Hello Tom's Hardware community.
I'm really hoping that you can advice me because I have failed to find a definitive answer.
I'm trying to run as many VMs as possible on a dedicated machine, each VM running a demanding 3d game. Here is the system:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SSD
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 550W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply
Radeon HD 4890
I'm using my old video card because I ran into frequent crashes with Geforce gtx 760, and none of the software fixes helped, while HD 4890 runs flwalessly. But thats beside the point. What I noticed is that the GPU is almost constantly at 0% load, with very short spikes to about 25% or even 80% once in a while (watching with GPU-Z). That is while running 3 VMs that put my CPU at ~30%-50% load. If I disable the GPU completely (and use integrated graphics instead) then the CPU load increases significantly, so here is the question: what does the GPU actually do for vmware workstation and is there any point in looking for a better GPU - I do plan to at least double the amount of VM's, approaching 100% CPU load.
If there is no impact on performance other than "having any dedicated gpu" then I'd probably replace the old powerhungry HD4890 with something like radeon r7 240 or similar that would use a small fraction of the power.
Any advice/info appreciated
I'm really hoping that you can advice me because I have failed to find a definitive answer.
I'm trying to run as many VMs as possible on a dedicated machine, each VM running a demanding 3d game. Here is the system:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SSD
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 550W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply
Radeon HD 4890
I'm using my old video card because I ran into frequent crashes with Geforce gtx 760, and none of the software fixes helped, while HD 4890 runs flwalessly. But thats beside the point. What I noticed is that the GPU is almost constantly at 0% load, with very short spikes to about 25% or even 80% once in a while (watching with GPU-Z). That is while running 3 VMs that put my CPU at ~30%-50% load. If I disable the GPU completely (and use integrated graphics instead) then the CPU load increases significantly, so here is the question: what does the GPU actually do for vmware workstation and is there any point in looking for a better GPU - I do plan to at least double the amount of VM's, approaching 100% CPU load.
If there is no impact on performance other than "having any dedicated gpu" then I'd probably replace the old powerhungry HD4890 with something like radeon r7 240 or similar that would use a small fraction of the power.
Any advice/info appreciated
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