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Is it a good idea to run windows in VM with gpu passthrough (nvidia RTX) for certain games, instead of dual booting? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been dual booting Linux and windows for about two years now, but in those two years, I have never booted into windows, except by mistake.

This made me think about removing windows and just saving that wasted space for Linux. I only ever dual booted for the off chance the peer pressure to play anti cheat games was too great, but so far it hasn't.

For the off chance where I want to play a game that doesn't run well on Linux, is it a good idea to do that via VM instead of dual boot, or is it too much hassle? Will there be performance hit or any issues with those games?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you all for the helpful answers. I've deleted Windows and decided to not even try running it again.

Hello Gentoo Linux full-time!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The good ending

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Hey op if you do go with passing through your GPU check this out https://looking-glass.io/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Personally a game that doesn't run on linux turn me down so much that i don't want to play it at all. Check https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Same here, dropped my dual boot since Jan 2020 and if I don't see at least silver on www.protondb.com, I simply wait. Proton will get there eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The VM isnt going to have the specs of a true Win boot because some of the resources will be used to run Linux. The Win VM will still take up some storage space even if dynamic. If youre really set on playing Win-only games that are resouce intensive, I dont recommend getting rid of a a true Win boot.

Or, you can be like me and just stick to games you can play on Linux only. As far as Im concerned, if my Linux Mint can't play them, they don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It used to be worth it, but Linux can run so many more games now thanks to Proton and other improvements. Most of the games that won't run on Linux now don't run due to anticheat, and many anticheat programs don't like VM/GPU passthru.

So basically I don't consider it worth it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Well in terms of anticheat, VM's require immense amounts of knowledge to avoid detection. Ive heard specifically that Rainbow Six: Siege will ban you for playing under VM, as well as Valorant. Dual booting is best to avoid anticheat, but if that doesn't matter, then a VM with passthrough can be extremely performant.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

Nah just dual boot. There is a significant performance loss with VMs