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I want to, ideally, run Arch and have a gpu pass-through Windows installation in a VM, for games only. There, it can do all the spying and malware it wants, I'l

I want to, ideally, run Arch and have a gpu pass-through Windows installation in a VM, for games only. There, it can do all the spying and malware it wants, I'll have snapshots, I might even use a M$ account to sync my save games to their cloud. But last time I tried, it didn't work very well. That was a few years ago already. I'm not sure what the current state is and if I'd need more than 1 GPU. I could imagine running Linux with the CPU's GPU only and having the Nvidia GPU (because let's be real, who uses AMD for gaming, nv uses less energy to achieve a nicer looking result) dedicated for the Windows VM.

doix 3y ago
That would be ideal for me as well. I tried getting something similar to work and eventually gave up. I just game through Steam and let the preconfigured proton stuff handle everything.
pucman 3y ago
This is the setup that I have, although my host is Debian. I guess it works best with two separate GPUs, but a CPU's GPU and a normal one should work just fine. Take a look at Looking Glass [0], setup is a bit confusing, but once done it works flawlessly for me. [0] https://looking-glass.io/ https://looking-glass.io/
rbanffy 3y ago
My solution is to have two machines, one for Windows, one for work, each optimised for its intended use: for work I’m fine with integrated graphics, but I need more memory and faster CPU, but for play, the core count can be much lower, as long as the GPU is nice.