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Old 10-15-2009, 06:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Windows - Performance on Boot Camp Vs VM Fusion

Im getting a mac book pro soon once the new models start to roll out and i do some gaming. I am going to install winodws 7 on the mac only for gaming. I am wondering what program is best for performance, i like the features like drag and drop on vm fusion, but i am willing to give that up for better performance. Is there any program that you know of that has very good performance?

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Old 10-15-2009, 07:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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For gaming, you will get better performance via Boot Camp which access the GPU natively. You'll want to be sure and get a MBP with a separate graphics adapter as well for that purpose. It will function just like a windows PC with the same hardware. Virtual machines, via Fusion, Parallels, VirtualBox or otherwise, use a "virtual," generic graphics adapter that performs like a basic integrated graphics chip.

Note that you can install Win7 in Boot Camp, and still create a VM machine from that partition to have the best of both worlds - boot into Windows when gaming, and use the VM when you are doing other stuff that doesn't require full graphics.

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For gaming, you will get better performance via Boot Camp which access the GPU natively. You'll want to be sure and get a MBP with a separate graphics adapter as well for that purpose. It will function just like a windows PC with the same hardware. Virtual machines, via Fusion, Parallels, VirtualBox or otherwise, use a "virtual," generic graphics adapter that performs like a basic integrated graphics chip.

Note that you can install Win7 in Boot Camp, and still create a VM machine from that partition to have the best of both worlds - boot into Windows when gaming, and use the VM when you are doing other stuff that doesn't require full graphics.

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Ok thanks, helps alot
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