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How noob am I, huh? Ty for the advice mate
Edit: zero irony here
The issue is that programs can't directly use your gpu when using a virtual machine
I guess you never heard of GPU Passthrough... https://github.com/bryansteiner/gpu-passthrough-tutorial/
GPU passthrough requires two GPUs, a system with compatible components, a lot of caffeine and a lot of patience. Not something for someone who wants something that just works.
It only requires it if you want the host to have a gpu, too. Otherwise, single-gpu passthrough is very much possible
What I said especially applies for single GPU passthrough, minus the two GPU part, I say that because I've done that on Desktop.
Single GPU passthrough (for me) was a journey of misery where a series of bash scripts with crude busyloop synchronization kept me from having no display output and needing to restart my system to test my changes again.
It's probably the last thing I'd recommend for someone who wants something that works, unless you know something I don't.
And integrated GPU counts, so you could use the integrated one for the host and a discrete card for the guest.
That's a really nice option, yeah. No need for the extra expense when the CPU you use or are going to buy has an iGPU anyway
OP probably doesn't have two GPUs in their computer.
I'm probably wrong, but isn't supposed to work if my CPU have a iGPU and I have a GPU? I genuinely ask, I'm not sure.
An iGPU counts as a GPU.
You don't need two.
His CPU has integrated graphics. He can do full passthrough.
Now, if he's doing that with a Type 2 hypervisor, I suspect the performance will still be lackluster for video editing, if it's even supported.
Which means he's also going to have to learn to use KVM.
Did OP mention a dedicated GPU? I'd assume a rather low end 2100GE wouldn't likely be paired with a dGPU.
Either he never heard of it or he decided he did not want to bother following the 200 page tutorial filled with fiddly bits.
I know this exists but from what I understand, OP is using VirtualBox, which doesn't support it and instead of going through the effort to set it up, you might as well just dual boot
Very useful tip for a linux newbie with a laptop which has only igpu.
He's also very clearly going to be running the vm with a Windows host... More likely than not that means virtualbox, not spending money on software / hardware that does it well and easily on windows just to test out... Truly the best option here for OP is dual boot.
Try to double your ram and if you don't have ssd, get one. Your cpu and gpu is powerful enough for light video editing. Also amd drivers are shipped in the Linux Kernel so you don't need to do anything for them.