GPU Passthrough with VMWare Workstation on Ubuntu 16.04 host and with Windows 10 Pro VM

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What I'd like to do is install Ubuntu 16.04 as my primary desktop OS, then setup a Windows 10 Pro VM inside VMWare Workstation. I'd like Ubuntu to use my Intel IGP and then assign a GTX1060 to the Windows 10 VM. Is this difficult to do? Or more specifically, is it more involved than just setting up the VM as usual and then assigning a GPU to it with a check box?

My hardware includes a i7-4790k on an Asrock Z87 Extreme4 MB. I have 16GB RAM, which I can expand if necessary.
 
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It's not just the GPU, but rather the whole VM concept.
0.10 sec does not matter if you are going through the admin functions on a webserver.
0.10 sec matters hugely in a game situation.

Try it and see what happens. Doubtful the performance will be satisfactory for you.
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Yeah, gaming is the idea. Does GPU passthrough have too much latency for gaming?

Also, forgot to mention the VMWare Workstation version is 12.5, in case it matters.
 
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I looked into this years ago. Though I could be wrong, you are most likely no going to get the gaming performane you desire via gpu passthrough.
Check out unraid:
https://lime-technology.com/what-is-unraid/
Here's an extreme example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOaCkbt4lI

Essentially you can assign have multiple vm's running within unraid hypervisor and you can assign gpu's as well as other hardware to your desired vm.



 
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It's not just the GPU, but rather the whole VM concept.
0.10 sec does not matter if you are going through the admin functions on a webserver.
0.10 sec matters hugely in a game situation.

Try it and see what happens. Doubtful the performance will be satisfactory for you.
 
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Only Vmware ESX and KVM (Unraid is based on it) can passthrought second GPU to Vm.. I need this for years but Vmware Workstation is a bit ignoring gaming and especially their Windows XP driver is far from finning, its almost 3 years old and they probably killed it.. So only solution for proper Windows XP gaming is dedicated physical computer... or dedicated computer for Unraid - what is a bit messy solution.
 
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Yeah, I had to use VMWare ESXi to get gaming in a VM working. The latency is fine for me, but I'm more into action RPGs and turn-based strategy than I am FPS's. My situation was a bit odd; I wanted to combine a "home lab" (for studying for various certifications) and a gaming rig. I game in a very small room that gets quite hot in the summer, so I couldn't have two separate high performance machines spitting out lots of TDP. So I now have one rig that does most of things I want it to, though I'm still in the process of moving data over from my old rig.
 
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