I am so frustrated that I can't get this working properly with my setup. Granted, this was not my primary purpose, but I was fully expecting to be able to stick in any of my pcie video cards and pass it through, navigating whatever issues that arise (I expected to run into issues with two dispalys (one virtual, one hardware), however I wanted a quick and easy way to make a gaming PC out the back of my ESXi server(s).
In short, I think I have just gotten very unlucky with my graphics card selection. The only graphics card that I purchased was a w7000, in order to test out vsga. that, itself, works, but it isn't suitable for gaming (I hadn't intended it to). I first tried to switch the w7000 to dedicated it to one vm, but it never displays anything.
I have also tried a few other ATI and Nvidia cards, but none seem to work (similar issue). I AM able to setup other PCI cards and pass them through fine, so I know at least the underlying hardware is fine.
When I get home I'll come back and post a few specifics on my hardware, but I think I have resolved to spend a few more bucks and get a video card that is known to work (by the community, since I do not think this is a supported configuration from VMware).
Is there a list of known working video cards, preferably one that has the fewest issues? I would like to go with whatever is the latest generation that works (but I am by no means looking for a top of the line card, unless it just happens to be the most compatible).
As a side note, depending on the answer, and how much it costs I may swap out w7000 for it, since my testing is done and I may not find a good use for it ongoing.