Re: [tlug] xen and windows

["Niels Kobschätzki" <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On 10/15/07, burlingk@example.com <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tlug-bounces@example.com [mailto:tlug-bounces@example.com Behalf Of
> > Shawn
> > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:20 AM
> > To: Tokyo Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [tlug] xen and windows
> >
> >
> >
> <snip>
> >
>
> My question is simple.  :P  If you are running a high end dual or quad core processer, or two processers for that matter, and scads of ram (about four gigs or so), would you be able to run 3D games under windows while it is virtualized?
>

I guess not because it depends on the virtualized graphic card-driver
and afaik is the max supported DirectX-version DirectX 8 or so.
But I don't know how that works with Xen. Afaik Xen uses more or less
directly the hardware ressources and then it should be possible. But
to be true: If you want to run actual games then you do not want to do
that in a virtualized environment because you want to use all of you
processor power (for the AI - modern games use more cores as well
afaik; at least the development goes into that direction to do the
whole AI-stuff in one core and everything else in the other), all of
the RAM (for a lot) and all the power your graphic card can give you.

Niels *who is playing old games in a virtualized environment but never
would do so with new stuff*