Hi Leland, Gaming may be an exception because I understand some such programs bypass the OS and API's and go directly to the hardware (I guess that's what you're talking about), but as a Big General Rule, computer performance 'degradation' is a function of physical I/O with devices, usually managed by the OS and device drivers, and from this standpoint if enough RAM is installed to keep 'x' number of OS's and 'y' number of applications in memory, there should be little, if any, difference between a standalone OS machine and a VM machine.
Bill > Yes, that had occurred to me. A VM is not the best choice on > which to > run games. Windows is still ahead of Linux at this point as a gaming > OS; although, I haven't seen any benchmark/comparison. It is my > understanding that the windows NVIDIA driver is more mature for SLI, > etc, than is the Linux NVIDIA driver, and the windows (OS) will yield > more FPS, (eg Frames per Second) and greater SLI functionality under > windows than the Linux OS with a NVIDIA driver. > > I would rather host VM(s) under the Linux OS and have all my > web stuff > under the safer Linux OS, (eg web browser, email clients, > etc), and only > run applications that are not available under Linux/Unix in a > Windows VM > guest, but if I were a gamer, I would reverse it and host the guest > OS(s) on Windows, so I could run games natively. > > Regards, > > LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
