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3D acceleration in ESX 4.x (1011942)
Symptoms
3D acceleration is greyed out.
Cannot choose 3D acceleration.
The Enable 3D Support option is greyed out.
Applications that use 3D Acceleration, such as Direct X and Open GL, do not function as expected.
Resolution
The 3D acceleration feature is not supported in ESX/ESXi 4.x. There are currently no plans to support 3D acceleration in a virtual machine on ESX/ESXi.
This option is available for virtual machines created in products that support 3D acceleration, such as VMware Workstation.
Update History
07/28/2010 - Added a symptom for Direct X and Open GL.
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