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What version of VMWare should I use for running a Windows Xp virtual gaming rig and a Windows 98 virtual gaming rig both with dedicated gpus? I would prefer to use a Windows 10 host os and to have each vm access my optical drive.

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both with dedicated gpus?

yeah no, thats not gonna happen, not at all.

 

both because of limited gpu support on both those OSes, and because hardware passtrough outside of bare metal solutions is a disaster.

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What version of VMWare should I use for running a Windows Xp virtual gaming rig and a Windows 98 virtual gaming rig both with dedicated gpus? I would prefer to use a Windows 10 host os and to have each vm access my optical drive.

It's only possible to passthrough hardware on a Linux host and even then it's pretty sketchy.

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But my games won't have their completely native graphics on a modern gpu, riiiiiiiiiiiight??????

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But my games won't have their completely native graphics on a modern gpu, riiiiiiiiiiiight??????

Its hard to say. You haven't mentioned what games you are trying to play.

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