Would a GPU improve Roon server performance?

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I just moved my Roon server to a Dell 5090 small form factor PC. Unlike my old server, this one has an open PCIE slot, and it made me wonder if a (headless, Windows 11) Roon server could benefit from a GPU?

I was thinking probably not (since it doesn’t even have a monitor attached), but then I remembered 12 years ago or so I had to replace my first Roon core machine because it didn’t meet the minimum graphics requirements.

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Even as a headless server, it could benefit if Roon used GPU offloading. As far as I know, it doesn’t. And if it did, it would only matter if you used some intensive DSP.

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Roon does not use cpu offloading for server. On the opposite side, I’ve found a good gpu makes the client snapper since it is built like a video game.

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