I have now played various games that are graphically demanding and the most graphically realistic games. Using VMware Horizon Direct Connect and converting the server into a PC, here is my as honest answer as I can give. First of all, I would say that I don’t consider myself a professional gamer.What attracted me to…
Category: Home Lab
Cloud Gaming Experience Using the Sony HT-A7000 Dolby Atmos Soundbar, SA-RS5 Rear Speakers, and VMware Horizon
Before, I wrote about testing the Logitech Z906 5.1 speakers and Creative Labs Sound Blaster X4 sound card for True Surround sound and what that experience was like. I managed to get the surround sound working in the end, but I returned both devices because the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X4 was total junk and…
Cloud Gaming: Overwatch: Your rendering device has been lost!
The problem isn’t with VMware Horizon; it’s actually with the Overwatch game and Nvidia GPU drivers. I solved the issue by disabling the Image Sharpening setting in the Nvidia Control Panel.
Cloud Gaming: MSI Afterburner causes FPS to drop 5 and GPU usages to around 30%
I decided to try MSI Afterburner and played around with it. I didn’t see any improvement and think using MSI Afterburner is pointless. I noticed that while playing Horizon Zero Dawn, the FPS and GPU usage dropped. At first, I didn’t know why, but after many tests, it was clear that MSI Afterburner was causing…
Cloud Gaming: Cooling Nvidia Tesla K80
They finally arrived. I tested them in every way possible. But honestly, they don’t work well with quiet fans and are mostly a waste of money. The best cooling method was removing the cover from the Nvidia K80 and attaching fans directly to it. Cloud Gaming: What’s it like playing the most graphically demanding games…
Tinkering with Nvidia Tesla K80 + VMware Horizon
I always wanted to give a try on Data Center GPU and now is the time to get the experience. Luckily, I found a very low price and I negotiated even little bit more down the price. I was very skeptical maybe the GPU could be broken or something wrong, because comparing with other seller…
macOS Horizon Client is stuck on PCoIP and you cannot change back to BLAST.
I was trying out a PCoIP connection, but it didn’t work out well. I ended up with a black screen. What’s strange is that after switching from PCoIP, I can’t switch back to Blast. Also, there’s a noticeable difference between the Apple and Windows Horizon clients. With Windows, you can easily change it by right-clicking…
When was the last time you cleared the dust from your Home Lab?
When was the last time you cleared the dust from your Home Lab? I’ve been eagerly anticipating the arrival of my DDR4 RAM, and at the same time, I decided it was a perfect opportunity to give my servers a good cleaning. My cases, the Be Quiet Pure Base 500 and Lian Li LANCOOL II…
Home Lab 2023: A Snapshot of its Current State
Servers: TOTAL:CPU 84 Core/ 168 + 16 CoreRAM 1.5 TB + 128 GBNVMe 89.44 TBSSD 4.4 TBHDD 4.5 TBNetwork 100 GbE + 10 GbE ESX-1 CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 28C 56T LGA3647 Skylake 165W CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D9 DX-3647 4UMotherboard SuperMicro X11SPi-TFNetwork NIC 2x RJ45 10GBase-T portsNetwork NIC 1x RJ45 1GBase-T ports RAM…
Another Significant Achievement: My Home Lab Just Got 1.5 TB RAM! 832GB Just Arrived!
NB: It arrived in July, and I wrote about it then, but I only made the post publicly available now. I’ve been looking forward to this since I started my Home Lab. I wanted to put as much RAM as possible in each ESXi server. RAM used to be really expensive, about $900, but now…