Turning 1 PC into 2

[Chris450x]

Ok so got a question, Is it possible to run a single pc and split into 2 let's say by each taking half the resources? I'm running a Asus Prime x570 mobo, with a 3700x, 16gb ram, a 3070 gpu, and RM850 psu, 

 

Want to split galactic civ into 2 instances to play with a friend with ought having to hopefully buy a whole new computer.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Try software like aster. It allows you to have 2 users on one pc playing their own games, using one gpu.

[RageTester]

Some games have split screen mode, If game doesn't have such mode 2nd monitor will be required.

Older games should work just fine, but don't expect to run modern stuff twice on single GPU.

Have not tried aster, but 30 day free trial sounds interesting, especially if RunAsDate will allow extending it.

 

[Wictorian]

What about using a virtual machine?

[Chris450x]

Ya i'm just looking to hoke a friend up to play a smaller game unfotunately doesn't have split screen but would love to beable to do it virtually i have 2 32" monitors so I just want to try and make it work I have the resources for it to run 2 versions I'm just trying to figure out how I could do it. But i'll definately look into aster

[Helpful Tech Witch]

6 hours ago, Wictorian said:

What about using a virtual machine?

You need gpu passthrough to be ble to game, so you cant do it on windows, so you need linux, and to passthrough to windows one of the gpus

[TeraBot452]

If your fine with remote desktop, you can use hyper-v to split up your gpu.  Craft computing has a guide linked here:

. Just skip the build to get to the tutorial.  If you don't have a windows 10 pro license you can use this guide to get hyper-v on win10 home https://www.itechtics.com/enable-hyper-v-windows-10-home/ That way if you have a chromebook or something you can use parsec to remote into that VM and play games together.  Just make sure to allocate your ram properly since civ can take up a lot of ram. 

[LogicalDrm]

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