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    <title>topic Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7) in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You don't need AMD-V/RVI enabled unless you want to run a VM within the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Make sure of the following:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Nvidia drivers are up-to-date.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Hardware compatibility of your VM is set to version 12 (so that the Windows VM can support DX10)&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;VMware Tools of the VM is updated. SVGA 3D driver current version is 8.15.1.50&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If that still doesn't give you good Aero, you may want to post your vmx, vmware.log, dxdiag results of both host and VM (EDIT: attaching text files will do instead of screenshots).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;EDIT: Technically, Aero requires DX9 but the hardware compatibility set to 12 just makes sure everything is in sync with versions amongst software, drivers, and VM version.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:53:19 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>bluefirestorm</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-05-08T00:53:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427065#M82812</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hey guys, you might remember my "Aero won't work" post from 2016.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Well, I recently got a gaming machine! Specs here:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;CPU: AMD FX-8300 Eight Core CPU 3.3GHz&lt;BR /&gt;RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz&lt;BR /&gt;GFX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5&lt;BR /&gt;Board: GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P AM3+ Socket&lt;BR /&gt;OS: Windows 10 Pro Creators Update x64&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ok, this computer is very good and never lags. I installed Windows 7 on VMware Workstation Pro 12.5 and the performance is good, but when I enable aero it just lags down&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;OS: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64&lt;BR /&gt;RAM: 4 GB&lt;BR /&gt;Cores: 1 processor, 4 cores. Total = 4 cores&lt;BR /&gt;Video memory: 2GB&lt;BR /&gt;Virtualization settings: CPU counters and AMD-V/RVI are enabled&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:27:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MickeyGP1378</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-08T00:27:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427066#M82813</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You don't need AMD-V/RVI enabled unless you want to run a VM within the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Make sure of the following:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Nvidia drivers are up-to-date.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Hardware compatibility of your VM is set to version 12 (so that the Windows VM can support DX10)&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;VMware Tools of the VM is updated. SVGA 3D driver current version is 8.15.1.50&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If that still doesn't give you good Aero, you may want to post your vmx, vmware.log, dxdiag results of both host and VM (EDIT: attaching text files will do instead of screenshots).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;EDIT: Technically, Aero requires DX9 but the hardware compatibility set to 12 just makes sure everything is in sync with versions amongst software, drivers, and VM version.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 00:53:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>bluefirestorm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-08T00:53:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427067#M82814</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The VM is incredibly slow and, yes, aero is slow too.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;FUN FACT: One day I ran the virtual machine and it just crashed my host PC with a beautiful BSOD&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMX &lt;A href="https://pastebin.com/raw/z264iV1r" title="https://pastebin.com/raw/z264iV1r"&gt;https://pastebin.com/raw/z264iV1r&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;vmware.log &lt;A href="https://pastebin.com/raw/s15APv4F" title="https://pastebin.com/raw/s15APv4F"&gt;https://pastebin.com/raw/s15APv4F&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;dxdiag Host &lt;A href="https://pastebin.com/raw/rJENCiT5" title="https://pastebin.com/raw/rJENCiT5"&gt;https://pastebin.com/raw/rJENCiT5&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;dxdiag VM &lt;A href="https://pastebin.com/raw/90RKa5GH" title="https://pastebin.com/raw/90RKa5GH"&gt;https://pastebin.com/raw/90RKa5GH&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 00:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MickeyGP1378</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-09T00:21:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427068#M82815</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Today's graphic card are much more powerful compared to the time when Windows 7 launched. Looks like almost all requirements for good Aero in Windows 7 VM is there: HW12, DX10 support in VM, VM uses GTX 1050 as render device.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I did find some strange settings in your VMX file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;video memory - set it back to recommended 1GB. Setting to 2GB doesn't get you any better performance in Aero; plus the video memory in VM doesn't work the way discrete graphics cards such as Nvidia do.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;6096 VM RAM - If you want 6 Gigabytes memory for the VM, this number should be 6144 in the VM Memory Settings&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Virtualize CPU Performance Counters - unless you have software to monitor your VM performance, you don't need this setting to be checked in the VM Processor settings.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;smBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE" - don't understand why this would be needed unless you want to install software that checks BIOS/EFI vendor signature. This would have been added manually as this parameter isn't there when a VM is created. Suggest you remove this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 12:20:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>bluefirestorm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-10T12:20:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427069#M82816</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I added that "smBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE"" line by myself because I don't want Indian tech support scammers know that my VM.... is a VM&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And yeah 2GB is a little bit exagerated...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Aero is a little bit better but it still lags&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="2017-05-10 12_24_02-Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - VMware Workstation.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72395i252450181FCC58E3/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="2017-05-10 12_24_02-Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - VMware Workstation.png" alt="2017-05-10 12_24_02-Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - VMware Workstation.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 16:22:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MickeyGP1378</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-10T16:22:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427070#M82817</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Waiting for response.....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MickeyGP1378</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-19T22:58:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I do not know of what other input/advice/suggestions to make.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As you can see yourself, the Aero and graphics score from the WEI of your VM is already at the maximum of 7.9.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As I have said previously, it doesn't take much with today's graphics hardware to get good Aero performance. Aero technology is around 8 years old now. The difference with today's and more recent graphics hardware is that these can deliver the Aero without running the fans constantly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I used to have a laptop with Nvidia GT 330M and it already had an Aero/graphics score of 6.3. I have converted it into a VM and upgraded to Windows 10 Professional running in VMware Fusion. Its WinSAT graphics score is 8.1 with Dx9, Dx10 subscores of 9.9; and it just has an Iris Pro 5200 as the graphics hardware.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 03:27:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>bluefirestorm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-20T03:27:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Slow-Aero-on-high-end-machine-Win7/m-p/1427072#M82819</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I asked a person on a chat group that had a FX 6300 processor paired with a GTX 1050&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;He said that the performance was great.....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't know what is happening here&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 16:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MickeyGP1378</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-20T16:47:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Slow Aero on high-end machine (Win7)</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I had the same problem with HUGE lags when aero is active on Dell 7510 (1575 xeon, 64gb RAM, 2gb of m2.ssd) that I bought over $5000 (jan 2017). I have two video cards on board - Nvidia Quadro M2000M and Intell. I guess Dell have problem with laptops that contain two video cards and vmware doesn't support it properly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Solution that helped me is very simple and fast - just downgrade from 12.x to 10.x hardware compatibility (VM-&amp;gt;Manage-&amp;gt;Change Hardware Compatibility).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:22:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>scotland1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-09-21T23:22:58Z</dc:date>
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