That’s the route I went–an eBay special: upgraded from an RTX a5000 24gb to RTXa5000 32gb Ada. Picked up one refurbed in the 2.25k range.
Next going to grab a refurb’d P620 with a 5975 or 3975 as a backup and throw my old card in there.
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Thanks @cnoellert That’s pretty much what I would like to do.
Do you feel a big boost with the 5000ada?
For the most part yes, although it’s anecdotal since I haven’t done any benchmarking. I had been thinking to go straight to a 48gb Blackwell but decided there was more value in a backup system than all my eggs in that basket for the time being.
Buying last gen right when the new shit drops has worked for me for a few years now so I’m sticking with it.
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Resisting the urge to hit the buy now button…
Actually scratch that… looking pretty scammy man.
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Has AD put out a list anywhere of the supported cards for 2026.2 and new releases going forward?
2026.2 officially supports blackwell cards fwiw.
P6000, RTX™ 6000, RTX™ A5000, RTX™ A6000, RTX™ 5000 Ada, RTX™ 6000 Ada, RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Max-Q (2026.2+)
says nothing about support for P6000 ending with 2027 , only macOS 13 is beign phased out .
However: it says so here 
Due to these updates, it is no longer possible to run the machine learning models for Morph, Timewarp, and Upscale on NVIDIA’s Pascal series GPUs (P6000). The same applies to the new AutoMatte model. All these models can still be run on the CPU.
Support for the P6000 will be removed from the system requirements in the 2027 version.
So from reading between all the lines, youll need a RTX6000 at minimum.
NVIDIAS naming is so bad for their workstation gpus… this might help making sense of it… (last one is gaming vs pro VRAM amount)
Quadro P6000 = GTX 1080ti - “pascal” /// 11 / 24GB
Quadro RTX6000 = RTX2080ti - “Turing” /// 11 / 24GB
RTX A6000 = RTX 3090ti - “Ampere” /// 24 / 48GB
RTX6000 ADA = RTX 4090 - “ada-lovelace” /// 24 / 48GB
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell = RTX 5090 - “Blackwell” /// 32 / 96GB
the pro versions on the left just have more VRAM. (and maybe some secret sauce driver stuff that we dont know about what exactly makes flame “require” them) there is also a RTX8000 with more VRAM but thats no on autodesk list…
i was always against buying this overpriced bs from nvidia, i was just fine running gaming GPUs, however now with comfy UI models i actually NEED the vram, and as gaming gpus are getting more expensive by the minute the gap is shrinking.
however if you look at the above if a RTX6000 is supported with 24GB of VRAM, then a 5090 with 32GB should be more than enough to run autodesk ML models…
or maybe we will get blessed with a 5090TI with 48GB vram - would kind of make sense maybe 
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accuracy vs speed?
ecc vs not-ecc?
reliability vs edge-of-wafer?
certification vs hope?
This is actually a gaming system I built myself, but I tried using it for work just out of curiosity, and since I was satisfied with the results, I decided to stick with it. After seeing that it’s much faster than the A5000 workstation at the office, I didn’t really want to switch back.
Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E Carbon
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9950X3D
RAM: Corsair Dominator 96GB 6000 MHz
GPU: Asus Astral RTX 5090
If you try building a system like this, make sure to install Flame without the UI. Since I wasn’t using the DKU drivers (at least that’s how it was in my case), some fonts were missing, and Flame threw an error during installation because of it. I checked the terminal to see which fonts were missing, installed them manually on the system, and after that everything continued without any issues.
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There’s an option on the DKU to just skip the NVidia driver, and then you can install it yourself afterwards through various mechanisms. Did that on my first system, but it was a bit of a hassle, and made upgrading harder. Now using a certified config, and life is a bit easier.
Tradeoffs for sure, but there aren’t enough hours in the day as it is, so keeping some things simpler does have appeal.
Also, ADSK is at times prone to brushing you aside if you’re filing a ticket about a non certified config. It became a constant battle. At times their support engineers were sympathetic and went out of their way to help anway, but could ask for engineering support though.
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Just saw these for sale on Reddit. Best deal I’ve seen.
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id like 2 please oO
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Here’s another deal here.
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16888884001?Item=N82E16888884001
With something so expensive, sometimes I’d rather pay more and buy it from a proper company, than some dude in his undies on his iMac posting to Reddit.
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These are 600w. There’s a 300w version, For some, it may mean the difference in a power supply upgrade.
First of all, I must say that I have installed Linux for the first time in my life, and I succeeded by relying entirely on close attention, general knowledge, and assistance from Gemini AI. After completing the entire installation, I asked Gemini to prepare a guide based on the critical points I remembered. Some terminal commands may not work initially, as the AI can sometimes provide incorrect syntax; however, if you explain your goal and provide the non-working command back to the AI, it will offer different versions and eventually provide the correct one after a few attempts
Linux 9.5 & Flame 2026.2.1 Installation & Optimization Guide
System Specifications:
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950
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GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5090
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OS: Rocky Linux 9.5
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Target Kernel:
5.14.0-503.14.1.el9_5.x86_64
PHASE 1: OS Installation & Kernel Locking
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Disk Partitioning: The
/boot/efipartition must be manually set to 4 GiB. This prevents potential EFI entry errors and provides stability for future firmware updates. -
User Definition: Ensure both a root password is set and a user with administrative privileges (sudoer) is created during installation.
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Kernel Pinning: To maintain the specific kernel version required by Flame (
5.14.0-503.14.1), exclude kernel packages from system updates by modifying/etc/dnf/dnf.confor using:dnf update --exclude=kernel*
PHASE 2: Network Card Patching (Realtek r8126)
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ELRepo Integration: Add the ELRepo repository to the system.
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Driver Installation: Install the
kmod-r8126driver. -
Manual Fix: If the driver installs into the wrong kernel directory (e.g.,
el9_4), manually copy the driver files to the current active kernel directory. -
Activation: Remove the faulty/old directory and trigger the driver using:
sudo modprobe r8126
PHASE 3: NVIDIA RTX 5090 & Graphics Configuration
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Disable GUI (Crucial): You cannot install the driver while the X-server is active. Switch to terminal mode:
sudo init 3orsystemctl isolate multi-user.target -
Open Kernel Installation: For the RTX 5090 (Blackwell architecture), use the following specific command:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.xx.run -m=kernel-openNote: Confirm the “Open Kernel” prompt in the interactive installer. -
Nouveau Blacklist: Ensure Nouveau is disabled via
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf.
PHASE 4: DKU Installation & System Optimization
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DKU (Discreet Kernel Utilities): To prevent the DKU from overwriting your specific RTX 5090 driver, use:
sudo ./INSTALL_DKU --keep-nvidia -
GPU Persistence: To keep the GPU in high-performance mode:
nvidia-persistenced --user root -
CPU Tuning (Ryzen 9950): To prevent sleep-state hangs and maximize render performance:
cpupower frequency-set -g performance
My main focus was to never change the default kernel that comes with Rocky Linux 9.5. If you wish to follow a similar path, do not blindly execute the kernel installation command after adding the ELRepo repository. First, list all available kernels and their versions in the repository, then install the exact kernel you need. Avoid automatic installation for libraries as well; instead, manually install the specific libraries that match your core kernel version. If your graphics card is not a workstation-class card, locate the compatible kernel from ELRepo; if it’s not available, download it manually, install it using the ‘open kernel’ parameter, and ensure the GUI is disabled before starting the installation.Currently, there are no issues with fonts or any other errors in the system; the Resource Manager correctly recognizes the RTX 5090 graphics card. If I encounter any problems in the future, I will definitely post the issues and their solutions here. Have fun.
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You have certainly decided to over complicate your life. Just about everything you are doing is wrong.
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‘Complicate’ suffices; ‘over‑complicate’ is pleonastic.
but yes - 100% correct.
To give a slightly more practical and specific answer…Just install adsk’s rocky iso and then the DKU. The DKU takes care of all the work under the hood to install the NVIDIA driver. You don’t need to do anything else.
Actually, you’re mistaken. After installing Rocky Linux 9.5 downloaded via the ‘Autodesk Flame download link,’ simply installing the DKU doesn’t solve anything. The DKU comes with the NVIDIA 570 graphics kernel; however, even if you blacklist Nouveau and reboot, the card still won’t work. Believe me, I’ve tried this many times. I initially attempted to install Linux and the DKU first; if that had worked, I wouldn’t have bothered with any other methods.Right???
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