[SOLVED] Advice on replacing GPU on an old 2014 build ?

[Muckster]

I'm curious about my options for upgrading the GPU on an old 2014 build. The PC and GPU I'm using now are good, but I'd like to try Stable Diffusion with Torch which needs an Nvida GPU. Anyway, please suggest compatible Nvidia cards for this old build. Probably won't be worth the cost, but I'm interested in my options.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/c6Ws89

Using Windows 10

Thanks for your help!

 

[DSzymborski]

Beside the high price and my criteria for an Nivida GPU, wouldn't that card be severely bottle necked by other hardware aspects of my 9 year old build?

Yes. Ignore this advice given. Literally every bit of advice given by this poster has nothing to do with what you asked for, and I apologize for that.

 

[Avro Arrow]

If your motherboard has a PCI-Express slot, then literally ANY GeForce card made in the past fifteen years would compatible.

 

[Muckster]

Yes. Ignore this advice given. Literally every bit of advice given by this poster has nothing to do with what you asked for, and I apologize for that.

lol. I know. It's a common thing. The most generous way to frame it is to say that somewhere inside such posters is a desire to be of help. Quite generous. 😉

 

[Muckster]

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the informed advice I get here and the patience for people like me. After all this, I think I'll just wait and put the money into my next build.

For those who, like me, who are interested in playing with Stable Diffusion and have an older AMD card (R9 290 w/4GB Vram in my case), you CAN use it, but it's just slow.

This guy offers a true hand holding through the whole install, but make sure you watch the end about memory. This basically involves adding an argument to the batch file either "--lowvram" or "--medvram".

How to run Stable Diffusion on AMD Graphics Cards | AI on AMD Graphics

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePM61L_gq0U


Timestamped part at end about Memory.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePM61L_gq0U&t=2166s


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Thanks everyone. I'm out!

 

[Order 66]

That's shear nonsense btw.

Please click the green human to continue - UserBenchmark

If you can find one cheap, you could always go with a 1070, 1080, or 1080 ti. BTW, userbenchmark is not trustworthy.

 

[Joseph_138]

I would be looking at a used 2060 Super or 2070 non-Super. Performance will be similar to a 3060 12gb, but you'll save a lot of money. Your CPU is probably not better than a 6th or 7th gen i7. Anything more than that is going to be overkill. I'm running a 2060 Super in my i7 6700 system, and it's about maxed out.

 

[Nathkrul]

Try "Testing games" on YouTube, it's a great channel where he tests many many graphics cards old and new against each other on various titles. You'll get a better idea there.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2MiFp98Rw

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I agree on the 2060. I was actually looking early this morning and you can find those on eBay in about the 140-150 range used it appears.