Citrix HDX 3D Pro Feature in XenDesktop 5.5 Tested Hardware

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Citrix Tested Hardware for the HDX 3D Pro Feature in XenDesktop 5.5

This article lists the hardware used by Citrix to test the HDX 3D Pro feature for the August, 2011 release of XenDesktop 5.5. It is intended that this article provide guidance for customers when choosing hardware to be used with HDX 3D Pro and XenDesktop 5.5. Note that this is not an exhaustive list of all the hardware that can be used with HDX 3D Pro, just a list of the hardware that was specifically used for testing by Citrix Engineering. Other hardware not listed below that meets the system requirements for HDX 3D Pro may also be used.


Graphics Processing Units

GPUs Tested with HDX 3D Pro Virtual Desktop Agent

Manufacturer

Model

Deployment Recommendations

Tested by Citrix

GPU-Based Deep Compression

Standalone

Passthrough

Standalone

Passthrough

Single Monitor

Dual Monitor

NVIDIA

Tesla M2070Q

E

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Quadro 6000

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Quadro 5000

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Quadro 4000

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Quadro 2000

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Quadro FX 3800

Y

E

Y

N

Y

Y

Quadro FX 4800

Y

E

Y

N

Y

Y

Quadro FX 5800

Y

E

Y

N

Y

Y

Quadro FX 4600

Y

E

Y

N

Y

N

Quadro FX 2800m

Y

E

Y

N

Y

N

GeForce GTX 480

Y

E

Y

N

Y

Y

Quadro NVS 210S

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

GeForce 6150 LE

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

ATI-AMD

Radeon HD 6870

Y

E

Y

N

N

N

Firepro MV 2450

Y

E

Y

N

N

N

Standalone = Physical machine with GPU; Passthrough = XenServer VM with GPU passthrough;

Y = Yes, tested and recommended; N = No, not tested or recommended; E = Experimental, not tested but expected to work.

Based on the testing carried out by Citrix, most NVIDIA Quadro and Quadro FX graphics cards should work in standalone mode with HDX 3D Pro.
Citrix has tested only a few NVIDIA Tesla and GeForce graphics cards. Although it is expected that these classes of graphics cards will work, Citrix recommends that you carry out your own testing before putting such graphics cards into a production environment.

Although Citrix has only tested a few ATI-AMD graphics cards, it is expected that they will work with CPU-based compression.

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