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Is there an idiot-proof way to set up a Windows 10 VM with good performance these days? I play computer games. Because maybe 30% or so of the games I play work
by l0b0 6y ago
Is there an idiot-proof way to set up a Windows 10 VM with good performance these days?
I play computer games. Because maybe 30% or so of the games I play work badly or terribly in Linux (anything from screen tear to crashing on startup) I have a licensed copy of Windows 10. I tried setting up a KVM / QEMU-based VM with GPU passthrough, but apparently Windows detected it because it locked up (somehow, I don't remember the details) after I entered the license key, and I ended up having to dual-boot.
- RealStickman_ 6y agoDo you by any chance have an Nvidia gpu? Nvidia doesn't like people passing through their consumer grade gpus to VMs and blocks those. You can however enable a "hiding" mode so it works regardless. Maybe have a look at the Archwiki about OVMF Passthrough That's how I got it to work.
- l0b0 6y agoYes, it's cursed Nvidia. Thanks for the tip, I'll try that out! Edit: Yeah, not exactly idiot-proof. Without a simple list of commands it'll probably take a couple hours just to establish beyond a doubt that my hardware even fits the prerequisites.