Virtual Machine help?

[Guest]

I want to have one virtual machine running on a separate monitor for short periods. any good and free software for this?- i wanna have 2 people using 1 pc at the same time running 2 instances of tf2. is this possible? sorry i am a noob. btw my cpu supports vt-x and vt-c and virtualisation from intel but its only a ht dual core so i was only gonna run easy games. 

[LHJKO]

i dont see your issue 

[Guest]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

SoftXpand Duo Pro 

how about virtualbox- its the most reccomended one on other sites?

[ProjectBox153]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

how about virtualbox- its the most reccomended one on other sites?

Running games in a VM based off a program like VirtualBox and VMWare is not going to work. The hardware such as the GPU is emulated. 

[Guest]

Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Running games in a VM based off a program like VirtualBox and VMWare is not going to work. The hardware such as the GPU is emulated. 

ok, not even not gpu demanding games like minecraft? what then?

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, Ethan Meskin said:

ok, not even not gpu demanding games like minecraft? what then?

Even Minecraft won't run good (if it will load). 

[Guest]

Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Even Minecraft won't run good (if it will load). 

so what then- the softXpand thing?

[tt2468]

1 minute ago, Ethan Meskin said:

ok, not even not gpu demanding games like minecraft? what then?

Don't run vms at all. You have a dual core. Dual cores are already underpowered. Don't put more load on them.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, tt2468 said:

Don't run vms at all. You have a dual core. Dual cores are already underpowered. Don't put more load on them.

its just for light gaming for an hour or 2. minecraft can run on a single core, and tf2 is fine on a dual core- 3.5ghz. It is hyperthreaded by the way

[LHJKO]

2 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

its just for light gaming for an hour or 2. minecraft can run on a single core, and tf2 is fine on a dual core- 3.5ghz. It is hyperthreaded by the way

you ca also use sandboxie idk if you can set keyboard to a diffent one in sand boxie 

[tt2468]

5 hours ago, Ethan Meskin said:

its just for light gaming for an hour or 2. minecraft can run on a single core, and tf2 is fine on a dual core- 3.5ghz. It is hyperthreaded by the way

It doesn't matter. It's a bad idea. You need one core per vm for the os, not to mention one core for the host. And we're not talking threads, we're talking cores.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, tt2468 said:

It doesn't matter. It's a bad idea. You need one core per vm for the os, not to mention one core for the host. And we're not talking threads, we're talking cores.

its just one VM

[snortings]

1 hour ago, Ethan Meskin said:

its just one VM

Yes but you want 2 users, so lets do some maths.

 

1 Core for OS + 1 Core for Each User = 3 cores

[Guest]

8 hours ago, snortings said:

Yes but you want 2 users, so lets do some maths.

 

1 Core for OS + 1 Core for Each User = 3 cores

ok, i guess, but will it not work bcus hyperthreading. ik it wont be good, but is it possible?

[Pariah]

which VM program would you recommend if there were enough cores available?

[Guest]

Just now, Pariah said:

which VM program would you recommend if there were enough cores available?

Yeah, im buying an i5 soon

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 hours ago, snortings said:

Yes but you want 2 users, so lets do some maths.

 

1 Core for OS + 1 Core for Each User = 3 cores

thats not how cores work, you can share them, and with something like tf2 thats very lightweight cpu won't be a issue.

29 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

ok, i guess, but will it not work bcus hyperthreading. ik it wont be good, but is it possible?

What OS are you on?

 

For windows run hyper-v, for linux use kvm

 

But there is no way to play games in the vm's their virtual gpu's just don't allow that.

[Guest]

34 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

thats not how cores work, you can share them, and with something like tf2 thats very lightweight cpu won't be a issue.

What OS are you on?

 

For windows run hyper-v, for linux use kvm

 

But there is no way to play games in the vm's their virtual gpu's just don't allow that.

can i not work out gpu passthrough if i have virtualbox and 2 gpus?. im on windows but i wanna run a linux vm for linux use and light gaming (2 gamers one cpu style)

[Electronics Wizardy]

10 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

can i not work out gpu passthrough if i have virtualbox and 2 gpus?. im on windows but i wanna run a linux vm for linux use and light gaming (2 gamers one cpu style)

virtual box doesn't support gpu passthrough on windows.

 

If you on linux, use kvm its faster and more flexable

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

virtual box doesn't support gpu passthrough on windows.

 

If you on linux, use kvm its faster and more flexable

i am not on linux, but i could try dual booting. any that do support passthrough

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, Ethan Meskin said:

i am not on linux, but i could try dual booting. any that do support passthrough

what specs are you running.

 

From what i see about your hardware, there is no way for you to do this.

[Guest]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what specs are you running.

 

From what i see about your hardware, there is no way for you to do this.

g4560 and rx 470 with 8gb ram. i can add a second gpu easily but itll be old barely good enough

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Ethan Meskin said:

g4560 and rx 470 with 8gb ram. i can add a second gpu easily but itll be old barely good enough

you can do this with tf2 just fine then.

 

Install linux on it.(id personally run fedora)

 

Install kvm on there with virt-manager and make a vm that used the dgpu.

 

Use the igpu for fedora.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you can do this with tf2 just fine then.

 

Install linux on it.(id personally run fedora)

 

Install kvm on there with virt-manager and make a vm that used the dgpu.

 

Use the igpu for fedora.

ok, and what about ubuntu- i already have it on my vm (its pretty slow and no gaming but it works as linux)

also what about softXpand duo pro? on windows it lets you run 2 games on 2 screens simultaneously.

also how do you work out dual keybaords. also how to dual boot? i have a second hdd i could try idk

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Ethan Meskin said:

ok, and what about ubuntu- i already have it on my vm (its pretty slow and no gaming but it works as linux)

also what about softXpand duo pro? on windows it lets you run 2 games on 2 screens simultaneously.

also how do you work out dual keybaords. also how to dual boot? i have a second hdd i could try idk

You need to install linux(ubuntu will work) on the hardware, not in a vm.

 

Normally multiseat software(like the one made by microsoft) won't let you play games in  a vm due to directx errors. Just make the installer and it will manager the dual boot.