Linux Migration

[Guest]

I plan to move fully to Linux (Specifically Ubuntu Gnome), however before i commit i need to make sure on some points!

 

- Will WINE allow me to run games and CS6 applications using my GPUs horsepower (MSI GTX 760)

- I Know that i can run windows in a virtual box seemless window and will this allow for full useage of GPU?

[manikyath]

some games, not nearly all of them, even less will run absolutely flawless.

 

as for photoshop and such, forget about it.

[QueenDemetria]

- Will WINE allow me to run games and CS6 applications using my GPUs horsepower (MSI GTX 760)

No, WINE is very limited.

 

I wouldn't fully make the switch if I were you, I would dual boot and do it gradually.

[Altecice]

as for your GPU-Passthrough your CPU and motherboard need to support VT-X technology for I/O pasthroughs, as far as I am aware only L1 Hypervisors support that.

[Burusutazu]

Check the PlayOnLinux game/program list and check if the games/programs you want are there. If not... well either you dual boot or just leave those programs behind.

[Mr.McMister]

With adobe cs pretty much your only option is virtual machine with vga passthrough. You need both a motherboard and cpu which support vt-x and vt-d. Support for those is pretty spotty on pre-haswell chips and not available on most if not all k parts I think.

 

The setup is complicated and involves using a separate monitor for your gpu. Tek Syndicate recently did a video on vm with vga passthrough here.

Although they focus on a new skylake build, but it's probably still good to look at if you're interested in going that route.

[Guest]

With adobe cs pretty much your only option is virtual machine with vga passthrough. You need both a motherboard and cpu which support vt-x and vt-d. Support for those is pretty spotty on pre-haswell chips and not available on most if not all k parts I think.

 

The setup is complicated and involves using a separate monitor for your gpu. Tek Syndicate recently did a video on vm with vga passthrough here.

Although they focus on a new skylake build, but it's probably still good to look at if you're interested in going that route.

My CPU supports both vt-x and vt-d http://ark.intel.com/products/80811/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz so hopefully i can get this working