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Compare vfioVirGL with GPU passthrough and alternatives like VirtIO or QXL.

Compare vfioVirGL with GPU passthrough and alternatives like VirtIO or QXL.

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gsbbygirl29
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10-20-2021, 01:30 PM
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I see the distinction between VirtIO/QXL and GPU passthrough. The latter works with Windows 11 and my GTX 1060, while the former is better suited for Linux environments. VirGL seems to sit somewhere in between, offering some benefits over both approaches. On your system using the RX 6900XT, it should run smoothly on macOS inside a VM if you choose the right configuration.
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gsbbygirl29
10-20-2021, 01:30 PM #1

I see the distinction between VirtIO/QXL and GPU passthrough. The latter works with Windows 11 and my GTX 1060, while the former is better suited for Linux environments. VirGL seems to sit somewhere in between, offering some benefits over both approaches. On your system using the RX 6900XT, it should run smoothly on macOS inside a VM if you choose the right configuration.

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brooke_chan897
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10-28-2021, 01:38 AM
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One is an emulated GPU driver that passes commands to the real hardware. The other, passthrough, is isolating the hardware from the host to use the guest hardware drivers directly. I don't think so. If you really want MacOS use a Mac.. in the very least you'll want AMD graphics. MacOS VM's will be dead in a few years when apple drops support for x86.
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brooke_chan897
10-28-2021, 01:38 AM #2

One is an emulated GPU driver that passes commands to the real hardware. The other, passthrough, is isolating the hardware from the host to use the guest hardware drivers directly. I don't think so. If you really want MacOS use a Mac.. in the very least you'll want AMD graphics. MacOS VM's will be dead in a few years when apple drops support for x86.

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