TIP: KVM with GeForce and Desktop Acceleration on RDP...

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So, NVIDIA only supply Desktop Acceleration with RDP on windows with Quadro and Tesla drivers.
Obviously most home users don't need Quadro's on there KVM and are like myself who want a 1080ti.

Plus there is a handful of software programs I run that need OpenGL on the desktop to even open.

So how I figured this out:

Passing through the GPU with keyboard and mouse with a monitor I had no issues, perfect desktop acceleration on the monitor and then when connecting through RDP I still had the acceleration.
Although when I disconnected the Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse and put the server in the other room the desktop was poor. Not scientific but the best test is with youtube.com and I couldn't playback a video.

So I plugged a monitor in and then came back the acceleration. BOOM

So I use one of these on my Mac Mini
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For the reason of getting desktop acceleration from the GPU and so I plugged it into the 1080ti on the server running the KVM and I have full desktop acceleration over RDP.

Headless Ghost - A simple HDMI plug display emulator

NewerTech HDMI Headless Video Accelerator in stock at MacSales.com

Thats all folks! Hope it helps someone out.
 
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