On Monday, 09-12-2024 at 01:39 Dominique Dumont wrote:
> On Saturday, 7 December 2024 07:47:24 CET George at Clug wrote:
> > What GPU does the computer running the virtual machine use? That is, what
> > brand and model is the video card on the computer running Virtual Box?
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> AFAIK, there's no specific brand and model. Virtual box emulates VGA and SVGA
Are you going to use Virtual Box on a number of different physical computers?
Sorry, I was not clear, "What physical video card/s are in the host (the
computer acting as the hypervisor) ?" I am not asking about the guest's virtual
video device.
This can make a difference.
AFAIK, VMware Workstation cannot run 3D graphics if your host (physical
computer) is using a Radeon video graphics card.
AFAIK, KVM/QEMU cannot run 3D graphics (OpenGL) if your host (physical
computer) is using a Nvidia video graphics card.
I am considering installing both Nvidia and Radeon video cards in my host (e.g.
my PC that is acting as a hypervisor) so I run both/either VMware and KVM.
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> > What version of VirtualBox are you using?
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> 7.1
At least that is the latest, AFAIK.
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> > I found a comment on the internet that suggests VirtualBox 7.1 under
> > debian12 does not support 3D acceleration.
> >
> > $ vboxmanage modifyvm deb-cube --accelerate3d on
> > VBoxManage: error: The graphics controller does not support the given
> > feature
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> I did not try that. I don't need it for work.
I hope you have success. The good thing about Virtual Box is you can run your
VMs on either Windows or Linux computers. At least that is what I believe.
As I don't run Windows at this time, I use KVM/QEMU using Virt-Manager to
manage the VMs. I do have VMware Player installed, for running a few old VMs
that I created a number of years ago when I used to run Windows. Sadly because
I currently only have a Radeon video card in my PC, I cannot enable WMware's 3D
support.
I hope you have success in your efforts, whether you stay VirtualBox or change
to KVM/QEMU. Please let us know if you do.
I will comment that I have not found enabling 3D support has been useful for
anything other than running 'Cinnamon without software rendering'. I have not
found virtualised 3D graphics useful for gaming, maybe for demonstration, but
not actual use. For gaming, I understand that GPU passthrough is required,
which I have not personally tried. For gaming, I would prefer to use Wine/Steam
or to have a separate PC, or to Dual boot.
George.
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> All the best
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> [1]
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualization/virtualbox/6.0/user/emul-hardware.html
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