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Old 11-28-2010, 05:59 PM   #1
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How well does the 3D acceleration in VirtualBox work?


Does the emulated graphics card in vbox work just like a comparable physical card?

I'm wondering because there's a couple games I'd like to install in my guest OS that won't run in wine, and they have a minimum requirement of 64mb graphics card, recommended 128 (I keep vbox at 128mb). Can I expect them to run just as well as they would on a real computer with all the same numbers as the virtual machine?
 
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Why don't you try it out and then you tell us how well it works?
 
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Because I won't have the discs for a couple more days.
 
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Why don't you try it out and then you tell us how well it works?
Why on earth do you take this question from the Zero Reply List with such a useless answer?


@Cultist: I have tried it with XP Professional on a 64 bit host and with Windows 7 Enterprise on a 32 bit host, and could not get 3D acceleration to work, both times tested with dxdiag.
 
Old 11-29-2010, 08:40 PM   #5
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It does work with 32 bit XP and Vista guests.
Since it's using Wine code (wineD3D) for DirectX, it will not add much extra for games though (unless they're using OpenGL).

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Why on earth do you take this question from the Zero Reply List with such a useless answer?
Hey, man . . . read the origional question.

It's kinda like sitting at a table with a plate of food in front of you and asking a passer-by, "Hey, is this food any good? Do I like it?"

I don't know . . . why not taste it and let me know.
 
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Hey, man . . . read the origional question.

It's kinda like sitting at a table with a plate of food in front of you and asking a passer-by, "Hey, is this food any good? Do I like it?"

I don't know . . . why not taste it and let me know.
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Because I won't have the discs for a couple more days.
So the OP has a reason to ask. If you can't give a useful answer, don't post. At most if you take someone from the Zero Reply List.


@jens: How did you get it working?
 
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@jens: How did you get it working?
After enabling 3D in VB, boot your Windows guest in safe mode (F8).

(Re-)install the guest additions and you'll see an extra option for Direct 3D.
 
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After enabling 3D in VB, boot your Windows guest in safe mode (F8).

(Re-)install the guest additions and you'll see an extra option for Direct 3D.
Thanks, that worked.
 
  


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