VMware Communities: Message List - updating video drivers

Re: updating video drivers

etung — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:28:00 GMT

Finally got some time to try this. On my Mac mini running 10.5.4 and Fusion 2.0rc1, Enchanted Cavern ran very smoothly; Ancient Quest of Saqqarah was a bit choppy by playable. On a Mac with an actual graphics card (as opposed to the unsupported integrated video of a mini), I imagine it would run smoothly. Couldn't test Journey to the Center of the Earth as I couldn't find a demo version.

Re: updating video drivers

djwini — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:36:06 GMT

bigfishgames journey to the center of the earth, enchanted cavern, ancient quest of saqqarah. the first is a larger 1st person adventure game, the other two are match three time wasters.

Re: updating video drivers

etung — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:35:31 GMT

All in all games do not run well in the VM it cannot not use your host graphics card, better to switch your Windows OS to Boot Camp which will use your host graphics card if you want to use any demanding windows gaming applications.

It depends on which games you're trying to run. While the most demanding games certainly should be run natively, there are certainly some which run well.

djwini: Can you be more specific about which games you're interested in?

Re: updating video drivers

djwini — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:41:28 GMT

thanks, i'll look into installing bootcamp

Re: updating video drivers

glenbust — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:37:24 GMT

Re: updating video drivers

djwini — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:26:21 GMT

i have the tools installed.

Re: updating video drivers

etung — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:05:47 GMT

Did you install VMware Tools in the virtual machine (e.g. is there a VMware-three-boxes icon in the system tray)? Another thing to try is to enable 3D acceleration under Settings (the virtual machine must be shut down, not suspended for you to change this).

updating video drivers

djwini — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:26:39 GMT

i am trying to run some simple games from bigfishgames.com in my windows environment. i get errors that say i need updated video drivers. my fusion version is 1.1.3. my mac desktop is running osx 10.5.3 running with an ati radeon hd 2600 pro graphics card. i am a mac newcomer. i don't know what i need to do to get updated drivers for vmware fusion to work with these games.