What games can I install and play in a virtual machine? I remember long time ago I tried to install the game Age of myphology, but it did not start game, I do not remember why .. there was a problem in the video card. In real Windows the game works fine.
I wanted to install lef4dead2, but I doubt that it will work in a virtual machine. Can you make a video card in a virtual machine as powerful as in real Windows (on a real computer)?
What games are supported?
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BillG
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Re: What games are supported?
Most games run pretty poorly in vms, and it is the video that kills them. The vm uses its own emulated video which is usually much slower than a hardware card with a GPU.
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socratis
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Re: What games are supported?
There is an old thread dealing with that subject, Working games under VirtualBox (Linux host - Windows guest), but don't get your hopes too high for all the reasons that BillG mentioned.
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Re: What games are supported?
The quick answer to your question is "none". In fact no activity inside a VM is "supported" (not unless you're a business user with a support contract). For us mere mortals - you try it, and if it works then great! - let us know.