[vfio-users] Low power graphics card that plays nice with vfio?

Taiidan at gmx.com Taiidan at gmx.com
Thu Jan 11 02:59:03 UTC 2018


On 01/10/2018 02:07 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:33:29 -0500
> "Taiidan at gmx.com" <Taiidan at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a low power fanless/low price graphics card that can be
>> assigned to a VM without trouble.
> HD5450?  I don't recall every having any trouble with mine, though I
> don't use it regularly.  The GT 710 or 730 is probably an option on the
> GeForce side.
>
>> I am also wondering as to if there are any normal graphics cards with
>> FLR (normal as in not the ones intended for RDP that have only a single
>> display connector)
> I've not seen any GPUs with FLR at all.
Thanks for the advice!

That is what I was considering as it is the cheapest fanless AMD card.
(I don't buy nvidia due to their attitudes regarding linux and 
virtualization)

On 01/10/2018 06:40 PM, Nick S wrote:
> How low do you want to go?
It just needs to be able to browse the internet and watch 1080p movies 
with reasonable CPU assist.




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