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Nick635
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Sep 26, 2024

Setting up a virtual desktop for game development

Hi 

For three days i have been trying to find out how to set up a virtual desktop, spoken to multiple salespeople and experimented via gptchat.. however I am just going around in circles... so hopefully this is the place to get an answer!

 

I want to see whether I can develop a 3d Unity game on a virtual desktop rather than buy a new laptop and if this will be cost effective route moving forward

 

The recommended spec for the laptop seems to be around

Intel® Core™ i7 10 Core Processor 13620H (4.90GHz Turbo)
 32GB PCS PRO SODIMM DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB) 
 NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
500gb ssd

although think the GPU could drop a level to the 3xxx
 
Please can someone help me translate this into the equivalent spec for virtual desktop and also tell me how to set up - when i go to virtual desktop option in azure i don't get offered a choice on specs
 
am desperate to try to this out asap

thanks very much for any help and insights you can offer
 
 

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    jlou65535
    MCT
    Sep 29, 2024
    Hello,
    There is not right answer for your question:
    - Azure Game Development Virtual Machine is scheduled for retirement on February 1st, 2024.
    - You can consider using an NC4as T4 v3 VM on Azure, which includes a old Tesla T4 GPU

    Sorry for that.

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