I've achieved this before with VMWare Workstation 10 (Windows 7), even running FTB w/ texture packs, got ~40fps. This was over a year ago (same hardware I have now except I had a GTX 570). It was amazing ;_;
Now I'm using VMWare Workstation 11, I get about 10 FPS. Even stranger, when i move the mouse, it drops to 1 FPS. Even the main menu seems to stutter a little bit.
I tested Terraria in the VM, it runs buttery smooth. I understand that Minecraft is mainly CPU heavy, so I'm suspecting it's CPU related. I haven't tried optifine yet but I'm doubtful it would help.
Virtual machine settings:
3D Acceleration: ON
Processors: 1 (4 cores) (tried 2 cores as well)
Ram: 8GB
Windows performance settings: set for maximum performance.
Specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6-core
16GB Ram
GTX 770
Windows 7 64-bit (Host and Guest machine)
I get the feeling that Minecraft's code was changed in some way that killed running it in a Virtual Machine, probably CPU-related. Either that or Workstation 11 is just worse for gaming.
I even tried setting Default hardware compatibility in preferences to Workstation 10, no effect.
I've achieved this before with VMWare Workstation 10 (Windows 7), even running FTB w/ texture packs, got ~40fps. This was over a year ago (same hardware I have now except I had a GTX 570). It was amazing ;_;
Now I'm using VMWare Workstation 11, I get about 10 FPS. Even stranger, when i move the mouse, it drops to 1 FPS. Even the main menu seems to stutter a little bit.
I tested Terraria in the VM, it runs buttery smooth. I understand that Minecraft is mainly CPU heavy, so I'm suspecting it's CPU related. I haven't tried optifine yet but I'm doubtful it would help.
Virtual machine settings:
3D Acceleration: ON
Processors: 1 (4 cores) (tried 2 cores as well)
Ram: 8GB
Windows performance settings: set for maximum performance.
Specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6-core
16GB Ram
GTX 770
Windows 7 64-bit (Host and Guest machine)
I get the feeling that Minecraft's code was changed in some way that killed running it in a Virtual Machine, probably CPU-related. Either that or Workstation 11 is just worse for gaming.
I even tried setting Default hardware compatibility in preferences to Workstation 10, no effect.
Screenshot: http://puu.sh/iFbhB/5363c5e2aa.jpg [1]
(Also changed "dedicated video memory" in .vmx file to 128mb, absolutely no effect).