yo yo, I also wanted to voice the issues I'm having re vram. Granted, I'm still learning

As opposed to most folks here, I'm trying to run a video game. 

Win10 host graphics hw:

rtx 3090
- total available graphics mem: ~90Gb
- dedicated video memory: ~25Gb
- shared system mem: ~65Gb

I set my Win10 VM to use the max 8Gb graphics memory (along with 32Gb ram, 16 processors).

I was hoping this would just work and it does initially run fairly smooth (at least smooth enough for basic play). But over time (around 30-40 minutes of just letting the game run), it gets really sluggish to the point where it's unplayable. cpu, ram, network all look find in resource monitor.

I can't really speak to the root cause though. Task manager is saying my game is using 0% of the GPU, granted I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to hardware.

I feel like I have more than enough hw for vmware to take and use for a video game with ultra low graphics settings.

some other specs:

vmware workstation version: 16.2.4
vm hardware compatibility: Workstation 16.2.x (should I be using ESXi 7.0?)