16 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide
For information on processor installation and configuration, see the
Dell PowerEdge R820 Systems
Owner’s Manual
on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
The R820 supports graphics processing unit (GPU) technology, which provides accelerated
performance for a variety of applications including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and HPC
implementations.
The R820 supports up to two 75W GPUs. Each GPU can support up to 1 GB of dedicated GDDR5
memory and is actively cooled. An internal GPU is available through certified factory installation (CFI)
or field upgrade only. For a list of supported GPUs, see Table 7.
Some operating systems have not been validated to support GPUs. See Table 22 and Table 23 for
more information on operating system support of GPUs.
The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge R820. For more information, visit
Intel.com.
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