VFIO Increments Archives - The Passthrough POST

Is this hardware guide good for Mac OS?

Tyson O'Ham — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:40:59 +0000

Mostly, yes. However, OS X has much stricter requirements when it comes to Guest GPUs. You want to go with a 700 Series Nvidia card or an AMD card instead of the nvidia devices listed on the chart for best compatibility This is because all future versions of OS X will lack driver support for [...]

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What about Laptops?

Tyson O'Ham — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:24:01 +0000

Long story short, the vast majority of laptops don't support passthrough, and even the ones that do make it incredibly painful to set up. Even then, not all guest operating systems will work, even if you can get it working for one of them. There are 2 methodologies for enabling passthrough in Laptops: E-GPU Older [...]

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Why isn’t [BRAND] represented on this page?

Tyson O'Ham — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:59:30 +0000

Most likely due to compatibility or quality control reasons. For some components, we just try to find the best price without venturing into unreliable territory, for others, it's more complicated. We've listed reasons for popular ones below: ASUS motherboards The most recent releases from asus have had underwhelming build quality, and on AMD platforms, an [...]

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Power Supplies

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:30:05 +0000

A PSU can make, or quite literally, break your system. As such, we only list PSUs that come direct from reputable ODMs in the industry, with good track records in the enterprise market. Sometimes you can find a better deal on a PSU via resellers or OEM rebrands. However, reseller brands (corsair, EVGA, etc.) release [...]

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Hard Disk Drives

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:08:53 +0000

It's an HDD. Cheap, spins, keeps your data safe. You should have a few in your system unless you need absolutely silent computing for your recording studio, in which case I'm not sure why you're here. We like to recommend Toshiba and Hitachi HDDs over Seagate and WD, because the numbers from several wide spectrum [...]

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RAM

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:46:22 +0000

There's not a whole lot to say about RAM. Intel platforms will pretty much take whatever you slot in, and the amount you can pass to your VM is the only relevant metric to passthrough gaming. AMD platforms will need to be vetted according to your motherboard's compatibility list, and Samsung B-Die kits will generally [...]

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Host GPUs

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:17:40 +0000

This is the card that your host machine will use when your Gaming VM is up and running. Platforms with iGPUs don't need an additional card, but Intel HEDT and AMD platforms will. If you need to drive a lot of monitors, do creative work, or want to game on your host in addition to [...]

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Guest GPUs

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:56:00 +0000

One of the most important parts of your build will be the guest GPU, and selecting one with high compatibility that fits your needs can be difficult. Here's a quick rundown on what to look for. What's a Guest GPU? It's the graphics card that you pass over to your virtual machine to enable 3D [...]

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Motherboards

Tyson O'Ham — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:11:06 +0000

Choosing the right motherboard is a twofold problem when it comes to VFIO. Not only do you need to carefully select for the right bios features and I/O, but you need to know how well the PCIe slots are isolated via IOMMU. The problem is, no vendor lists the IOMMU layout on their boards, and [...]

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