Virtualbox/Graphics Card Recognition

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Hello,Having not found an answer to my question, I’m opening a new topic.I installed VirtualBox, then Windows 7 NT. Everything is working perfectly. Now, I want to install a game (Company of Heroes) but I'm getting a message saying that my graphics settings are too low. As you can see in my signature, I have a graphic card that should be able to handle it, as it is recommended to have 512 MB to run this game...But the problem is not really the game but VirtualBox. Because when I go into the graphics preferences, the maximum I can choose is 256 MB, and I can enable 2D and 3D acceleration.I would like to know if it’s normal that I can’t take full advantage of my AMD graphics card, which is supposed to provide up to 1000 MB and the Intel 512 MB. Why am I only offered 256 MB?To clarify, the game installation does not start because the "Shader model" is not supported. But all of this seems to be linked to the fact that my graphics card cannot be used optimally.Thank you in advance for your help and advice.Configuration: MacBook Pro 15.4'' LED/Core i7 4-Core at 2.4 GHz/8 GB/750 GBSerial ATA/SuperDrive/Intel HD Graphics 3000 & AMD Radeon HD6770M

NewEraser · Accepted Answer

This topic is old, but I still want to contribute my bit to the solution of this problem! You actually need to install the guest additions and enable the 3D option, which is experimental but works more or less correctly!
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InformatiWeb · Answer

Hello,
this is one of the limitations of VirtualBox. The graphics card of a virtual machine is simply virtual and does not correspond at all to the physical graphics card. Furthermore, the graphics card in VirtualBox is a basic card and therefore games do not run on it (except for solitaire, ...).

To run graphical applications like games, I recommend VMware solutions. VMware Workstation (VMware Fusion on Mac) is the most widely used but is paid.

As for the 256 MB limitation, it is defined in the settings of the virtual machine. To change it, right-click on the virtual machine (powered off) in question and click on "Configuration". Go to the "Display" tab and adjust the "Video Memory".

In computing, there is always a solution.

Geof_17 · Answer

Wow, thanks for this very quick response. So VMware would support graphics cards better, yet it's still virtualization??? It's not too expensive; it might be worth it, it all depends on my needs (explained below).

Otherwise, while browsing the forum, I read that installing Windows on a Bootcamp partition allowed for fully utilizing the graphics hardware. Is that true, and if so, that would be a solution to my issue.

I would like to clarify that besides this game, I want to install a work software: ArcGis, which also requires graphic memory.
Thank you.

InformatiWeb · Answer

For Windows on the Bootcamp partition, I know it's possible. But I couldn't tell you if you can fully take advantage of the graphics hardware, since I've never tried (I don't own a Mac).

For VMware workstation, here is the page that discusses its graphical performance: http://www.vmware.com/be/fr/products/desktop_virtualization/workstation/overview.html

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Virtualbox/Graphics Card Recognition

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