Virtualisation gaming

Voltage · 12 Aug 2008 at 21:08

Hi,

I want to run a virtualisation of windows xp pro and run some games on it.

Basically there is something i want to run that doesnt run on vista too well and i dont want to partition my hd for a seperate window xp install.

It does require my 4870 gfx card and x-fi soundcard.

is any of this possible?

celliott · 12 Aug 2008 at 21:18

Generally a dead basic software based graphics adaptor is emulated with Virtualization software. I'm not sure you can bring your Nvidia card into a virtualised instance. The only thing I have seen do that is Bootcamp/Parallells on Mac.

rick827 · 13 Aug 2008 at 08:12

Try VMware workstation - the latest beta
Or, mokafive

oddjob62 · 13 Aug 2008 at 10:24

Confusion said:
is any of this possible?

Sollitaire, minesweeper, tetris, etc works fine.

In the VM you won't be able to play the latest games. You won't even see brand new shiny grapics/soundcard in the VM, it will be a bog standrad "virtual" graphics card.

rick827 · 13 Aug 2008 at 11:00

MokaFive LivePC Engine makes use of VMware Player as a virtualization platform, but includes additional features such as automatic updates of virtual machines, streaming and caching of virtual machine images, integrated backup, hardware-accelerated 3D graphics support, and zero install when running from a USB drive.[1]

Hardware-accelerated 3D graphics support. MokaFive LivePC Engine includes support for DirectX 3D programs. The host's graphics adapter is exposed to the guest operating system, so DirectX applications can run full speed.

Can run games pretty well..

Voltage · 14 Aug 2008 at 00:05

does mokafive support the latest soundcards too?

Burnsy2023 · 14 Aug 2008 at 00:07

rick827 said:
Can run games pretty well..

That sounds really interesting, it was just a metter of time before they supported this.

Burnsy

Voltage · 14 Aug 2008 at 00:11

im downloading it to, i assume the free version has what i need?

Voltage · 14 Aug 2008 at 00:16

bad news on that mokafive, it doesnt support dx if the host machine runs on vista

Vanilla · 14 Aug 2008 at 07:47

Wow I had no idea about MokaFive. I tried to get a VM running a few years ago (Windows 2000) to play an old game I couldn't get working in Vista but I quickly found out about not having the video card limitation.

rick827 · 14 Aug 2008 at 08:08

I've run games in the latest Workstation beta also which has DX support. Milage varies but its worth a shot

Dappy · 14 Aug 2008 at 21:33

Going to give MokaFive a shot myself, thanks for the heads up.

MikeHunt79 · 14 Aug 2008 at 21:53

Dappy said:
Going to give MokaFive a shot myself, thanks for the heads up.

Let us know how it works out, I'd love to play CS:S under OSX.