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Not unless you're going to use it (the video card) as a compute engine. &nbsp;(By &quot;high end&quot; I'm assuming you mean AMD / Radeon or Nvidia.) &nbsp;In that case the server could run a socially-contributing BOINC application such as PrimeGrid in the video card, always assuming that permission could be obtained from Those Who Rule From Above.<br />
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<a href="http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=12319" rel="ugc">http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=12319</a><br />
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<a href="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php" rel="ugc">https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php</a><br />
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Other than that I can't think of a reason to have anything other than relatively simple SVGA-class graphics in a server.
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yes they are Windows servers, OK thats what I figured. &nbsp;I use Quadro cards in my autocad peoples compouters. Thanks Andrew.
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Hi Is there a benifit to having a high end graphics card in a vmware (esxi) server? &nbsp;I use a laptop to suck up servers and make a backup of them. &nbsp;I wanted to get a better unit since it sometimes ends up being the server while I build them a new esxi server. &nbsp;I notice allot of the high end laptops have 1080 graphics cards with them. &nbsp;That seems like a waste. &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks all.
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Hi Is there a benifit to having a high end graphics card in a vmware (esxi) server?  I use a laptop to suck up servers and make a backup of them.  I wanted to get a better unit since it sometimes ends up being the server while I build them a new esxi server.  I notice allot of the high end laptops have 1080 graphics cards with them.  That seems like a waste.  

Thanks all.

is there a benefit to having a high end graphics card video card in a VMWare server ESXi?

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