What’s a good, cheap, no external power GPU to buy for VMs? Want to chuck a few in my Dell R730 server to make my desktop VMs more usable. Right now have an old K620 for a Windows VM, seems like 1030s are a good bet since I have a bunch of low profile slots I otherwise have no use for.
Nvidia Tesla P4. Under $100 for a new one on eBay. Comes with a low profile bracket.
If you’re running Proxmox, you can even get the official vGPU drivers running so you can split the card between multiple VMs.
@TrenchcoatFullofBats I think this is the winning answer. Looks like it’s about a 1060 6GB, which should be enough horsepower for several desktop VMs, and keeps open my full profile slots should I ever want to install something even more powerful in the future. vGPU support is also nice so I don’t have to juggle which VM gets which GPU.
They also only pull 75w, which is an added bonus.
You may want to check out Craft Computing’s YT channel - he did a few episodes (Piped link) in his Cloud Gaming series on these cards.