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		nilved on Aug 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Valve Finds Value In Open-Source Drivers Probably Wine. Virtualization almost always prevents the guest OS from accessing the graphics card, which is very unsuitable for gaming.

thebigshane on Sept 11, 2012 [–]

A bit late of a response sorry, but now that VMWare and others have OpenGL support inside the VM, isn't that the graphics card access you are referring to? I'm sure it's still slower than bare metal, like all abstraction layers, but perhaps it's better now?

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