Is the GTX 780 Ti compatible with this workstation?

[Ray Le]

Since my computer is a workstation so I would like to know if the GTX 780 Ti is compatible with it or not?

Dell Precision T5500

http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/precision-t5500/pd#TechSpec

 

[Someone Somewhere]

It supports the Tesla C2075 card, which is 225W. It should work, but you might want to open it up and check that the PSU has at least one six pin and one eight pin PCIe power connector.

 

[airplanegeek]

it seems that your power supply won't be able to handle it because you already got 2 cpus

 

[Someone Somewhere]

That's a pretty vague statement, especially given the PSU is an 875W one, which I would consider more than enough for two CPUs and a fast GPU.

 

[airplanegeek]

but it also has a Tesla card in there

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I think the listing is saying that it could have a tesla card. Not sure.

Nonetheless, it should be OK. Just pull out the existing GPU.

875W is a lot, around what I'd expect for a pair of fast GPUs, though two CPUs as well might be pushing it.

 

[Ray Le]

Thank for your time! I have another question.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-2888-KR Dual Classified with Air cooler

What does "Dual Classified" mean? What are differences between Dual Classified and normal one?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Classified is EVGA's premium brand. I'm assuming Dual means it's got two fans.

I'd go for one of these, probably: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8674879&SRCCODE=LSCAN&cm_mmc_o=-ddCjC1bELltzywCjC-d2CjCdwwp&utm_source=Linkshare&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=8BacdVP0GFs&AffiliateID=8BacdVP0GFs-Zirfkly.6fO8wokvU9_VTA

I strongly suggest opening up your case and checking that you've got enough spare PCIe connectors.

 

[RayLe]

Classified is EVGA's premium brand. I'm assuming Dual means it's got two fans.

I'd go for one of these, probably: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8674879&SRCCODE=LSCAN&cm_mmc_o=-ddCjC1bELltzywCjC-d2CjCdwwp&utm_source=Linkshare&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=8BacdVP0GFs&AffiliateID=8BacdVP0GFs-Zirfkly.6fO8wokvU9_VTA

I strongly suggest opening up your case and checking that you've got enough spare PCIe connectors.

I do have enough spare PCIe connectiors. One thing that I'm worried about is 780 Ti supports PCI Express 3.0 and my CPU's PCI is 2.0. Is it a big problem?

 

[airplanegeek]

its fine, the difference will be ~1%. x16 is enough for any card out there today