For those wondering, it also works with a Linux VM:

• Host: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X + Proxmox
• PCI passthrough for an Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB
• A Debian VM with 16GB and as many cores as the host have (if you set less cores, you will have to tune cpu affinity/pinning)
• An HDMI dummy
• I stream the VM to my office using Sunshine and Moonlight

It's not easy to set up, but it works. I'm able to run some games like Borderlands 3 running at ~50FPS with a resolution of 1920x1080 with visual effects set to the max (important: disable vsync in the games !).

Only problem is disk access. It tends to add some latency. So with games coded with their ass (ex: Raft), the framerate drops a lot (Raft goes down to 20FPS sometimes).

Ive been running a gaming VM in proxmox for months now and have really liked it. My base is am old Lenovo ThinkStation P500. Using an old GTX 1070 which is more than enough for what I play. (Minecraft, Factorio, Cities, etc)

Am I missing something here? Why use a VM for gaming?

I'll take Linux with proton any day over all that faffing with windows and a GPU pass through.

I do this using a native Linux host so Google corals work right for my frigate security system. Windows vm is a qemu KVM with GPU passthrough, managed primarily through a web browser via cockpit https://qqq.ninja/blog/post/vfio-on-arch/

I did the Lightning BIOS flash successfully to ensure virtualization is working on my 11900ES. Goal is to build an unraid server which permanently runs two dozens docker containers and several VMs for daily usage. ATM this setup is running on a 10 year old HP Z420 Xeon workstation, but I want to go for something less power hungry with the Erying setup.

My only problem is that since flashing the lightning BIOS both system fan connectors always run full tilt, no matter what kind of "Smart Control" settings I apply. I tried several different 4 and 3 pin fans, with and w/o PWM, no difference. Hard resetting the BIOS also doesn't help. This did not occur with the stock BIOS. Maybe anyone experienced the same and could give me a hint what to do.

I like this idea. I've been self hosting using A VPS cloud server, but this is a great reason to do something in my home.

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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