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Yes, what I'm asking is how to make VMware use one of the two GPUs that will be in the system I'm running for a guest machine.

You cannot do it with VMWare workstation. Hardware passthrough relies on 1) your hardware supporting it and 2) your OS supporting it. Your hardware might or might not support it (you'll have to tell us what the machine is), but neither Windows, OS X, nor Linux support it. Your OS needs to be specialized to handle it. The reason it worked for Linus is that unRAID has this specific support.

 

You can do it with VMWare products, but you'll need to become familiar with ESXi -- a dedicated operating system designed to host virtual machines. There is a free version that works without a license, but you get the bare bones of the OS (no easy migration of virtual machines, no cloning). You could do 2 Gamers 1 System with ESXi -- instructions are here. I've done it successfully with my desktop.

 

If you're running a 4790K, you can feel good about yourself -- the CPU supports PCI passthrough. If you're running AMD, your GPU almost definitely supports PCI passthrough. If you're running Nvidia, you've got a lot more work ahead of you.

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Hello,

Obviously I just watched that video Linus just put out. But I'd like to know if I can do it with VMware, a virtual machine software. I have the full workstation edition. How do I make VMware make the guest machine use ONE of the two cards I'd have in the physical rig, while the physical uses the other card?

Thanks in advance

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off the top of my head the "nearly bare metal" linux VM solutions are the best option for now.

 

VMware supports it, by how much i'm not sure. also not sure if this is the desktop version, or the server "nearly bare metal" version, or both.

 

virtualbox does as well, but theres disuction on pulling it from the release version because its very buggy and unreliable.

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off the top of my head the "nearly bare metal" linux VM solutions are the best option for now.

 

VMware supports it, by how much i'm not sure. also not sure if this is the desktop version, or the server "nearly bare metal" version, or both.

 

virtualbox does as well, but theres disuction on pulling it from the release version because its very buggy and unreliable.

I have Windows, for the guest machine.  And Workstation is for desktops, and I have the full version of it.  Software accessibility shouldn't be an issue in this case.  I'll look at virtualbox but I don't like it as much as VMware.

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I have Windows, for the guest machine.  And Workstation is for desktops, and I have the full version of it.  Software accessibility shouldn't be an issue in this case.  I'll look at virtualbox but I don't like it as much as VMware.

between VMware and virtualbox i'm pretty sure that VMware is the better bet. 

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between VMware and virtualbox i'm pretty sure that VMware is the better bet. 

Yes, what I'm asking is how to make VMware use one of the two GPUs that will be in the system I'm running for a guest machine.

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Yes, what I'm asking is how to make VMware use one of the two GPUs that will be in the system I'm running for a guest machine.

You cannot do it with VMWare workstation. Hardware passthrough relies on 1) your hardware supporting it and 2) your OS supporting it. Your hardware might or might not support it (you'll have to tell us what the machine is), but neither Windows, OS X, nor Linux support it. Your OS needs to be specialized to handle it. The reason it worked for Linus is that unRAID has this specific support.

 

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If you're running a 4790K, you can feel good about yourself -- the CPU supports PCI passthrough. If you're running AMD, your GPU almost definitely supports PCI passthrough. If you're running Nvidia, you've got a lot more work ahead of you.

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You cannot do it with VMWare workstation. Hardware passthrough relies on 1) your hardware supporting it and 2) your OS supporting it. Your hardware might or might not support it (you'll have to tell us what the machine is), but neither Windows, OS X, nor Linux support it. Your OS needs to be specialized to handle it. The reason it worked for Linus is that unRAID has this specific support.

 

You can do it with VMWare products, but you'll need to become familiar with ESXi -- a dedicated operating system designed to host virtual machines. There is a free version that works without a license, but you get the bare bones of the OS (no easy migration of virtual machines, no cloning). You could do 2 Gamers 1 System with ESXi -- instructions are here. I've done it successfully with my desktop.

 

If you're running a 4790K, you can feel good about yourself -- the CPU supports PCI passthrough. If you're running AMD, your GPU almost definitely supports PCI passthrough. If you're running Nvidia, you've got a lot more work ahead of you.

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