On 2017-09-12 22:57, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 09/12/2017 06:50 PM, Gaijin wrote: > >> On 2017-09-12 12:46, filtration wrote: >>> Gaijin: >>>> On 2017-09-12 05:32, pixel fairy wrote: >>>>> On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 10:31:56 PM UTC-7, pixel fairy wrote: >>>>>> given that appvms cant use 3d acceleration anyway, your best bet is >>>>>> intel graphics. if your going to give a gpu to a vm, then it depends on >>>>>> the os of that vm. >>>>>> >>>>>> last i checked, nvidia is fine with virtualization of quadro cards. >>>>>> >>>>>> make sure the workstation doesnt have AMT (vpro etc) as bussiness lines >>>>>> tend to. you may be safer with what dell would otherwise sell as a >>>>>> consumer desktop or gaming rig, minus the fancy graphics card unless >>>>>> your going to use it. but, if thats a big part of your work, you may be >>>>>> better off with linux + kvm or something else instead of qubes. >>>>> damn nonlinear editing. that last sentence was supposed to go at the >>>>> end of the first paragraph. >>>> Well, the good news is that enabling vPro on a Dell is an extra option >>>> that you can select (costs $19), so I made sure that selection was off. >>>> Thanks for the heads up. >>>> >>>> The newer Xeon chips in the E5 Series no longer include on-board >>>> processor graphics, so Intel graphics isn't an option if I go this >>>> route. They can handle a lot more RAM (1.2TB vs. 64GB) and have more >>>> cores (10 vs. 4). There's generally a lot more I could do simultaneously >>>> with this chip it seems looking at the specs. >>>> >>>> Researching through these forums and even the Qubes Docs there seems to >>>> be a "stay away from nVidia" theme; That's why I was focusing on the AMD >>>> graphics card option. Is nVidia Quadro a viable option? >>>> >>>> Using the Dell configurator, and plugging in RedHat Linux 7.2 as the OS >>>> I find that the very newest AMD FirePro graphics card I selected isn't >>>> compatible. (I'm assuming RHEL 7.2 is a roughly equivalent to the Fedora >>>> 23 in dom0) So I dropped down to the older W5100 card and that seemed to >>>> work for them. >>>> >>>> The graphics aren't really a big part of my work. I just want a box that >>>> will be ready to run Qubes v4. >>>> >>> Gaijin: Intel GPU is recommended, AMD are second best. >>> >>> IIRC, Dom0 will be based on Fedora 25 in Qubes 4.0. Try checking AMD's >>> site (https://support.amd.com/en-us/download) for compatibility reports, >>> too. >> Looking at the latest AMD FirePro drivers, they have versions that >> support RHEL and CentOS, so in turn can I assume one of those might >> support Fedora as well? > Yes. >> They also seem to have a generic Linux driver >> for older OS versions. >> >> I do see a few AMD FirePro cards in the HCL that seem to be working, but >> not the specific one I'm looking at, so that's somewhat encouraging... >> > Adding your own driver to dom0 wouldn't be difficult if by chance you > need to, I mod my kernels all the time.
Cheers for the advice! The hope is that generic video drivers in dom0 will suffice, but good to know that I could add a driver there, and that one would be available. I'm feeling a lot better about this AMD card now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/53f2408f7d0f65c44e0ec6389efc1da7%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
