Ask HN: Which Windows? (for vbox with GPU passthrough)

Hi all.

I’m a long time Linux user, and I’d like to install and run a couple windows games, that can in turn leverage my nvidia 2070 GPU.

I’ve tried using wine - and also dual booting - with mixed results.

I’d prefer to keep things clean and simple, so I’d like to experiment with a virtual box windows install.

Is anyone running windows games successfully with this approach? If so, please share your tips?

I don’t even know whether GPU passthrough will work with vbox, let alone which version of windows to go with.

Any guidance would be appreciated :-)