers wanting to overwrite each other. Mixing amd, nvidia, and intel usually doesn't have issues but I don't think you are diving that deep in the rabbit hole.

Given the username, I'm thinking this is just a trading pc so just needs gpus for monitors. The single main gpu will probably be the only one the software runs off of as other gpus won't offload. If you can get that k4000 cheap, I would get that. Make sure the psu can handle both.

Thanks. It is just a trading computer, will be used for programming/financial modeling as well. The PSU has 450 watts total, 6 ASUS monitors uses 210w, K1200 uses 45w, and the K4000 uses 80w; should be good.

 

[k1114]

Monitors don't plug into the psu, they plug into the wall. All components in your pc take power so not just the gpus need to be counted but even assuming it's a higher power 120w cpu, the psu should still be enough. Many oems usually use 300w or less so was concerned but you should be good.