kiddingguy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I am wondering, I would like to use a VM to play some C&C games which cannot be played under Windows 8.1 I know VirtualBox, however this one has its own Virtual-GPU and cannot run my games. I am trying to het the Command & Conquer package of 17 games running. Is there maybe other free/opensource VM software available which recognizes my nvidia GPU as nvidia and not as "VirtualBox Graphics Adapter"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz_ Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Not heard any one for years mention c&c one game i miss playing +E.Worm Jimmy and Aergan 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 VMware Workstation does the trick.VirtualBox 3D is experimental since forever Is that one free? Because I see "Buy Online" on http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/features.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Google DFend Reloaded and DOSBox. You don't need to use a VM to run these older games +E.Worm Jimmy, Aergan and binaryzero 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Is that one free? Because I see "Buy Online" on http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/features.html VMware Player is Workstation's no-cost brother. It supports most of Workstation's feature base (including creating virtual machines) and is available for Windows, OS X, and most Linux distributions. http://www.vmware.com/products/player/features.html Aergan and Intersect 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Riva, are you sure ? Because when I use VMWare workstation 11 - my VMs have some s3 graphics chipset - they know nothing of my nVidia card. If possible, would they share resources, if VMWare takes the video card, what would the host use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intersect Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Riva, are you sure ? Because when I use VMWare workstation 11 - my VMs have some s3 graphics chipset - they know nothing of my nVidia card. If possible, would they share resources, if VMWare takes the video card, what would the host use ? the processor and motherboard chipset would need to have VT-D support then you can use the host graphics IIRC T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 the processor and motherboard chipset would need to have VT-D support then you can use the host graphics IIRC OK cool - thanks I dont have those options enabled in BIOS (because....well Im lazy) I'll make that change now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Hyper-v 2012 R2 with remote FX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 DOSbox would be your best bet. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Well, I am on my Win10 TP VM, and did all the Intel Virtualization, and have accelerate 3D enabled - But still looking @ this: nVidia drivers wont install... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hyper-v 2012 R2 with remote FX? Is MS's Hyper V still a simple install - can it run on a Win7 host ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Or just totally ignore my solution above. You're doing it wrong. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 ^ I'd use his suggestion - DOSbox. Aergan and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 VIrtual PC (from microsoft) still exists? Used to work fine for windows based guests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted January 30, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 30, 2015 Google DFend Reloaded and DOSBox. You don't need to use a VM to run these older games This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherITguy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I would recommend VMWare Player for the simple fact that Client Hyper-V does not support VGpu, for that you would need Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper V server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 From experience of playing though C&C Red Alert last year on Windows 8.1 64bit scaled to 1080p, DOSBox. I think I used a hq2x scaler. Only issues were some of the sounds had a repeat /echo during certain actions but it turned out the issue was experienced with REAL non-Creative Soundblaster audio hardware back in 1996 also! I've also had Dune 2000 & C&C (1995) working in DOSBox. Anything more modern (e.g. Tiberian Sun) you should be able to get working natively or using DirectDraw wrappers like DDwrapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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