vmware has anyone tryed

[Avraamii]

vmware tools are good, but not that good :P

[Delsus]

Booo...

Do you still have the FFXIV benchmark software? If not, go grab it from fileplanet before SE reads this! XD

http://www.fileplanet.com/213527/210...-XIV-Benchmark

Downloading it now, and I'll post the results but really I'm not expecting it to even run lol.

[indira]

virtualbox is better then vmware and its free.
virtualbox seamless mode is win.

virtual box has more support for other OS's then vmware also.

[Delsus]

I tried the benchmark (after some dx issues) and the Square Enix logo lagged like mad when it came up, and into the CS all I was getting was a black screen with the performance graph on and then a white screen nothing more (on the black screen it was at 50) so yeah looks like it will not run in VMware.

Also Indira it's basically what you need, VMware Workstation has more features than Virtual Box, things like Unity mode and VMware tools to enhance the virtualisation, but there are places virtualbox is better than VMware.

And who needs to pay for Workstation....... that's all I'll say on how I um... acquired it /innocentwhistle.

[indira]

I tried the benchmark (after some dx issues) and the Square Enix logo lagged like mad when it came up, and into the CS all I was getting was a black screen with the performance graph on and then a white screen nothing more (on the black screen it was at 50) so yeah looks like it will not run in VMware.

Also Indira it's basically what you need, VMware Workstation has more features than Virtual Box, things like Unity mode and VMware tools to enhance the virtualisation, but there are places virtualbox is better than VMware.

And who needs to pay for Workstation....... that's all I'll say on how I um... acquired it /innocentwhistle.

if your just running a VM to play FFXIV, cant hurt to see how it works on your system. you can always hit delete.

[Delsus]

if your just running a VM to play FFXIV, cant hurt to see how it works on your system. you can always hit delete.

I know, just decided to test it for the OP, btw it's been awhile since I used virtualbox, does that recognise the physical network adaptor or is it emulated as well? If it shows the physical one in dxdiag it may work, and for the OP I think there is a Linux version of virtualbox as well.

[indira]

I know, just decided to test it for the OP, btw it's been awhile since I used virtualbox, does that recognise the physical network adaptor or is it emulated as well? If it shows the physical one in dxdiag it may work, and for the OP I think there is a Linux version of virtualbox as well.

default settings it runs off your nic without issues. VB works on windows, linux, mac

[Irana]

Thats odd...FFXIV SHOULD run on an emulated windows 7 ...
I use that thing to test programs every day

[Legado]

Dual boot is your friend. Google it.

[Delsus]

Thats odd...FFXIV SHOULD run on an emulated windows 7 ...
I use that thing to test programs every day

Most virtualization software has to emulate the graphics adapter to render graphics, and this is severely limited for high end graphics, it cannot use the physical adapter for guest operating systems. Most programs work perfectly well, just nothing that requires a physical graphics adapter.

I use it to test programs, to experiment and to teach myself new skills (I really don't wanna mess up my host Windows 7 too much) Its brilliant for things like small scale testing of programs, and to make a little network to learn server technologies or troubleshooting, but it's not designed to be used for gaming.