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VMWare

  • 16-04-2008 7:29am
    #1
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys

    I use Linux and until Recently I was using wine to to play all my games etc. however I have paid for Vista so I may as well use it.

    I created a VM with Vista on it. its has access to 2 processors and has been given 1.5GB of RAM
    its running perfectly

    However I cannot play games on it. because the Vmware SVGA adapter has only 16mb allocated to it. (basially the Virtual graphics card is muck)

    does anyone have a solution for this?


Comments

  • #2
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Vmware is for CPU and Memory sharing in effect.
    It has very limited graphical capabilities. It would not be possible to play anything but text games.
    Its an excellent system, but yes, its limited.


  • #3
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    Yeah thats exactly what i read

    is there software out there though that will let you play games on a virtual environment.

    I was looking on wiki and there are loads of VM solutions available.


  • #4
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    If you're using linux, have a look at KVM (kernel virtualisation module or something like that). I haven't used it yet myself, but it looks very interesting. Supports the hardware level virtualisation that newer processors offer.


  • #5
    ressem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    VMWare player/Workstation 5.5 had experimental directx support, you just needed to change the VMX file, and it's XP/2000 only.
    http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_vidsound_d3d_enabling_vm.html

    Note that it's not in the server version.

    Though you'd be better off just dual booting.
    There's options like Cedega which charge a subscription to play windows games sort of natively on linux.


  • #6
    bren2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭bren2002


    Don't know exactly what you're after but VMware is expensive. I've been using Virtual Box recently and Thumbs Up.


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  • #7
    SickBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,537 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    VMWare has it's uses but gaming really isn't one of them.
    Best thing for you to do seeing as you put it yourself, "I have paid for Vista so I may as well use it" is to dual boot. Best of both worlds...


  • #8
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    Yeah your probably right about the dual boot.

    when i first installed Vista it had only been released a few weeks bought it for the crack as i was building a new machine anyway. @ the time it was 300 bucks downt the drain.

    Nothing was supported. Graphics Card didnt work cirrectly and niether did the sound or network interface.

    So I said screw this an went to linux

    I can get by without windows no problem. (I just use wine) but sometimes I need the OS I have been familer with for years (although very rarely)

    Anywho....

    thanks for the info lads
    G.


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