A small note on what you can do to troubleshoot and diagnose issues with NVidia GPUs (NOTE: this is GPUs, not GFX cards). You can check for issues by using NVidia SMI or checking for Xid errors in the OS event logs: Use Nvidia SMI. Linux and Vmware nvidia-bug-report.sh Generates a diagnostic bundle Windows c:\Program …

In order to check that the correct firmware and matching driver is in use, you will need to refer to the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). In order to narrow down the search on the HCL, we need to obtain some values from the hardware. These are namely: VID (Vendor ID) DID (Device ID) SVID (Sub-Vendor ID) SSID …