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~Sound Sage~ Nov 30, 2015 @ 8:32pm
GPU needed to run a server? are you kidding me?
One of my good friends is building a gaming community with a realy nice server rack hes renting. He wanted to include Ark, but when he was booting up the server it said it need "A detectable GPU"

this is going to make some people angry, and keep some people from hosting the server. I have never heard of any companies hosting server racks with a video card in them.

i hope this is a bug with the servers and not the truth.
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Myst?c Nov 30, 2015 @ 8:50pm 
well yeah, i would imagine you need one, not a good one, but one
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Ronin Nov 30, 2015 @ 8:56pm 
Originally posted by blade.blaster56745:
well yeah, i would imagine you need one, not a good one, but one

The question is: for what?
The server needs not really a GPU...
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~Sound Sage~ Nov 30, 2015 @ 9:42pm 
Does anyone know why it needs a GPU for a "SERVER" ? That means server companies are going to have to step up their products JUST for ark, no other game I have ever played needed a GPU to run the server, unless it was only a listen server. And it apparently needs a gpu cause when my friend booted up his ark server, the console read "need detectable gpu" or some thing like that. I'm let down that we can't add ark to my friends gaming community. We already have a rust server running that peaks 100 players, I wanted to see if we could get that going for Ark aswell.
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Jaybob32 Nov 30, 2015 @ 9:57pm 
You don't need a GPU, I run a server just fine without one. Try using Ark Server Manager. This link will get you all setup.
http://arkservermanager.freeforums.net/thread/4/installation
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SilvaDreams Nov 30, 2015 @ 10:48pm 
The server was likely looking for a GPU for physics calculations, its not all that uncommon to offload them onto a GPU as it takes a large load off the CPU.
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hullu hullu Nov 30, 2015 @ 11:09pm 
Originally posted by SilvaDreams:
The server was likely looking for a GPU for physics calculations, its not all that uncommon to offload them onto a GPU as it takes a large load off the CPU.
Mh... so how does the ark server run on my linux virtual machine without any virtual GPU setup, graphical interface and only ssh-access? Weird.
Last edited by hullu hullu; Nov 30, 2015 @ 11:10pm
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SilvaDreams Dec 1, 2015 @ 12:07am 
Originally posted by ᕦ(ò_ó*)ᕤ:
Originally posted by SilvaDreams:
The server was likely looking for a GPU for physics calculations, its not all that uncommon to offload them onto a GPU as it takes a large load off the CPU.
Mh... so how does the ark server run on my linux virtual machine without any virtual GPU setup, graphical interface and only ssh-access? Weird.
It doesn't need one, but it does help.
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margalus Dec 1, 2015 @ 1:13am 
Originally posted by SilvaDreams:
The server was likely looking for a GPU for physics calculations, its not all that uncommon to offload them onto a GPU as it takes a large load off the CPU.

no, the server doesn't look for or need a gpu.

I wonder if the server was needing some direct x files installed and the person got confused and thought it was referring to a gpu. This server does need some direct x files installed that are not installed with Windows.
Last edited by margalus; Dec 1, 2015 @ 1:13am
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SilvaDreams Dec 1, 2015 @ 1:21am 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by SilvaDreams:
The server was likely looking for a GPU for physics calculations, its not all that uncommon to offload them onto a GPU as it takes a large load off the CPU.

no, the server doesn't look for or need a gpu.

I wonder if the server was needing some direct x files installed and the person got confused and thought it was referring to a gpu. This server does need some direct x files installed that are not installed with Windows.
It's not the server itself but the software of the game that does it.
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builder680 Dec 1, 2015 @ 1:30am 
silvadreams stop talking out of your ass you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Azunai Dec 1, 2015 @ 2:50am 
The real question is, why does everyone want to host windows server
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Desertworld (Banned) Dec 1, 2015 @ 2:54am 
Originally posted by meFeedMuch:
The real question is, why does everyone want to host windows server
because they are much easier to config and ark seems to have a lot of problems on linux servers like some huge memory leaks a few months ago + some bugs no one can help with occure sometimes. it's no longer a resource discussion if you want to use linux or windows. of course linux needs way less ram and so on but do you really care when most servers today have 32-128gb ram at least?
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SilvaDreams Dec 1, 2015 @ 3:23am 
Originally posted by builder680:
silvadreams stop talking out of your ass you have no idea what you're talking about.
So should you, it's the same effect as having two video cards and keeping one dedicated to physx. One card handles the normal GPU processes while the other strictly handles the physics calculations.
Only a server doesn't need a output for graphics.
Last edited by SilvaDreams; Dec 1, 2015 @ 3:24am
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builder680 Dec 1, 2015 @ 4:33am 
thread is about if game server NEEDS gpu.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/615086038682237558/#c594820656470496913

there's your answer. (it's no) so again, srsly stop talking out your ass
Last edited by builder680; Dec 1, 2015 @ 4:34am
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