Gaming Help!!

[aakashs0913]

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Everyone,

I want to wipe my machine of Windows 10 completely and install Linux Mint on the Machine. After I install Linux Mint, I will install VMWare on the machine. My question to all of you is:

Is there any possible way to run my games in a virtual environment? I normally play PlayerUnknown's Battleground, Rainbow Six Siege, Destiny 2, Path of Exile, GTA V and a few others that I have purchased on steam. Unfortunately, most of these games are Windows only and Wine does not support these games. I want to continue gaming on a virtual machines while I can use linux as my host for all the other things I need to do. I remember a few years back, I was trying to run Black Ops 3 on a virtual machine and it gave me an error message stating "This game cannot run on a VM"

Here are my laptop specs so you have a better understanding of what I am dealing with:

Model: MSI GT70 Dominator Pro 2PE

CPU: i7-4800MQ

GPU: Nvidia GTX 880M 8GB

RAM: 32GB

OS: Windows 10 (Currently)

If you have any further questions, please don't hesistate to reach me through a PM.

Thanks in advance guys,

Aakash

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I highly recommend to first install VMware Player on your current Windows 10 and try to run your games in a virtual machine.
All games that have requirements for a modern videocard with its own GPU will probably not run at all or - if they can run - will give you a performance that is no way near to the performance you are used to now.
If gaming is your priority keep the Windows host system or be prepared for a major disapointment.
A VM has no NVIDIA GTX card but  rather a VMware SVGA card.

[Mongo424242]

Greetings!

I built my system with much the same intent as you (to get Microsoft out of the equation), and thus far I have been able to get all of my games to run flawlessly in a WindowsXP or Windows7 VM environment.  Now, for the catch... I am not a big gamer, and I tend to play older games (the newest game I have is Doom 3 - circa 2003 - which plays great at high resolutions on Win XP with all the bells and whistles turned on).  Other games I play are "Unreal Tournament," "Half-life," and several others of that vintage, including many 2D games.  All of the 3D games work fine so far, keeping my expectations in check (the audio is not perfect, etc).  As for newer games that require the latest video GPU developments, a VM is probably going to be somewhat of a disappointment (I have heard that there is a way to pass-through directly to the video card hardware on the host, but I don't know much about that).  In my case, the host hardware is so overkill, that the requirements of the games I play in the VM are fine.  I keep wondering when someone will realize that virtual gaming is not some niche, and release a VM manager optimized for just that.  Someday...

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> (I have heard that there is a way to pass-through directly to the video card hardware on the host, but I don't know much about that).
Yes - this feature exists but it is limited to a small set of videocards and is only available on ESXi.
So no chance to use it on Workstation.
Small tip for better audio:
In my experience you get radically better audio if you do not use the virtual soundcard but instead use an extermnal USB-device such as this one
Steinberg UR22 MK2 – Thomann Mobile
and connect it directly to your VM.