Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction
by berti on Thursday August 02, 2018 @01:27AM
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In a similar boat with my old 4770k and a new RX580. I'm kicking myself for the k model though, as I would like to pass my old GPU through to a Windows VM, but the unlocked k model CPUs don't have VT-d, necessary for IOMMU.
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Buy a 4th gen second hand CPU? No need to kick yourself, those are cheap now.
For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-4770-3-4GHz-Quad-Core-Syst...
This mistake was fixed in Devil's Canyon:
https://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Pro...
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ Yes