How to do a 2 gamers 1 pc

[Lilninjsways]

I have all the parts I just want to know how to set it up I have 2 graphics cards and stuff how do you use stuff like usbs for the other person? how do you say oh hey this graphics card is for this person 

[Kevo05s]

here you go

[Schubaltz]

Didn't LTT make a video with this same setup, but beefy? Do they explain how to do so in it?

 

Edit: Well, there you go^

[manikyath]

piece of advice: if you have to ask "how", this is *NOT* for you.

 

these are essentially enterprise level features that'll end up being less practical, more expensive, and less stabile than just getting two seperate gaming rigs. the only reason why you should undertake this is when you willfully dive into it knowing you're gonna get the most randomest of bugs shot at your face, and you're about to toss a lot of money down the drain "for the lulz".

[Lilninjsways]

9 minutes ago, Schubaltz said:

Didn't LTT make a video with this same setup, but beefy? Do they explain how to do so in it?

 

Edit: Well, there you go^

My pc build I'm gonna use is the second build in my signature

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

My pc build I'm gonna use is the second build in my signature

good luck, vaguely quoting unraid themselves here:

"it should work on AMD but good luck figuring it out"

[Lilninjsways]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

piece of advice: if you have to ask "how", this is *NOT* for you.

 

these are essentially enterprise level features that'll end up being less practical, more expensive, and less stabile than just getting two seperate gaming rigs. the only reason why you should undertake this is when you willfully dive into it knowing you're gonna get the most randomest of bugs shot at your face, and you're about to toss a lot of money down the drain "for the lulz".

I have a budget of $650 and I sadly cant do 2 really good pc's I have to do one (also cause my mother said only one pc)

[Kevo05s]

3 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

I have a budget of $650 and I sadly cant do 2 really good pc's I have to do one (also cause my mother said only one pc)

with your budget Id go get a better CPU for this... but imo I wouldnt do 2 PC with that budget, sell what you have and build yourself a pretty good one... with a pretty good one (hardware wise) you are most likely to achieve what you want to do later down the road

[EminentSun]

I stand by my earlier statment, hooe you love playing Towerfall on those 3 fx modules.

[Ramaddil]

Generally speaking I agree that this kind of undertaking should not be taken lightly.  There are so many different issues that can arise from doing this, and the performance will be sub par at best unless you invest a significant amount of money and time.  Just because you think you can make it work doesn't mean you should try.  I venture to say you will be disappointed with the outcome and find yourself wasting money.   

[Cryptonite]

I'd get a better rig for this, but I'd definitely do a 2 gamers 1 pc rig myself once I have my second 1070. I used to have one set up back in 2011-2012 with my gtx 680 being the only gpu and the VM basically just loading off of it whilst I play on the host(do not put your games on dedicated full screen though since that messes up the VM) also taxing the same card, it worked pretty well for what we wanted to do like Borderlands 2 etc ran pretty decent and we could actually LAN pretty nicely.

[Lilninjsways]

4 minutes ago, Cryptonite said:

I'd get a better rig for this, but I'd definitely do a 2 gamers 1 pc rig myself once I have my second 1070. I used to have one set up back in 2011-2012 with my gtx 680 being the only gpu and the VM basically just loading off of it whilst I play on the host(do not put your games on dedicated full screen though since that messes up the VM) also taxing the same card, it worked pretty well for what we wanted to do like Borderlands 2 etc ran pretty decent and we could actually LAN pretty nicely.

So are you saying get one gpu just a really good one and I should be good? I'm trying to go less risky you know I just need a pc for me and my lil bro (he plays overwatch csgo dead by daylight and lol) and I play litterially all types of games I was thinking of getting a gtx 1070 at first then one person says oh you need two cards it is better than one idk what to do ??

[Lilninjsways]

8 minutes ago, Cryptonite said:

I'd get a better rig for this, but I'd definitely do a 2 gamers 1 pc rig myself once I have my second 1070. I used to have one set up back in 2011-2012 with my gtx 680 being the only gpu and the VM basically just loading off of it whilst I play on the host(do not put your games on dedicated full screen though since that messes up the VM) also taxing the same card, it worked pretty well for what we wanted to do like Borderlands 2 etc ran pretty decent and we could actually LAN pretty nicely.

Also what vm?

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

Also what vm?

so basically here is how you do it

 

Install linux on the system(esxi also works, but you can't do this on windows). This will wipe all the dat

 

Make a windows vm, update it and sysprep it, clone it so you have 2. Id use kvm on lniux

 

Then enable ssh access, enable vt-d, ssh in and disable the system from using the gpu, then passthough the gpu to to both of the vms and all the other devices you need.

 

 

 

[Cryptonite]

3 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

Also what vm?

I used VMWare, Though I believe it costs a pretty penny (got mine free though coza work back then) I wish they'd make a version that was affordable for kids that could max run one extra OS or w/e

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Cryptonite said:

I used VMWare, Though I believe it costs a pretty penny (got mine free though coza work back then) I wish they'd make a version that was affordable for kids that could max run one extra OS or w/e

ESXI is free for basic features.

 

 

[Cryptonite]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

so basically here is how you do it

 

Install linux on the system(esxi also works, but you can't do this on windows). This will wipe all the dat

 

Make a windows vm, update it and sysprep it, clone it so you have 2. Id use kvm on lniux

 

Then enable ssh access, enable vt-d, ssh in and disable the system from using the gpu, then passthough the gpu to to both of the vms and all the other devices you need.

 

 

 

I did this on Windows, however I agree with VT-d being a must, otherwise performance is horrid, but anyone able to overclock can change the setting in their bios to enable VT-d (it's easier than overclocking actually, just need a capable CPU)

[Lilninjsways]

2 minutes ago, Cryptonite said:

I used VMWare, Though I believe it costs a pretty penny (got mine free though coza work back then) I wish they'd make a version that was affordable for kids that could max run one extra OS or w/e

Should I go one card? Or no?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Lilninjsways said:

Should I go one card? Or no?

you need at least 2, 3 is better(the last one doesn't matter its for the host)

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Cryptonite said:

I did this on Windows, however I agree with VT-d being a must, otherwise performance is horrid, but anyone able to overclock can change the setting in their bios to enable VT-d (it's easier than overclocking actually, just need a capable CPU)

You can't do this on windows. Performance is fine, its within 5% of the bare hardware.

[Cryptonite]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can't do this on windows. Performance is fine, its within 5% of the bare hardware.

You can't do this method on windows no, but starting up a VM capable of running basic games like LOL, CSGO etc. on a second monitor and just selecting which connected devices to link to the VM is damn easy to do and will work with 1 GPU. Otherwise he can use that method yes, it requires 2 GPUs and the VMs have better performance, but he's a kid wanting to let his little brother also play his games. With VMWare it is possible.

 

8 minutes ago, Lilninjsways said:

Should I go one card? Or no?

do it with 2 cards, if my method seems to not pull enough performance for your little bro then it'd be better to have a second card for doing it the "official" way. Google search this, there are great guides out there, then decide which method looks best, if you're stuck between two link them on the forum and ask for suggestions afterward. VMware does require some setting up and if you don't do everything correctly the performance for the VM's games will be horrid. 

[Lilninjsways]

19 minutes ago, Cryptonite said:

You can't do this method on windows no, but starting up a VM capable of running basic games like LOL, CSGO etc. on a second monitor and just selecting which connected devices to link to the VM is damn easy to do and will work with 1 GPU. Otherwise he can use that method yes, it requires 2 GPUs and the VMs have better performance, but he's a kid wanting to let his little brother also play his games. With VMWare it is possible.

 

do it with 2 cards, if my method seems to not pull enough performance for your little bro then it'd be better to have a second card for doing it the "official" way. Google search this, there are great guides out there, then decide which method looks best, if you're stuck between two link them on the forum and ask for suggestions afterward. VMware does require some setting up and if you don't do everything correctly the performance for the VM's games will be horrid. 

Ok thx man

[Mukiibi Mackson]

It is Possible I DID IT with the list of components possible and you can check it out in my LG Ultrawide Festival entry Video .. i will make a tutorial soon on my Channel.

 

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