# If I put a second GPU in my Z8

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/if-i-put-a-second-gpu-in-my-z8/2652>\
**Category:** Hardware Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/if-i-put-a-second-gpu-in-my-z8/2652 "2021-03-17T16:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![andymilkis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andymilkis/32/11067_2.png) [@andymilkis](https://forum.logik.tv/u/andymilkis)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/if-i-put-a-second-gpu-in-my-z8/2652/1 "2021-03-17T16:19:44Z")

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Hey all,

I’m dipping my toe in the ML space. Would like to add some GPU horsepower to speed up the training. Does anyone know:

If I can put a second GPU in my Z8, will Flame ignore it? I don’t need flame to see it or use it. Just thinking about picking up something that isn’t supported by flame but would help the cause.

Thanks,

Andy

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**Author:** ![cnoellert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/cnoellert/32/559_2.png) [@cnoellert](https://forum.logik.tv/u/cnoellert)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/if-i-put-a-second-gpu-in-my-z8/2652/2 "2021-03-17T16:57:22Z")

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You can definitely put one in there and flame can definitely use it for background reactor. Believe they would need to be the same card and there’s a little setup involved but it does work. Make sure you’ve got enough ram to deal.

I’ve been running dual Titan rtx for a year now…

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**Author:** ![andymilkis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andymilkis/32/11067_2.png) [@andymilkis](https://forum.logik.tv/u/andymilkis)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/if-i-put-a-second-gpu-in-my-z8/2652/3 "2021-03-17T16:58:34Z")

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Thanks Chris. Just to clarify, I don’t want to use it with Flame. I just don’t want it to fuck up my flame install. Does that make sense?

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**Author:** ![cnoellert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/cnoellert/32/559_2.png) [@cnoellert](https://forum.logik.tv/u/cnoellert)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/if-i-put-a-second-gpu-in-my-z8/2652/4 "2021-03-17T17:00:24Z")

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I would say still use the same cards which sounds maybe a little over cautious now when I say it out loud, don’t enable background reactor and respect the Autodesk diagrams for card placement. You’ll be fine.