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NVIDIA Now Allows GeForce GPU Pass-Through For Windows VMs On Linux
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Originally posted by mppix View Post
does a usb-c to hdmi converter work on threadripper without gpu?
I will have to explore that idea!
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Originally posted by phoronix_is_awesome View PostNvidia surely does not want outputless cards like mining cards to be used as a desktop card for VM. But arguably, it is a better use for mining cards to do graphics and CUDA compute instead of stupid-ass-mining.
It would be good if compute cards were also VDI cards. Something else to remember the Nvidia GPU in laptops are also basically outputless cards soldered on to the motherboard in most cases.
Remember VDI can be useful in build farms as in build a graphical application run that application on a CI server without a really output and take pictures of the output compare if application is working right.
Really in my mind Mining cards that Nvidia is making should be targeted at VDI and Mining and development usages where output ports could be nothing more than pest nest holes. Yes that is not where Nvidia currently targets the mining cards.
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Originally posted by mppix View Post
does a usb-c to hdmi converter work on threadripper without gpu?Last edited by JimmyZ; 02 April 2021, 01:10 AM.
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Originally posted by zexelon View Post
There are a myriad of variables. Most likely related to your motherboard setup. The error 43 issue with Nvidia is very easy to bypass... it is really nice to know now though that it may not require bypassing in the near future!
I have run GPU passthrough on an i5 for many years... used the integrated HD4600 for linux and passed through the 1070. It was totally solid and made so many things nicer to manage wrt windows. The only issue I ran into was some more modern games (i.e. warzone and star craft 2 ... so basically activision/blizzard) detected the hypervisor as a cheat system and either soft banned (warzone) or would not run at all (i.e. SC2).
I now have an threadripper system so unfortunately the convenience of embedded GPU is no longer there and that is annoying, I now will need 2x GPUs or a sepperate device (i.e. laptop and ssh) to configure and get it going but either way its something I am hoping to go at again.
i5 3570 + quadro K600
VBIOS not UEFI compatible
From my researches I should flash it with a UEFI compatible VBIOS.
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Originally posted by RBilettess View Post
So AMD should continue to officially block their drivers in a VM, because it worked for you? Or what do you want to say?
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Whenever something done by a for-profit corporation seems perplexing, just remember that it was for profit, and then certain seemingly far-fetched reasons become a bit clearer.
In this instance, given that this "new feature" is only "supported" on Windows guests, we could reasonably assume any or all of the following:- NVidia wishes to change the narrative surrounding (actual) support of the feature, to one that suggests it is only possible using their newest driver, with Windows as a guest.
- NVidia and Microsoft are desperately trying to keep Windows gaming alive, due to the mutual benefits of their long-standing joint efforts to keep DirectX and other proprietary middleware relevant.
- Allowing the NVidia GPU to use its proprietary drivers on Linux, so that it can be aware of when TelemetryOS is running as a guest, no doubt offers that guest Windows a few previously hidden host machine metrics they can use to "approximate a single user". (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/telemetry)
- They are fine with making this "sacrifice" now that RemoteFX has been removed from Windows due to being 'susceptible to security vulnerabilities'. Disabled via security update on all Windows platforms on July 14th 2020. Removed from all Windows platforms on April 13th, 2021. Just two weeks after Nvidia begins allowing Geforce passthrough. (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4570006-update-to-disable-and-remove-the-remotefx-vgpu-component-in-windows-bbdf1531-7188-2bf4-0de6-641de79f09d2)
Microsoft's desperation is also evident in its recent buyouts of any main-stream social platform with a population of gamers+developers.
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