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December 21st, 2021 06:00
Precision 7550 GPU Upgrade
Hi,
I'm looking to buy a 2nd hand Dell Precision 7550. It currently has Intel UHD Graphics and am wondering if I felt I needed to upgrade the GPU would it be possible to something like RTX A3000 or 5000?
Failing that it would need to be an eGPU.
Thanks in anticipation.
Paul
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ejn63
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December 22nd, 2021 04:00
Very carefully investigate your strategy first. While the RTX5000 is available for this model, be sure can actually find one for sale, if in fact it can be used (read further). These are proprietary cards and given the global constraints on GPU production, its unlikely you'll find one easily (if at all) and certainly not for anything resembling a reasonable price. You could well find any savings you realize by buying a used system are completely erased in the time and money it takes to source the GPU and heatsink assembly.
The other issue you may face is that it's becoming increasingly common for systems having integrated video to use a different system board from those supporting a GPU card -- make sure you can in fact upgrade an integrated system to a discrete GPU in the first place.
It would not be a surprise to find out the reason the system is being sold is that it doesn't meet the user's needs -- and cannot be upgraded (at all, or economically) the way you plan to proceed.