virtual software that can run a 3D game

[Smiley357]

I am looking for freeware that can run more then one 3D game on the same box. I tried using Innotek virtualbox but ran into problems when the game tried to run. Directx seemed to be the issue. no virtual 3D i guess.

So does anyone have any ideas?

[weEvil]

So does anyone have any ideas?

Yeah, use one at a time.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

you could use VMware and/or Virtual PC but you would need a second license of the OS because they emulate the entire OS.

what is it you are trying to do?

[Idontwantspam]

I don't think there is a virtual machine program that has good graphics capabilities, or anything like that. They pretty much all see a 1 core pentinum 4 processor, however much ram you give them, and a crappy grahics card, with about 8 megs of video ram. So even if you have a fancy video card, it won't do you any good in a virtual setting. There is no such thing as good graphics in a virtual machine.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

youd be surprised what VMware can do

Oblivion/FEAR/Test drive unlimited:

UT2004(tiny 2v2 map but it works):

NFS hot pursuit 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbrI6OPVbXs

you can also use WINE in Linux for WOW (the spam/farmbot people usually run 5-10 of them on the same PC)

[puntoMX]

youd be surprised what VMware can do

That’s after a lot “trail´n´crash”, I would not call it stable not would I call the performance high. I wanted to have multiseat computer systems but hooked off when I saw that most directX 3D apps don’t work well.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

youd be surprised what VMware can do

That’s after a lot “trail´n´crash”, I would not call it stable not would I call the performance high. I wanted to have multiseat computer systems but hooked off when I saw that most directX 3D apps don’t work well.

Oh no you just said that something on your PC crashes! Here come the wave of people posting that your rig must suck because their PC never crashes when that do that (but maybe that only works if you say that about an MS product)

but if you think VMWare is only for test environments and such it will surprise you. Sure you'll take a performance hit but its defiantly come a long way from the old barely qualifying as a functional program that people often associate with full OS emulators.

In the end, you get what you pay for which is why VMWare is free (IMO)

[puntoMX]

Oh no you just said that something on your PC crashes! Here come the wave of people posting that your rig must suck because their PC never crashes when that do that (but maybe that only works if you say that about an MS product)

I’m not saying it makes my PC crash, it’s just the games in VMware that crash .

I’m also a big fan of VMware my self so don’t get me wrong, but playing more then one game at the same time on a PC is hard without having troubles doing it...

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

sorry that part you quoted wasn't directed at you it was kinda a passive aggressive comment toward the few people that usually follow mine anytime I mention that one of my PCs might BSOD/Crash/Lockup

[cluberti]

(sorry, geek - gotta do it)

Obligatory response to geek's BSOD comments.