Solved Changing GPU

uco73 said:

Although there are many denials on the internet, showing that workstations can play games, people are still in disbelief that Xeon processors, registered ECC memory and quadro graphics are not designed for gaming. My configuration can run any game on ultra settings without any problems. My monitor is 1080p, but I believe everything would work fine on 2k and 4k monitors. I am an old gamer and 1080p is quite enough for me.

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OFC Workstations can play games. :) They're simply not designed for that (focused more on stability and raw performance - rather than offering performance boots which would benefit a specific game - to run at higher FPS and be more playable). Not to mention... the huge differences in costs (paying many times more and getting less - if that system is used for gaming). Thus, workstations GPUs have higher VRAM - which only few modern games could actually benefit (cause most games have a cap for max VRAM - so they don't crash while asking for more than available). Workstation RAM could come as ECC (Error Correcting Codes) Registered DIMM - and are usually available at far higher capacity - which again, games don't really need (most ram would be unused if high enough capabity - but also less sensible to data corruption), so you'd be waste a lot of money (better spend elswere - like a better GPU or CPU).

Another way to put it - that's like buying a Dump-Truck for camping trips. Yes, it can take you there - but it's far more expensive than an SVU (slower too and takes more space).

neves said:

so you'd be waste a lot of money (better spend elswere - like a better GPU or CPU).

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I bought my computer on January 8, 2023. I paid about 800 euros for it, along with this graphics card. This computer also came with a Quadro RTX 4000, which I later sold.

uco73 said:

Although there are many denials on the internet, showing that workstations can play games, people are still in disbelief that Xeon processors, registered ECC memory and quadro graphics are not designed for gaming. My configuration can run any game on ultra settings without any problems. My monitor is 1080p, but I believe everything would work fine on 2k and 4k monitors. I am an old gamer and 1080p is quite enough for me.

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I think you have a good viewpoint.

But I wonder if your 1080p monitor is smaller than I'd want. (I use a 27".)