Warhammer and HotKeynet 2 comps 4 boxes question

[justin1988]

I can increase the RAM memory to as high as i want though would that help

[Freddie]

If you're talking about VRAM (video ram, i.e. ram chips on the video card) I doubt Vista vs. XP makes any difference. Where exactly are you seeing this "125 MB of video" number? What VM software are you using? I'll take a look at it.

[justin1988]

Ya VMware Workstation. I was wondering if i can increase the memory it says i only have 121.00 MB of memory cause its a virtual video card.

[Freddie]

Can you please tell me the details -- the exact words in the title of the window where you're seeing this number and the exact words used as the name of this number in the window.

[justin1988]

I ran dxdiag in the virtual machine and this is what comes up.
Name: VMware SVGA II

[justin1988]

Manufacturer:
VMware, INC.
Chip Type VMWare SVGA II
DAC Type VMWare SVGA II
Approtx total mmeory 121.5 MB
Currenty Dusplay 1680 x 1050

[justin1988]

Even though it only takes 128mb and pixel shader 2.0 support video card to run warhammer, the virtual pc does support the shader 2.0. It should work but it might be choppy like need for speed was on high, but even on high it eventually smoother out once the RAM kicks in. It also has a quad processor helping it so deffiently possible. Im going to download everquest 2 free trial that game takes alot of graphics its online just like warhammer and requires shader 2.0. Will post back with the results soon

[Freddie]

Thanks. I won't have time to install VMWare today but I skimmed the documentation and Googled for a few minutes. Looks like there was a limit of 128 MB of vram in 6.0 -- haven't found any info on 6.5.

Here's a link that pretty much sums up what I've read so far (both the blog entry and the commments). Note that under "svga.vramSize" he says, "The maximum value is 128 MB." I saw that in a number of places.

http://blog.notfaqs.com/2008/01/vmwa...eleration.html

I couldn't find anything about this (or about the vmx file in general) on VMWare's site but I only looked for a few minutes.

[justin1988]

World of Warcraft free trial is working fine it just takes a second when you go to something new. Created a character shows it smooth. Entering world now well mess with the graphics and post results. Everquest 2 will take 5 - 6 more hours to download.

[justin1988]

It runs World of Warcraft smooth with the graphics all the way down if i turn them up half way it starts to skip. I doubt it is going to play Warhammer WoW only requires 32 mb video card lol.. I guess ill have to go to the old fasion way and just click each box.