Re: [BLUG] VMWare Workstation and full virtualization

Gaddis, Jeremy L. wrote:
> First off, I don't play games under Windows or Linux, but I do use
> VMware Server quite a bit. In theory, yes, Workstation should be able
> to run games at "native speed" (minus the virtualization overhead). I
> think you'll find that you're limited, however, by the video drivers
> that are running in your VM.
>

I thought that under full virtualization the native video card would be
accessed, rather than the one emulated/provided by VMWare?

Anyone care to illuminate?

> On a side note, if performance under VMware while playing games was
> "good enough", I think you'd find a lot more people doing that as
> opposed to the gamers who keep XP around solely for games.
>
>
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> Jeremy L. Gaddis
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> 812.330.6156
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blug-admin@cs.indiana.edu [mailto:blug-admin@cs.indiana.edu] On
> Behalf Of Joe Auty
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:30 PM
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: [BLUG] VMWare Workstation and full virtualization
>
> Okay,
>
> Probably worth a new thread about this since we're no longer talking
> about Xen.
>
> According to the Wikipedia, VMWare Workstation and Server now offer full
> virtualization. This means that Workstation ought to be able to run
> games at native speeds under Linux, no? Has anybody tried doing this?
>
> I don't see any advertising of this on:
>
> http://vmware.com/products/ws/new.html
>
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