Virtual machines and two gamers using one PC together
Virtual machines and two gamers using one PC together
You have a powerful setup with a Ryzen 1700, 32GB RAM, and an HD7970 GPU. Running Windows 10 on a NVMe drive and Windows 7 on a SATA SSD with multiple HDDs works well. You're looking at gaming setups and have seen others succeed with similar configurations. You're considering running both operating systems as virtual machines on separate SSDs without using virtual HDDs. You're also interested in splitting the HD7970 between the VMs or if you need a second GPU, possibly a 660Ti. Your goals include playing games like PUBG, GTA V, Warcraft III, Minecraft, Age of Empires, Call of Duty, Quake, and Halo.
You’d just need to configure two separate virtual machines, each with two copies of Windows and two GPUs.
Ensure two GPUs are used and distribute the CPU load evenly (about 4 cores per person). You can get Windows 10 from Microsoft’s site without activation since it only lets you customize settings. It’s not helpful if you’re the only guest visiting occasionally. Make sure you have two keyboards and two mice. Connect two monitors using separate GPUs; you should see PCIe 16x Gen 3 on both devices.