Message from @Alibaba

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2017-01-19 20:11:53 UTC  

it would require some configuration, and 2 graphic card (one dedicated for the host, and another one for the guest, intel graphics can work though)

2017-01-19 20:12:18 UTC  

I do that on daily basis, my windows 10 is a guest right now 😉

2017-01-19 20:12:42 UTC  

don't expect to do it with virtualbox gui though 😄

2017-01-19 20:13:19 UTC  

you do that daily? what for?

2017-01-19 20:14:15 UTC  

I love VM and I like the fact that I can make a snapshot and test things without having to bother about wrecking my system

2017-01-19 20:14:31 UTC  

I mostly use it to run multiple OS at the same time tho

2017-01-19 20:14:41 UTC  

for cross compilation

2017-01-19 20:15:07 UTC  

but the VT-d allow me to play on windows 10

2017-01-19 20:16:45 UTC  

i'm using a really lightweight gentoo as a host, and I load multiple VM at the same times

2017-01-19 20:17:06 UTC  

if you need info about that, search for KVM VGA passthrough with VT-d

2017-01-19 20:17:40 UTC  

or Xen, whatever you like

2017-01-19 20:19:34 UTC  

oh, forgot to mention that, it's also really useful to tweak your drivers since you can access your PCI device directly too

2017-01-19 20:22:00 UTC  

without direct I/O (VT-d or AMD I/O VT), you can only use software acceleration and the perfomances are pretty poor, whatever your hardware

2017-01-19 20:27:26 UTC  

alright proffesseur, je ne suis pas comprehends

2017-01-19 20:27:28 UTC  

too much info

2017-01-19 20:27:58 UTC  

it's like teaching a 9 year old about quantum physics

2017-01-19 20:28:10 UTC  

and I fucked up that french

2017-01-19 20:28:20 UTC  

I just remembered

2017-01-19 20:28:31 UTC  

to keep it simple, without direct I/O technology, your VM software emulate a graphic card and the perfomances are shitty. Don't even expect to run something 15y old at decent FPS

2017-01-19 20:29:37 UTC  

with direct I/O, your VM software can access and use your hardware directly inside the guest. That makes you able to use you super uber graphic card in your VM

2017-01-19 20:30:02 UTC  

it's not that you have to dumb it down for me, it's just that I'm only about 1/2 awake rn

2017-01-19 20:30:15 UTC  

I appreciate it tho

2017-01-19 20:30:22 UTC  

lol

2017-01-19 20:30:52 UTC  

well, I don't know your computer system knowledge

2017-01-19 20:31:12 UTC  

and it might help some other people to understand a bit anyway, so I had to try 😄

2017-01-19 20:32:03 UTC  

reading that back, the only thing I don't know what it is is VT

2017-01-19 20:32:10 UTC  

I assume it's a kind of VM

2017-01-19 20:32:42 UTC  

but as I said, if you're actual knowledge for VM use is simply use VirtualBox or VMware GUI, don't even bother buying stuff that support this technology, you won't be able to use it

2017-01-19 20:33:18 UTC  

VT-d is a techology, it has to be supported directly by your CPU and your motherboard

2017-01-19 20:34:05 UTC  

it makes you able to assignate your devices to a VM

2017-01-19 20:35:00 UTC  

VT-d is intel proprietary, AMD has its counterpart called I/O Virtualisation Technology

2017-01-19 20:36:08 UTC  

I have a bunch of games that only run on Windows XP, I tried running them on MS's official XP VM and they didn't work. Do you think you would know why? would I need any of these technologies?

2017-01-19 20:36:27 UTC  

probably yes

2017-01-19 20:36:56 UTC  

your VM support only software acceleration, so shitty 3D at 3FPS at most

2017-01-19 20:37:20 UTC  

it's not that they didn't run fast enough, they didn't even boot up

2017-01-19 20:37:28 UTC  

I just got error messages

2017-01-19 20:37:41 UTC  

yup, no directx, opengl, etc

2017-01-19 20:37:54 UTC  

oh, that makes sense

2017-01-19 20:37:58 UTC  

since it's just a software "graphic card"

2017-01-19 20:39:05 UTC  

what did you use ? Virtualbox or something like that ?

2017-01-19 20:39:54 UTC  

like I said, ms's offical VM