Game streaming on Virtual Machines! Windows and Linux on Proxmox/Qemu!

Ever thought about gaming on a virtual machine? Did you even know it was possible?
Especially when you pass a real GPU through to the VM, you'll get about as much performance as from a full desktop!

Let's build ourselves some VMs for gaming, on top of Proxmox!

Some useful links:
VirtIO drivers for Windows: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio

Creating a virtual display on Linux: https://www.azdanov.dev/articles/2025/how-to-create-a-virtual-display-for-sunshine-on-arch-linux

It seems like some people get issues when a card gets into the 'd3cold' status, I haven't encountered that but you can disable it: https://guatulabs.dev/posts/gpu-passthrough-on-proxmox-gotcha-guide/#gotcha-3-d3cold-will-brick-your-gpu-until-you-reboot-the-host

My friend Brian from Forget I.T. has a great video on optimizing your network for game streaming!
https://youtu.be/3fmfr4RslWk?si=VDtdx31cm_xHJLj_

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Credits:
The intro consists of me singing over "The Rostrum" from the Wacky Wheels OST.

Chapters in this video:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Building a Windows VM
5:59 Apollo/Moonlight
7:25 Game performance
8:07 Add a game to the menu
8:42 Building a Linux VM
13:40 power draw
14:11 A more powerful GPU
16:38 Wrapping up

That's all folks!

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