Windows on KVM, or running games in a virtual machine?

Question

linux

I have been trying to completely switch to linux for more than a year, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t work, because only games work normally in Windows, only under win and mac there are drivers for my external sound card, as well as various music programs and plugins.
Actually, the question itself ... more precisely, a few:
1. How much FPS will sag in Wirth games. machine relative to the host? As I understand it, SPICE VirtIO will be used there? Or corny RDP is better?
2. There seems to be no problem with USB forwarding, but will an external USB sound card be forwarded to the Win 10 guest?
Thanks in advance for your replies and advice-)

Answer 1

conclusions for 3 years of experiments on the topic:
- forget if you need Windows and games - only Windows host
1 - strong. I don't know how much, I'm not a gamer. but even the start menu with its tiles is stupid
2 - it will most likely be thrown, but it will also be stupid - the sound will be wheezing if
you want Linux - install virtualbox and study distributions until you find something for yourself
ps steam by the way tried it, bought a couple of games for graphics testing - on the same hardware, under Windows it's still faster, smoother, juicier, without friezes .. except that the sound is not distinguishable .. but this is provided that the steam is in the host system and not in the virtual machine

Answer 2

In beta Steam brought the launcher of Windows games. It's called Proton. Inside Wine with settings. Quite a few things get started.

Answer 3

If you are a Steam fan and you have games for it:
tuksik.ru/steam-on-linux

Answer 4

I set up a virtual machine for myself according to the instructions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrou... .
Forwarded USB for wireless keyboard and mouse. The virtual machine is constantly running. I set it up for about 1 day, because. did it for the first time. But now for two years no problems with games.
There are two video cards in the system unit: GT710 for Linux and GTX1060 for Windows.

Answer 5

Forwarding a video card to Windows is possible only if you are familiar with Linux at a level slightly worse than a kernel developer :) I have read a lot of success stories about video card forwarding, but everything usually comes down to two points:
- it is impossible to select a device from a group of devices for forwarding
- NVIdia intentionally does not start the firewood of the forwarded device.
Naturally, all of the above applies to the most typical configuration - a mother with an integra and a card from NVidia for forwarding. The issue with the selection of the device can be solved by inserting the card into another slot (physically, if it exists, of course). Question with what NVidia intentionallyprevents the work of firewood for the device forwarded in this way and did not dare - no matter what I use quick-hacks - Windows stubbornly reports that the device cannot be started. And I have not yet solved the issue of mouse and keyboard forwarding - but they say there are also some problems there.
Linux and modern games are incompatible. Dot. Only those that were written under it. All these "launchers" - they are all based on Wine, and how wine works - I know well - even 10-year-old games can't handle it.
No, you can rest against the horn. Read forums, understand the issue, analyze logs, collect and rebuild something in Linux and install and rearrange in Windows. Possibly, it will even work. Perhaps you will have a combination of hardware that will take off - they say ATI cards are easily forwarded. I didn't have much time to spend...

Answer 6

The solution is actually very simple. You don’t have to give up anything, just assemble a comfortable set for work and leisure on Linux (including choosing a sound card that will work there). And for games, assemble a separate PC, with a configuration for games, with Windows 10. The way it is done in America (only there instead of a PC console) - one machine for work, another for games.

Answer 7

Either fishing or rowing

Answer 8

Playing on a virtual machine is a perversion. For Linux, there is an officially supported steam. For something that does not have official support for Linux, there is wine, with different styles of dancing with a tambourine. You can also work with sound, but see the clarification about wine.

Answer 9

Install linux to use windows???
In my opinion, it's easier to sit on Windows and indulge in Linux on virtulabox.
And even better dual block.

Answer 10

Not everything is so simple, there was experience with SkyLake / KabyLake, Sandy Bridge, AMD FX - it’s very efficient, both with NVidia and AMD cards, but on my new Ryzen 5 2400G some kind of trash is going on - wild drawdowns in speed with memory.