Question GPU requirements for Virtualisation on a laptop ?

[enkidoe]

Guys,

When having a laptop and wanting to virtualize on that laptop, is a decent GPU necessary for Vmware workstation/Virtual Box/... or will an iGPU do?
many thanks.

 

[Math Geek]

you'll want more than an igpu. it does not have to be a top end card but it'll need to be more than a basic igpu.

remember a VM is given cpu cores, ram and some gpu ram/power for its use. so the more resources you have available, the better your vm can be or the more you can run at one time.

a common 3050/3060 type would be more than enough to lend some to a vm and still have the rest of the system usable.

 

[enkidoe]

thank you