Computer parts for virtaulization

dbzlotrfan

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I would like to at some point (see fourth bullet point below) replace my CPU (and my motherboard if necessary) and perhaps a second GPU (or replace my current one) for virtaulization - run a native linux distro (like Mint) and run a virtual machine of Windows while passing through a gpu to windows to get near native windows performance.



  • Country: USA
  • Budget: *can't decide at moment* . . .
  • Computer Use: Running Linux (Mint, Ubuntu, or others) natively and run Windows in a virtual machine
  • When I'd buy/build: Sometime by holiday next year . . .
  • Other Notes: No interest in overclocking or watercooling.

Current Parts:



Games I'd like to run: See steam games ([URL]http://steamcommunity.com/id/DlfC/games/?tab=all[/URL]) and wishlist: (http://steamcommunity.com/id/DlfC/games/?tab=all) along with probably anything from GOG (that may or may not be on steam). Along with retail discs (either through Wine/PlayonLinux or virtual machine of Windows).
 

mvbighead

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64 bit, for the few directX 12 games) (virtual machine)


Running a VM and playing games usually don't jive. Best bet is to buy a second SSD or run a split partition and perform some method of dual boot. Boot into Windows to game, boot into Ubuntu for your primary as preferred.
 

ultimatebob

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Wow, that's a pretty nice system you have now. I wouldn't bother upgrading that yet, other than perhaps the video card. Come back in a year and ask us for advice then.
 

Red Squirrel

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Yeah virtualization wont work very well for most games. They wont even launch, period. Most games will complain about the video driver or other such error before they even get to the point of trying to run, as they wont like the vmware driver. I wanted to do this originally for games like UT3 but only game I could get to run was Ultima Online. UT3 would crash with some kind of Direct3D error.

I would build a dedicated windows machine for gaming. You might be lucky enough to find a license for win7 somewhere still. Downside is trying to find a KVM switch that will work. DVI/USB ones are hard to come by and most suck.
 

ultimatebob

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Yeah virtualization wont work very well for most games. They wont even launch, period. Most games will complain about the video driver or other such error before they even get to the point of trying to run, as they wont like the vmware driver. I wanted to do this originally for games like UT3 but only game I could get to run was Ultima Online. UT3 would crash with some kind of Direct3D error.

I would build a dedicated windows machine for gaming. You might be lucky enough to find a license for win7 somewhere still. Downside is trying to find a KVM switch that will work. DVI/USB ones are hard to come by and most suck.

VMWare Workstation 12 is finally supposed to do proper GPU virtualization for full DirectX and OpenGL support. I haven't actually tried it yet, though.
 

sdifox

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Why not run the Linux in a vm under windows 10 if you want to play games?