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Old 02-10-2009   #1 (permalink)
Orpheus75


 
 

Video

Should VPC not see my actual Video Card? I have an onboard VGA which I have
disabled and am using an ATI Radeon X1300 but VPC does not see this, only VGA
card. How if possible can I get VPC to recognize the AGP card?

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Old 02-10-2009   #2 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP]


 
 

Re: Video

"Orpheus75" <Orpheus75@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6D624E0D-A8C5-499E-9371-BDB90E1B7ED0@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Should VPC not see my actual video card?
No.
Quote:

> VPC does not see this, only VGA card.
That's correct. Apart from the CPU, all virtual hardware is emulated:
http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#8
Quote:

>How if possible can I get VPC to recognize the AGP card?
You can't. All virtualisation software works this way.


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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Old 02-10-2009   #3 (permalink)
Robert Comer


 
 

Re: Video

>Should VPC not see my actual Video Card?

No, it only emulates a video card. (A S3 to be exact.)
Quote:

>How if possible can I get VPC to recognize the AGP card?
There's no way.

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Bob Comer


On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:19:02 -0800, Orpheus75
<Orpheus75@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>Should VPC not see my actual Video Card? I have an onboard VGA which I have
>disabled and am using an ATI Radeon X1300 but VPC does not see this, only VGA
>card. How if possible can I get VPC to recognize the AGP card?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-10-2009   #4 (permalink)
VanguardLH


 
 

Re: Video

Orpheus75 wrote:
Quote:

> Should VPC not see my actual Video Card?
Exactly. All hardware is emulated except the CPU.
Quote:

> I have an onboard VGA which I have
> disabled and am using an ATI Radeon X1300 but VPC does not see this, only VGA
> card.
Yep, that's right. Virtual machines have a set of emulated hardware,
one of which is the VGA card for compatibility.
Quote:

> How if possible can I get VPC to recognize the AGP card?
Not going to happen.

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...26/361361.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Virtual_PC

If you want to use your real hardware, like to run games, then look into
using multibooting to start different instances of Windows.
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Old 02-10-2009   #5 (permalink)
Orpheus75


 
 

Re: Video

Thanks guys. I figured as much but thought I'd give it a try. Never
hurts.

"VanguardLH" wrote:
Quote:

> Orpheus75 wrote:
>
Quote:

> > Should VPC not see my actual Video Card?
>
> Exactly. All hardware is emulated except the CPU.
>
Quote:

> > I have an onboard VGA which I have
> > disabled and am using an ATI Radeon X1300 but VPC does not see this, only VGA
> > card.
>
> Yep, that's right. Virtual machines have a set of emulated hardware,
> one of which is the VGA card for compatibility.
>
Quote:

> > How if possible can I get VPC to recognize the AGP card?
>
> Not going to happen.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...26/361361.aspx
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Virtual_PC
>
> If you want to use your real hardware, like to run games, then look into
> using multibooting to start different instances of Windows.
>
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