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VMs are fine for basic games like Minecraft (that isn't resource intensive). It falls apart when you play anything that is resource intensive. Even if you have,
by cyberlab 5y ago
VMs are fine for basic games like Minecraft (that isn't resource intensive). It falls apart when you play anything that is resource intensive. Even if you have, say, 32GB of RAM and a good CPU+Graphics, the fact you have to emulate anything at all means it gets noticeably laggier. You can laud the fact that the GPU gets passed to the VM, but since we are emulating, you will notice that.
- throwaway3699 5y agoVMs aren't emulating anything. Services like Stadia and GeForce Now explicitly rely on virtualizing gaming machines to be able to scale them. Nvidia even have a technology for slicing and dicing up large graphic cards to multiple client VMs.
- nitrogen 5y agoA service that is basically a one way video conference call with a remote system isn't exactly a benchmark for high performance/low latency gaming.
- cwyers 5y agoXbox One/Series X/S actually runs games within a VM as well: https://wccftech.com/xbox-one-architecture-explained-runs-windows-8-virtually-indistinguishable/ https://wccftech.com/xbox-one-architecture-explained-runs-wi...