Passing GPU from Host to Guest

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Johnny Utah
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Passing GPU from Host to Guest

Post by Johnny Utah »

Hi Is it possible to pass GPU "calls" from my host gpu card to my guest vm?

windows 7 pro x64 is host
GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB is host GPU
running virtualbox 4.1.4 r74291

the guest VM is either a XP pro sp3 or a windows 7 32bit enterprise edition

My whole issue is HDCP compliance.

I've got a blu-ray drive in my host with dual dell 2408 monitors. It is HDCP compliant, and works. Plays/reads blu rays and dvds fine.

I am trying to do some things in my VM's, and it is basically saying that the monitor is analog and not HDCP compliant. I'm wondering if i can somehow get the VMs to use the host drivers for the GPU and or my dells monitors.

thoughts!?

thanks fellas,

full specs of host are below:

Lian Li PC-B25
Intel Core i7 920
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3
EVGA 9800 GTX+
2 X WD 500 GB Black Cavier (RAID 1)
4 X Seagate Barracuda 1TB (RAID 5)
Seasonic 850 watt SS-850HT
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

dvd roms are either

PLEXTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer - PX-880SA

or

LITE-ON Black 8X BD-ROM - iHES208-08
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Re: Passing GPU from Host to Guest

Post by mpack »

Not with the current VBox release. The dev's future plans are unknown, but I wouldn't count on this happening soon.
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