Hyper-V and DirectX

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• Friday, May 23, 2008 3:25 AMJohn Paul CookMVP, Moderator

   
  

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  Short answer: Yes.

   

  It depends on the video card and its drivers. And you have to have DirectX installed. Server core doesn't support DirectX, of course.

   

  I did some testing for you. The results were interesting. I initially connected to my Hyper-V server using Remote Desktop Connection. I ran all Passmark's PerformanceTest's 3D graphics tests. The simple test worked, but the medium and complex tests failed with this error message:

   

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  PassMark DirectX Testing Suite
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  Warning: Nothing will be rendered.
  The reference rendering device was selected, but your
  computer only has a reduced-functionality reference device
  installed. Please ensure that the most recent device driver
  for your graphics adapter is correctly installed.
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  OK  
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  That didn't make sense to me because I knew the graphics card supported DirectX and that DirectX was installed. I logged on locally and reran all of the tests successfully. So, yes, a parent partition can support DirectX, but not through Remote Desktop Connection.

   

   

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