Loading nVideo drivers in Win7 WinXP VirtualMachine?

noko · 08-06-09, 08:22 PM

Downloaded XP VM from microsoft and installed. My 8800 GTX is running as an S3 something VM. Meaning 3d acceleration is not, is there a way to load drivers for the VM?

08-06-09, 10:02 PM

I believe I read that 3d acceleration was not available for virtual XP running in Windows 7.

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/11...irtual-xp.html

noko · 08-09-09, 06:08 PM

Yes that appears to be the case which makes the VM worthless for me since application I use needs accererated DX. So for compatibility of XP programs it may do well with non graphical applications but that is about it. I conclude better just to dual boot if I go to Win 7 which I like better then Vista but not significant enough for me to bother if I have problems with programs I still use.

Mr Bigman · 08-09-09, 07:00 PM

vm is garbage if you can't use acceloration and it looks like their aren't going to be any shuvs.

seeker · 08-09-09, 08:43 PM

I'm wondering about W7's XP Compatability Mode...wouldn't that suffice for running XP in a virtual environment, without a driver problem?

S.SubZero · 08-10-09, 06:47 AM

The XP Virtual machine is still a virtual machine, and does not use the host video card.

noko · 08-10-09, 10:52 AM

From my experience it is slow with anything graphical, basically looks like cpu is doing all the graphic work.

Basically you are running an operating system inside another operating system, a double boot so to speak. You have modern Win 7 interface with a window of XP running with old interface lol. Just doesn't look to useful in the end at all.

**crainger** · 08-10-09, 03:05 PM

It's useful for productivity apps. A lot of businesses didn't move to Vista because they have custom software for XP, it would have been to expensive to get the software rewritten, and it was too risky to try it anyway, having an XP VM means MS can talk more places into moving to 7 as they still have XP if they need.

Sazar · 08-10-09, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Bigman

vm is garbage if you can't use acceloration and it looks like their aren't going to be any shuvs.

VM is awesome for what it does.

You are essentially running 2 os's, in the case of Win 7 and XP, in the same boot session at the same time. I think that's pretty cool. And it is interchangeable as well. It's the way it should be, without having to reboot or log out or whatever. No graphics acceleration should be the least of the worries for the majority of people.

08-06-09, 08:22 PM	#1
noko noko Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 735	Loading nVideo drivers in Win7 WinXP VirtualMachine? Downloaded XP VM from microsoft and installed. My 8800 GTX is running as an S3 something VM. Meaning 3d acceleration is not, is there a way to load drivers for the VM? __________________ Gigabit DSL, Q6600 @ 3.4ghz, Mushkin 4gb DDR 800 OCZ 2x2gb , PowerColor HD 5870. 24" Acer LCD, 1TB hd with Vista 64 Home Premium. Foxconn 780G, Athlon64 X2 5600 @ 3ghz, Mushkin 4gb DDR 800 OCZ 2x2gb , eVga 260 GTX. 17" MagAcer LCD, 120gb Vista 32

08-06-09, 10:02 PM	#2
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Loading nVideo drivers in Win7 WinXP VirtualMachine? I believe I read that 3d acceleration was not available for virtual XP running in Windows 7. http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/11...irtual-xp.html

08-09-09, 06:08 PM	#3
noko noko Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 735	Re: Loading nVideo drivers in Win7 WinXP VirtualMachine? Yes that appears to be the case which makes the VM worthless for me since application I use needs accererated DX. So for compatibility of XP programs it may do well with non graphical applications but that is about it. I conclude better just to dual boot if I go to Win 7 which I like better then Vista but not significant enough for me to bother if I have problems with programs I still use. __________________ Gigabit DSL, Q6600 @ 3.4ghz, Mushkin 4gb DDR 800 OCZ 2x2gb , PowerColor HD 5870. 24" Acer LCD, 1TB hd with Vista 64 Home Premium. Foxconn 780G, Athlon64 X2 5600 @ 3ghz, Mushkin 4gb DDR 800 OCZ 2x2gb , eVga 260 GTX. 17" MagAcer LCD, 120gb Vista 32

08-09-09, 07:00 PM	#4
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08-10-09, 06:47 AM	#6
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08-10-09, 10:52 AM	#7
noko noko Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 735	Re: Loading nVideo drivers in Win7 WinXP VirtualMachine? From my experience it is slow with anything graphical, basically looks like cpu is doing all the graphic work. Basically you are running an operating system inside another operating system, a double boot so to speak. You have modern Win 7 interface with a window of XP running with old interface lol. Just doesn't look to useful in the end at all. __________________ Gigabit DSL, Q6600 @ 3.4ghz, Mushkin 4gb DDR 800 OCZ 2x2gb , PowerColor HD 5870. 24" Acer LCD, 1TB hd with Vista 64 Home Premium. Foxconn 780G, Athlon64 X2 5600 @ 3ghz, Mushkin 4gb DDR 800 OCZ 2x2gb , eVga 260 GTX. 17" MagAcer LCD, 120gb Vista 32

08-10-09, 03:05 PM	#8
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: Loading nVideo drivers in Win7 WinXP VirtualMachine? It's useful for productivity apps. A lot of businesses didn't move to Vista because they have custom software for XP, it would have been to expensive to get the software rewritten, and it was too risky to try it anyway, having an XP VM means MS can talk more places into moving to 7 as they still have XP if they need.