[olug] VGA pass-through using Xen

[Justin Reiners]

I've done it in one way shape or form on Xenserver, VMWare, Proxmox, and
KVM.

I've done PCI, USB and have had VERY good luck, only issue I had was when
the Dell Poweredge doesn't give enough juice for the card.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:24 PM Ben Hollingsworth <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> I'd like to set up a virtual Windows box running on my Debian stretch
> host (4.9 kernel).  On that windows box, I'd like to run some CAD
> programs (not games) that require good 3D graphics support.
>
> Have any of you ever run Xen (or similar inexpensive environment) with
> VGA pass-through?  How well does it work?  Is the 3D rendering responsive?
>
> This is a business computer, so VMware doesn't qualify as an
> "inexpensive environment."
>
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