Gaming within VMWare

PTRMAN · June 3rd, 2008

I've got 64-bit Vista but also have VMWare Player with XP. I've had a hard time getting some games (NWN2, Oblivion) to run on the Vista but since I've already got XP through VM ware thinking of installing into VM and trying them there. Any thoughts/comments/suggestions?

**One4yu2c** · June 3rd, 2008

You can give it a shot, but the graphics emulation may just kill the gaming experience.

polobunny · June 3rd, 2008

Likely won't work. As far as I remember, DX support was really "beta" and more of a convenience than anything else.

screwballl · June 3rd, 2008

It is all software emulation for the graphics so no true hardware support... you might be able to run it in a 640x480 window with all graphics settings at the lowest possible settings... and it would still likely be laggy...

I would try natively in Vista with the XP compatibility option used.

June 3rd, 2008	#1
PTRMAN Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,008	Gaming within VMWare I've got 64-bit Vista but also have VMWare Player with XP. I've had a hard time getting some games (NWN2, Oblivion) to run on the Vista but since I've already got XP through VM ware thinking of installing into VM and trying them there. Any thoughts/comments/suggestions?

June 3rd, 2008	#2
One4yu2c I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Lounge Lizards Posts: 2,726 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Gaming within VMWare You can give it a shot, but the graphics emulation may just kill the gaming experience.

June 3rd, 2008	#3
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,058 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gaming within VMWare Likely won't work. As far as I remember, DX support was really "beta" and more of a convenience than anything else.

June 3rd, 2008	#4
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gaming within VMWare It is all software emulation for the graphics so no true hardware support... you might be able to run it in a 640x480 window with all graphics settings at the lowest possible settings... and it would still likely be laggy... I would try natively in Vista with the XP compatibility option used. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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