Oct 03, 2018 · For example: If you have an application written that takes advantage of the OpenGL library, then enabling GPU passthrough should provide a benefit. Requirements: ESXi host with GPU Capabilities (GPU needs to be compatible with VMware) Application that can take advantage of the GPU capabilities; Drivers loaded on to the Guest OS (Linux or Windows) I wanted to try to forward an old graphics card I had laying around, an AMD Radeon HD 6850. Upon installation of the card it successfully shows up in the Hardware tab of ESXi, and I tried activating passthrough and rebooting the system. Here's where the trouble begins: After rebooting the state of the GPU still reads "Enabled / Needs reboot".GPU Passthrough는 Proxmox 보단 ESXi 가 더 쉬웠습니다. HW Iommu 그룹이 올바르게 생성되었는지를 먼저 확인 해보시면 이슈가 덜 발생될 듯 합니다. 김제연 2019-04 Nov 08, 2015 · I tried a lot but could not get it to work. As some blogs suggests, the AMD radeon is better choice. Disabling onboard leaves you with no console. You can see the initial ESXi messages but eventually passthrough kicks in and ESXi stops stops console. Following is the last message you will see. ESXi will boot and you can access it from client.