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11-28-2020 01:42 PM
Hello. I am new to this community and hopefully I can covey my issue correctly and get some help.
I am enjoying my hobby of upgrading my Z800 computer that I bought for $50 bucks from work (they were going to throw it away). Since then, I upgraded to windows 10, installed a second processor, memory, SSD+HDD, dual monitors and a few more things.
The main purpose of this computer is to transfer my Dad's old camera recordings (Hi8) to digital using fire-wire. I've done about 30 cassettes so far, with 70 more to go! This is special because he passed away and I want to play all the videos for the family.
ISSUE: Recently we've been doing home/school stuff, home photo editing and recently I want to play / edit 4k family videos from my GoPro. The computer can play the videos but I find there's some lag between the audio and video, also sometimes the video gets glitchy. I think It needs a better graphic card.
Has anybody used a better graphic card to play/edit 4k videos with the Z800?
THANKS!
Here’s my computer spec.
Processors Information
Manufacturer Genuine Intel
Name Intel Xeon E5645 (Two Processors = 12 Logic Processors total)
Specification Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5645 @ 2.40GHz
TDP Limit 80.0 Watts
Core Speed 2530.7 MHz
BIOS
UEFI No
BIOS Date 03/05/18
Chipset
Northbridge Intel 5520 rev. 13
Southbridge Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 24 GBytes
Memory SPD
CPU 0 - DIMM # 1, 3, 5 * CPU 1 - DIMM # 1, 3, 5
Memory type DDR3
Module Manufacturer SK Hynix (AD00000000000000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-8500F (533 MHz)
DMI
SMBIOS Version 2.6
DMI BIOS
vendor Hewlett-Packard
version 786G5 v03.61
ROM size 2048 KB
DMI System Information
manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
product HP Z800 Workstation
SKU VA808UT#ABA
Storage
Drive 1
Name Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB
Capacity 232.9 GB
Type Fixed, SSD
Volume c:\, 232.3 GBytes (36.5 percent available)
Drive 2
Name ST500LT012-1DG142
Revision 0002SDM1
Capacity 465.8 GB
Type Fixed
Volume f:\, 465.2 GBytes (28.5 percent available)
Display Adapters
Name NVIDIA Quadro 2000
Board Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
Revision A1
Core family 0xC3 (0xC3)
Memory size 1024 MB
Memory type GDDR5
Memory vendor Samsung
2 Monitors
Model DELL E2414H (Dell Computer)
Max Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Home 64-bit (Build 18363)
DirectX Version 12.0
Power Supply
850W: 11A @ 100–127V,
11-28-2020 02:02 PM
I have Z600 same upgrades.
I can run any GPU made in mine, but not above on my , 6pin GPU power jack I have one, not sure on yours look side.
GTX1650 will this, (non super model is 75watts,
and GTX1050 tool both need no AUX power needed 75watts max,
faster cards are more expensive, you are only doing 2D so you only need faster 2d mode cards.
Im sure you can do well here, with any card w10 supports, Nvidia series 700 up. below does not support w10 64bit.
NVIDIA Quadro 2000, does 5-FPS; the above do more than 10times that.
yours is as slow as they go. and be w10 supported.