Zarathustra[H]
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Hey all,
I have an interesting problem I'm trying to solve.
I've been musing about setting up a Civ5 Pitboss server for some time.
I figured, since I have an ESXi box with extra capacity up and running already why not?
I could install a windows guest, and set it up.
It turns out - however - that the Civ5 engine is programmed such that even when operating as a server, it needs hardware GPU support in order to run.
Apparently it doesn't need a ton of GPU horsepower to run, but it needs at least some.
The on board graphics on my server is an old Matrox G200eW, so that's obviously not going to cut it, even with new fancy GPU accelerated features in ESXi.
I do - however - have a DDR3 Geforce 630 GT kicking around from an HTPC build I am no longer using.
I figured I could install it, direct I/O forward it to the guest, and then use it for running th Civ 5 pitboss server.
Now, if I do this, it is going to want to display on a local monitor near the server, which would not be ideal. I still need to set things up, etc, using the GUI.
Is there any way to get it to use the GPU for acceleration, but instead output graphics to the remote screen? Maybe if I run it in windowed mode, set the virtual screen and the external screen to the same resolution and mirror the two?
Appreciate any ideas!
--Matt
I have an interesting problem I'm trying to solve.
I've been musing about setting up a Civ5 Pitboss server for some time.
I figured, since I have an ESXi box with extra capacity up and running already why not?
I could install a windows guest, and set it up.
It turns out - however - that the Civ5 engine is programmed such that even when operating as a server, it needs hardware GPU support in order to run.
Apparently it doesn't need a ton of GPU horsepower to run, but it needs at least some.
The on board graphics on my server is an old Matrox G200eW, so that's obviously not going to cut it, even with new fancy GPU accelerated features in ESXi.
I do - however - have a DDR3 Geforce 630 GT kicking around from an HTPC build I am no longer using.
I figured I could install it, direct I/O forward it to the guest, and then use it for running th Civ 5 pitboss server.
Now, if I do this, it is going to want to display on a local monitor near the server, which would not be ideal. I still need to set things up, etc, using the GUI.
Is there any way to get it to use the GPU for acceleration, but instead output graphics to the remote screen? Maybe if I run it in windowed mode, set the virtual screen and the external screen to the same resolution and mirror the two?
Appreciate any ideas!
--Matt