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

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Some wise man said once: the worse the support the better the device works
and vice versa.
On Sep 10, 2015 10:18 PM, "Alex Williamson" <alex.l.williamson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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