wrong graphic adapter

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tommy1735
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Joined: 15. Oct 2012, 05:05

wrong graphic adapter

Post by tommy1735 »

hi

first i had the problem that i cant start a game, error was pixel shader 2 is needed

after i fixed that problem the error is now: Radeon 9500 has only 64MB video memory and 128MB is needed
the problem is that i have a radeon HD 6870 with 1GB and a onboard radeon 3300 (set in bios to 256MB)

edit: VM is winXP 32 and real system win7 64

can anyone help me please
BillG
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows 10,7 and earlier
Location: Sydney, Australia

Re: wrong graphic adapter

Post by BillG »

The virtual machine does not see the graphics card in the host machine. It sees its own emulated device. How did it get a Radeon driver? I would expect it to display the VirtualBox Graphics Adapter with an Oracle driver.
Bill
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