Nvidia e-gpu with Ubuntu

[funkacrylic]

Does anyone know if an Nvidia e-gpu would work with an Ubuntu VM on Catalina? Wondering if this could be used as an alternative to a baremetal Linux/Nvidia box for ML applications.

[rachelsunsm]

Sure, eGPU would work fro Ubuntu VM.

just checked Settings->Display->Prefer External GPU for the VM.

now the VM will use eGPU.

[Mikero]

Incorrect answer I'm afraid...

[Mikero]

No, the eGPU must be supported by Apple. -> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208544

Currently only AMD GPUs are supported.

This implementation does not 'passthrough', our Metal rendering process instead runs on the faster hardware which delivers more performance for 3D hardware accelerated apps, regardless of guest OS type. (i.e. as long as VMware Tools and the SVGA II device are there, it should work)