Use ANY Headless GPU for Gaming in a Virtual Machine!

For YEARS I've been trying to make this work. Now, you can use ANY graphics card for 3D Acceleration in a virtual machine. This means any nVidia Tesla or AMD FirePro card normally reserved for machine learning can now be used by you to play games.

But first... What am I drinking???

From Treehouse Brewing comes the Perfect Storm American Double IPA @8.0%. What starts as a mandarin orange juice bomb quickly turns into 'every other hazy IPA' I've ever had. Get a tulip, not a pint.

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[karter]

"but this is craft computing annnd I'm Jeff" 😂 😂 😂

[popcorny]

This is like the peak of the mountain of troubleshooting!
I can't tell you how satisfying it is to see such a clean and functional set up.

[ornival]

"Do not check the primary GPU..."

MY GOD! I have been struggling to get my GRID K1 and Tesla M40s working and just couldn't figure it out in PVE5, 6 and 7. Now I can finally ditch Server 2012 for the host OS.

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!

[PerfectTste]

Tesla cards aside, Jeff is without a doubt stepping up his beer game!

[irhyslee]

I know I'll never be doing any of this but the nerd in me loves these videos!

[cptwhite]

I will never do any of this, but it's so interesting to see you tinker :) You and Level1Techs are doing to great work in these niche areas of PC land.

[moeness]

Still contemplating about setting up a proper home lab, but for the time being, I just watch and learn from your shenanigans, and I just love it!

[experimenta]

I'm going to try this setup. Thanks for the video, I've been looking into how to do this for a while now

[edwardgreenjr]

You are really making me prioritize building my server/workshop room before any other home improvement project. My NAS will not be happy sitting next to my desk for too much longer. Now I need get my v-machine box up and running....

[divyjotsingh]

It seems you've been pretty busy on your conquest
Really enjoying your content !

[ancestralpolitics]

This couldn't have come at a better time... I was just looking at using K80s (plus an older Threadripper) to run VMs for gaming for the family. I was unaware of the requirement that one VM of the two to not be running. Thanks so much for the heads up! It definitely decreases the interest level in using them (except for in the VM I'm going to be running for video streaming and gaming at once, but may look at different options for everyone else). I'm also going to second the community-driven FOSS Moonlight program. I find it to be better than Parsec at home and on par or slightly better over the internet.

[larslessel]

I love theese videos!! You make it seem so easy, but i'm guessing it takes alot of work to get to that point.

[nacirema]

very cool. this is the exact sort of solution i was just looking into so my kids could play real pc games. honestly been thinking of setting my whole house up like this would save a lot of space we have 8 machines running here and i would love to consolidate that all into one rack.

[brianbuckleygray]

I was just starting to mess with my virtualisation monster when I got the notification for this video: windows server running on Unraid aiming to get GPU-P working so I could get rid of my dedicated Hyper-V machine. I listed my two M40’s on eBay yesterday because I didn’t have the time to figure out the display issues, this gives me fresh hope.

Wish me luck!

[jerwal]

Thank you Jeff, Great video as always

[larryreppert]

Thank you, I was able to get more performance from my K10 converted to Grid K2. I also got the K80 working and it's not great but not Bad.

[MCHEROBRINEBROS]

So I just followed this tutorial(though I'm using manjaro and a tesla m40) and IT WORKS! One issue, just like you, is cooling I have a 3d printed adapter for a server fan and at 12V it's deafeningly loud 5V is just fine for minor games but it just isn't enough for most the games I'm trying to play. So, my plan is to modify a dead RX 480 blower that is much quieter even at 12V and I would be able to run the fan on a motherboard header instead. Hope this works!

[MagecraftLP]

Glad I could help you with the usbmmidd driver. :D

[TheGonzooooo]

Thank you so much for this amazing guide!!

[charleswofford]

I have an Nvidia tesla M40 in my machine. With a 980ti heatsink and fans on it for cooling. A little modding was needed but works great! the Pcb's are almost identical.