Question Graphics Card replacement recommendation

[engineertech1]

Greetings all!

I would like to solicit alternatives to the video card in my current experimental rack-mount computer.

This computer was the subject of my only other thread here: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/can-someone-help-me-determine-what-drives-i-need.3854576/

Some of the specs of this computer:

• RACK MOUNTED WORKSTATION SERVER CORE I7-3960K 24GB RAM ASUS MB P6T7WS GTX 780
• INTEL CORE I7-3960X 3.38GHZ PROCESSOR WITH LGA2011 AND HEATSINK W/FAN
• 06G-P4-3791-KR GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 2 DVI/ 1 HDMI/ 1 DisplayPort Video Graphics
• ASUS MOTHERBOARD, P6T7WS SUPERCOMPUTER

I've tried connecting a monitor to the video card using an HDMI adapter for startup, but the screen is quite black.
I suspect a BIOS problem, but I can't fix that until I get some idea of what is happening during startup.

Any suggestions for a compatible video card, maybe something a bit newer?

Thanks,
EngTech1

 

[Aeacus]

Any suggestions for a compatible video card, maybe something a bit newer?

Hmmm....

GTX Titan Black is Kepler architecture (GeForce GTX 700-series).
Equal to performance of it and newer, would be GTX 1060 6GB, which is Pascal architecture (GeForce GTX 10-series).
More modern and still equal version, would be GTX 1650 Super, which is Turing architecture (GeForce GTX 16-series).
While latest option and far beefier, would be RTX 4060, which is Ada Lovelace architecture (GeForce RTX 40-series).

GTX Titan Black vs RTX 4060 comparison: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-Titan-Black-vs-Nvidia-RTX-4060/3158vs4150

RTX 4060 starts at 300 bucks,
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=552&sort=price&page=1

Note: RTX 4060 needs PCI-E 4.0 and operates at x8. So, you may have a bit of performance loss, since GTX Titan Black was PCI-E 3.0 x16 GPU. But the loss is negligible, 1-3% or so, depending on resolution.
PCI-E scaling results: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/28.html

 

[Lutfij]

Digging this up from your older thread;
COOLERMASTER 1200W SILENT PRO GOLD
How old is the PSU in your build/rackmount PC?

 

[Aeacus]

How old is the PSU in your build/rackmount PC?

Given that OP bought the rackmount as old government decommissioned PC, i don't think OP would even know how old the PSU in it is.

But CM Silent Pro Gold 1200W was released in 2010. So, PSU can't be any older than 14 years as of now.

14 years is quite a bit. Time to look towards new PSU as well.

 

[engineertech1]

Thank you everyone! Your advice is greatly appreciated!