[vfio-users] vga pass-thru and different gfx cards.

[Alex Williamson]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Jon Panozzo <jonp at lime-technology.com>
wrote:

>
> On the flip side, I had an NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti that I bought from EVGA which
> did not have UEFI support (much older card as well).  Within 15 minutes of
> e-mailing support at evga.com, I received a reply with a new firmware and
> instructions on how to load it which indeed added UEFI support and was
> fully functional in my VMs using OVMF.
>

I found it annoying that I had to register my card, including the serial
number, and only then could I file a support ticket to get a UEFI ROM for
my GTX660 from EVGA.  I really would have preferred that it was just
available for download.  On the other hand, I got a reply quickly that
included the necessary update file without any back and forth, and it
worked.  I suppose raising the bar to that level avoids a lot of users
grabbing the update and flashing their card for no reason.


> From our own user community, we’ve also seen multiple reports of bad
> experiences using ASUS-brand GPUs and motherboards when attempting GPU pass
> through, which is really a shame, because I used to think of Asus as a
> pretty decent brand.  Not saying that they are all bad, but if I was buying
> new hardware, I’d steer clear of them.  Just my 2 cents.
>

Good to know.  Somehow I often seem to end up picking Asus for
motherboards, but I generally have a few negative experiences with each and
every one.
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