Enabling a GPU in VirtualBox

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Ive got a windows vm in VirtualBox. Its using the windows 10 64bit preset with 12gb of ram.

 

Im trying to get the GPU drivers installed, but It doesnt detect a amd gpu in the vm. 

How do i get the gpu to passthrough?

[Electronics Wizardy]

What os are you using? Windows 10 doesn't support gpu/pcie pass-though.

 

If your on linux, id use kvm+qemu for a vm with passthough as its generally more support.

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What os are you using? Windows 10 doesn't support gpu/pcie pass-though.

 

If your on linux, id use kvm+qemu for a vm with passthough as its generally more support.

 

Yeah, the vm is hosted by win10.

Is there no way to get gpu working in the vm without linux? (id have to get my spare ssd out, itt would be a pain)

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Yeah, the vm is hosted by win10.

Is there no way to get gpu working in the vm without linux? (id have to get my spare ssd out, itt would be a pain)

Yea you need linux, windows server(with hyper -v, and nomrally much harder to setup).

 

 

What is your goal with the vm? What does it need gpu power for?

 

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea you need linux, windows server(with hyper -v, and nomrally much harder to setup).

 

 

What is your goal with the vm? What does it need gpu power for?

 

 

its a vm of a certain windows version, i just want to get it to not be choppy so i can look around, plus id like widescreen

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, HelpfulTechWizard said:

its a vm of a certain windows version, i just want to get it to not be choppy so i can look around, plus id like widescreen

The virtual box virtual gpu should be plenty for that. Did you install the guest extentions?

 

You can then resize the vm to whatever resolution you want.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

The virtual box virtual gpu should be plenty for that. Did you install the guest extentions?

 

You can then resize the vm to whatever resolution you want.

oh, i didnt know that was possible,. leeme try that.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

10 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The virtual box virtual gpu should be plenty for that. Did you install the guest extentions?

 

You can then resize the vm to whatever resolution you want.

I got them installed, but the vm is still really choppy (moving windwos around is painful). How would i fix that?

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

I got them installed, but the vm is still really choppy (moving windwos around is painful). How would i fix that?

is 3d graphics enabled? Is the windows resize working correctly?

 

But normally a vm doesn't have a great ui experience, so this is pretty normal.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

is 3d graphics enabled? Is the windows resize working correctly?

 

But normally a vm doesn't have a great ui experience, so this is pretty normal.

3d acceleration is on in the cm settibnfgs if thats what you mean. 
Resize is working. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

3d acceleration is on in the cm settibnfgs if thats what you mean. 
Resize is working. 

Yea then thats probably about as good as its gonna get in virtual box. Give hyper-v a try also. its included in windows.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea then thats probably about as good as its gonna get in virtual box. Give hyper-v a try also. its included in windows.

Like using it as a paravirtualization interface?

[Eigenvektor]

41 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

3d acceleration is on in the cm settibnfgs if thats what you mean. 
Resize is working. 

I would try disabling 3D accelleration, seems to work better/smoother.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, Eigenvektor said:

I would try disabling 3D accelleration, seems to work better/smoother.

ill try it

[Helpful Tech Witch]

8 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

I would try disabling 3D accelleration, seems to work better/smoother.

nope. its worse.

[Eigenvektor]

2 hours ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

nope. its worse.

I'm on Linux, maybe that makes a difference. Last time I tried it worked a lot better without 3D acceleration enabled.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

9 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

I'm on Linux, maybe that makes a difference. Last time I tried it worked a lot better without 3D acceleration enabled.

that, or the version of windows (i bet you know the one) needs 3d acceleration more than others

[Nayr438]

5 hours ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

its a vm of a certain windows version, i just want to get it to not be choppy so i can look around, plus id like widescreen

Try VMWare Player, it's free for personal use.

I am not sure about Windows as the host, but under a Linux host, VMWare has a fairly decent virtual hardware accelerated driver for Windows Guest Systems. Wouldn't hurt to give it a shot.

 

Virtualbox has always had a rather poor Windows Guest Virtual Video Driver.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

29 minutes ago, Nayr438 said:

Try VMWare Player, it's free for personal use.

I am not sure about Windows as the host, but under a Linux host, VMWare has a fairly decent virtual hardware accelerated driver for Windows Guest Systems. Wouldn't hurt to give it a shot.

 

Virtualbox has always had a rather poor Windows Guest Virtual Video Driver.

It was good enough been looking around that windows for a bit