Yea, I don't do much gaming, currently the desktop that the workstation card would go in is a hackintosh so... Mostly just looking to get rid of the desktop, since it's going on 5 years old at this point, and planning on moving to horizon for most of my windows tasks (which there aren't many at this point). There are some games (like PUBG) that I need a windows box with GPU for to play though. Mostly just looking at the available options, and it seems like a workstation card with a thin client would work decently. (I'm assuming the workstation card works during boot? If so, that would be even better).
Gaming in vmware Horizon
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Well, sounds like I'd still be able to choose the disk to boot from, so I could probably still use it as a hackintosh if connecting to the card directly. Not bad.
Me? No, but considered it (when I found it after I had my setup done).
But I wondered - is it for Steam stuff only? Can @just_insane do work and I could do eg Origin games?
But I wondered - is it for Steam stuff only? Can @just_insane do work and I could do eg Origin games?
I think if you add your origin games to steam, it might work, but I'm not really sure.
So just wanted to update / conclude this topic.
The easiest option I have found for a single box is using Teradici Workstation Card + Desktop GPU (designated phys win 10 box). The WkstCard is not integrated seamlessly (ie was not selectable via view connection server for me) so i used a dedicated thinclient (old p20) - no (perf) issues so quite usable.
Turning the phys box on and off was an additional task but not too bad due to remote controlled power plug.
I then managed to get a Grid K2 which o/c worked seamlessly, dedicated mode for best performance, max 2 VMs. Worked fine, but low gaming performance, lot of heat/noise. Not suited for me.
With the (relatively cheap) availability of Pascal based Quadro cards I have now moved to dedicated GPU passthrough of Quadro cards which also works seamlessly with Horizon. Not done with the final setup/layout but looks promising. O/C more expensive then the initial solution, but usable for more than just myself quite easily. Card(s) can also be reused for other tasks while no gaming session in progress.
The easiest option I have found for a single box is using Teradici Workstation Card + Desktop GPU (designated phys win 10 box). The WkstCard is not integrated seamlessly (ie was not selectable via view connection server for me) so i used a dedicated thinclient (old p20) - no (perf) issues so quite usable.
Turning the phys box on and off was an additional task but not too bad due to remote controlled power plug.
I then managed to get a Grid K2 which o/c worked seamlessly, dedicated mode for best performance, max 2 VMs. Worked fine, but low gaming performance, lot of heat/noise. Not suited for me.
With the (relatively cheap) availability of Pascal based Quadro cards I have now moved to dedicated GPU passthrough of Quadro cards which also works seamlessly with Horizon. Not done with the final setup/layout but looks promising. O/C more expensive then the initial solution, but usable for more than just myself quite easily. Card(s) can also be reused for other tasks while no gaming session in progress.
I have not decided on a final model, I atm have P2000/4000 with me and an P6000 inbound.
See the pics for the prelimiary test, favouring the GTX due to the use of an i7 4790k over an 2667ES (4 vs 2.9 Ghz base clock).
Tested Models Grid K2 (first pic, unidentified model), P4000, GTX 1080 (non oc). Seem to have forgotten to take screens of the P2000.
See the pics for the prelimiary test, favouring the GTX due to the use of an i7 4790k over an 2667ES (4 vs 2.9 Ghz base clock).
Tested Models Grid K2 (first pic, unidentified model), P4000, GTX 1080 (non oc). Seem to have forgotten to take screens of the P2000.
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The workstation card can be brokered by View so it will show up as a pool. You need to install the host software and then the Horizon agent. There's instructions on how to install it, you have to point it to the Horizon connection server so it registers as it's not controlled by vcenter.
In horizon, create a new manual pool from other sources.