Drivers question.

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benc123
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Drivers question.

Post by benc123 »

I have a nvidia graphics card, but my virtual machines are just using the standard drives that virtual box installs, if i install the driver for my Nvidia will this work? is it risky to do this?

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Post by dmcgraw »

It will not work. The virtual machine does not see the real graphics card, only a virtualized graphics card.
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Re: Drivers question.

Post by Sasquatch »

benc123 wrote:I have a nvidia graphics card, but my virtual machines are just using the standard drives that virtual box installs, if i install the driver for my Nvidia will this work? is it risky to do this?

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