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  • GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 virtualization

    Hello

    After searching for what seems like to be a needle in a heystack, I finally found a motherboard that |might| fully support IOMMU. The GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 should, as per this review support it fully using ESXi.

    Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - review #9

    Does anyone know anything more? I would like to get a tech to respond because they usually know if it works fully or not.

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    Re: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 virtualization

    I thought that feature was only really needed for Windows 8? I may be wrong.

    But I've used VMware Player and Workstation without issues on 790, 890 chipset MB's See the HTPC/Home Server Rig in my sig.

    Vin
    Last edited by Vinster; 10-03-2012, 10:51 PM.
    Main Rig
    OS = Win10-64Bit
    CPU = Ryzen 1700x Overclocked to 4Ghz with custom water-cooling loop
    Mem = 16GB RAM @ 3200Mhz
    MB = Asus ROG C6H
    GPU = Asus 1080Ti ROG Strix
    HD = 512GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
    PSU = EVGA SuperNOVA 1300w
    Case = Cooler Master HAF-X 945

    HTPC / Home Server
    OS = Win7 64Bit running XBMC HTPC Front end with Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine with 12GB ram assigned for homer server
    CPU = i7-980X @ 3.5Ghz CoolerMasster Hyper 212 Evo
    Mem = 24GB RAM
    MB = Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 v1.0 with F6 Bios
    GPU = EVGA nVidia GT210
    HD = 2x PNY 120GB Raid 0 (OS)
    Storage = 8TB WD Black Storage
    PSU = Corsair TX750
    Case = Define R5

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