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ibrahimtaha
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how to Make virtual machine runs on AMD graphic card instead of intel

How to make the virtual machine uses my (AMD Radeon HD 8600M Series)  graphic card instead of using intel card here's a screen of my settings

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bluefirestorm
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Since you tagged your post as Workstation 14, I assume that is the version that you have.

You could add the line

mks.dx11.vendorID = "0x1002"

to the vmx configuration file.

How sure are you that it is using the Intel graphics card? Can you attach the vmware.log if the problem persists even after the line above?

ibrahimtaha
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how i can make sure that it's running on intel you made me confused, I have 4 log files which one i can show you? or you can tell me how to make sure that the vm uses the intel?

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bluefirestorm
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You are the one who assume that the VM is using the Intel graphic chip instead of the AMD; that is the subject/reason of your post.

In laptops with Nvidia, the Nvidia Control Panel can select the default GPU. You should also check if there is something similar in AMD software.

What makes you so sure that it is using Intel? The only way to know is to look at the log file. If you don't know how to look at the log file then you should not make that assumption. The AMD HD 8600M is old (around 5 years old). I don't know whether it even supports DX11 properly. There are so many unknowns (host OS version, guest OS), etc. There could be many factors why the 3D acceleration is disabled and not necessarily because it is using Intel graphics chip.

The latest log file will do.

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