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GPU passthrough to LXCs beats VMs in Proxmox, and it's way simpler than you'd think

… Related Nvidia stopped supporting my GPU, so I started self-hosting LLMs with it I self-support my gpu now because Nvidia won't Passing a GPU to LXCs is fairly straightforward Especially compared to PCI passthrough on VMs Compared to configuring GPU passthrough on VMs manually, LXCs have a simple p… …

Mar 26, 2026 · Ayush Pande

I run Windows in a Proxmox VM full-time, and it's good enough to replace my main PC

… However, GPU passthrough single-handedly made my virtualized Windows instance as capable as my daily driver. …

May 3, 2026 · Ayush Pande

Your GPU, RAM, and SSD all have firmware you've never updated, and it can actually matter

… On top of that, drivers can compensate for a lot. GPU drivers handle far more than just rendering. …

Apr 13, 2026 · Adam Conway

Most gamers should logically buy an AMD GPU — here's why they keep buying Nvidia anyway

… AMD's reluctance to support older-generation GPUs and the lack of game support right now are major blockers to the broad adoption of its FSR suite. …

Apr 3, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

I ran Gemma 4 (26B) on a 10-year-old-GPU, and it's reliable enough to replace the cloud

… Related Nvidia stopped supporting my GPU, so I started self-hosting LLMs with it I self-support my gpu now because Nvidia won't I went with the Vulkan variant of llama.cpp for this project Getting GPU passthrough working was the easy part Let me make this clear: Ollama is a fantastic local LLM prov… …

May 10, 2026 · Ayush Pande

DLSS has turned buying a GPU into analyzing different software tiers, and I can't keep up

… After all, just this year, we've seen a huge release like Crimson Desert completely forgo support for Intel Arc GPUs initially, and even Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata don't support path tracing on any of the latest AMD cards. …

May 8, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

I ditched my dedicated GPU for integrated graphics and cut my power bill in half

… It was almost required since our existing playback device of choice didn't support all the formats stored on Plex. I ended up using a GPU, starting with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 1060 and ending up with a T1000 GPU to handle the workload. …

Mar 25, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

I tested Nvidia's flagship GPUs for gaming, and the RTX 5090 wasn't the winner

… One quick note, it doesn't support the Game Ready drivers that the RTX 5090 does, but that just means per-game tweaks might not be available for newer games. …

May 8, 2026 · Joe Rice-Jones

The worst gaming GPU in your drawer might be your best home server upgrade

… NVIDIA's proprietary Linux drivers are more predictable, but they're not immune to version-compatibility issues, and passthrough with both cards can be fickle. If your motherboard and CPU don't support IOMMU, you're basically out of luck, and even then, it's not straightforward. …

May 6, 2026 · Ty Sherback

I replaced cloud LLMs with local models running off a Proxmox LXC, and the performance trade-off was worth it

… On my aged system, I simply ran the ls -l /dev/nvidia command to get the device IDs 195, 235, and 237 for my GPU , pasted the following syntax into the LXC’s config file, and installed the graphics card drivers inside the LXC to configure GPU passthrough, before compiling llama.cpp’s Vulkan variant… …

May 29, 2026 · Ayush Pande

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