Video Card Drivers Necessary for a Program

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pmacdonald
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Video Card Drivers Necessary for a Program

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In virtualbox my GPU is not recognized. For CoD4 modding/mapping tools it's necessary to have the latest GPU drivers. It won't let me download the drivers because it can't find the card. Is there a way I can download the drivers without the program find the card or is there a way I can get virtualbox to recognize the card?

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virtualbox OS: XP 64-bit
mpack
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Re: Video Card Drivers Necessary for a Program

Post by mpack »

Virtual machines run on simulated hardware (hence the name), not the real hardware of the host. So no, you cannot (and it would be pointless) to download GPU drivers into your guest, because your guest doesn't have a GPU.
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