picked up a PH-GTX1050TI-4G card used on eBay and now the HW transcoding is 7-8x faster and watching 4K HEVC stream works without issues.
| Brand | Model | Supported feature(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI | GTX1650 4GT LP OC | HD Station / Linux Station / Hardware Transcoding / Container Station / Virtualization Station | |||
| ZOTAC | GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 LP 4GB | HD Station / Linux Station / Hardware Transcoding / Container Station / Virtualization Station | |||
| ASUS | PH-GTX1050TI-4G | HD Station / Linux Station / Hardware Transcoding / Container Station / Virtualization Station | |||
| MSI | Geforce GT1030 2G LP OC | HD Station / Linux Station / Container Station / Virtualization Station | |||
| GIGABYTE | GV-N1030D5-2GL Low Profile | HD Station / Linux Station / Container Station / Virtualization Station |
Many people will consider a new 73A model with a dedicated PCIe graphics card.
The card that works is : PH-GTX1050TI-4G
In UK it costs around £220 https://amzn.to/3aP39OP
In USA similar in dollars: https://amzn.to/2ZKa2dM
It can cope with 4K and 8K displays thanks to a native HDMI 2.0b. Digital Max Resolution 7680 x 4320.
If you do not connect via HDMI you can easily stream via 1GbE with no problems.
You can find more about compatible NAS and compatible graphics cards here:
https://nascompares.com/qnap-compatible-graphics-cards-gpu/
https://nascompares.com/answer/qnap-nas-with-gpu-slot-for-plex-4k-hdr-transcoding/
https://nascompares.com/answer/nas-with-gpu-graphics-card-for-plex-transcoding/
https://nascompares.com/best-graphics-cards-gpu-for-4k-plex-video-transcoding/
https://nascompares.com/answer/nas-with-pcie-gpu-slot-for-video-hardware-transcoding/
I hope this helps.
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