I was able to add a second GPU to my ESX host, that was I was able to keep the console of the ESX and have the VMDP working.

With the local console you should be able to apply patches manually through the shell (I haven't done that very often; not sure how it works exactly).

I am glad to ear that some of you were able to get the DXVA working. I gave some more tests on my own and had not so bad results.

- Nvidia GT210 did not work (driver failed to load as far as I can remember)

- HD5450 did work, but I was not able to get the DXVA. The driver related to the HDMI sound was not able to load though

In order to get DXVA you have to disable the vmware GPU I guess. How have you done it? Did you simply disable the display or did you disable the whole GPU in the device manager?

I ll try to do some more test tonight; using a VM as a HTPC would be so cool. Which leads me to another related question. Have anyone tried to use a TV tuner through VMDP? Any feedback welcome.