Playing modern games in VM???

[Rebel44]

Hi
I would like to play some new AND old games on my PC in VMware (or similar software) but OS installed in VM doesnt see my GPU - is there some solution that would allow me to play games in VM?

Thanks

 

[Nothinman]

Not with any decent performance. VMWare workstation has some basic 3D support if you enable it, I thought 6.0 was supposed to be better but I haven't heard much. Parallels was talking about 3D support too but I haven't heard much from them either on it.

 

[nova2]

maybe enough (?) for certain old old PC games that don't run natively and also don't run well off WINE.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Rebel44
Hi
I would like to play some new AND old games on my PC in VMware (or similar software) but OS installed in VM doesnt see my GPU - is there some solution that would allow me to play games in VM?

Thanks

Not yet. Vmware is working on it but its not mature enough yet.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Maybe Warcraft III?

 

[Rebel44]

Thanks for info.

 

[nova2]

if warcraft 3 uses pixel or vertex shaders (it probably does) then from looking at wikipedia, no, because shaders aren't yet supported.

 

[mikeyes]

Even in VMware 6.0 your max video ram you could set was 2Mb. That pretty much limits you from any newer games.

 

[HannibalX]

I used to keep Fallout and Duke3D on a VM at work for those slow afternoons. 😀