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I'm using Parallels Toolbox for Windows on a Windows 11 system and have noticed that several background tools remain active while gaming. I was wondering if any Toolbox features can affect CPU, RAM, or disk usage enough to reduce game performance or cause occasional stuttering. Has anyone...

Hello all! I have recently learned that Epic Games has added ARM support to Fortnite on Windows 11 a month ago (as of this being posted), allowing the latest ARM-based laptop PCs to run Fortnite. Logically, with this in mind, Fortnite should now work on Parallels... but it doesn't...

Hello! The situation is that most games I play via Steam doesn't work in Parallels (or work with major visual glitches) compared to running the same games via CrossOver (including DX11 games). I am on Apple Silicon M4 Max MacOS 15.5, running Windows 11 VM. Is it the limitation of Parallels? or...

Hi, everyone! For some reason, all the 6 Tomb Raider Remastered games aren't running. I can run other games that are heavier than these, so it leads me to believe that there's something missing on Parallels to run these games. After opening any of the 6 games on Steam, the screen goes black. I...

Trying to play this old video game from childhood. Its only requirements are listed in the screenshot I posted below. Basically a 32mb video card, directX 9 support, and 32 bit color compatible graphics. So my M1 Mac should definitely be able to handle this with parallels I would think...

Hello, I'm trying to play a game that has DRM on a M-series chip Mac. I tried to execute the game in parallels but got some error. Upon consulting the customer service, I was informed that the DRM doesn't allow the game to run inside a virtual machine. I wonder if there is someway of boot the...

Hello, I have a problem with a game metin2. It keeps crashing in a very short time. What can I do to fix the problem?

Which is faster and better for gaming Parallels desktop pro vs crossover since parallels desktop pro has optional feature to utilize full system resources.

I have a 2019 Macbook pro with 2.6hz processor, 16gb ram, and the 4gb radeon graphics card, and have been using parallels to run windows 10 so that I can play games (especially Fallout 4). Parallels 18 does this superbly, but I recently "upgraded" to parallels 20 and its awful. The shadows are...

"Good evening, I have a question. I own a MacBook Pro M3 Pro, and I noticed that when downloading Warframe, Fast Food Simulator, and Grocery Store Simulator, the graphics flicker. How can I fix this?"

Is there a way to spoof Nvidia hardware or something in Parallels. I legit can't play batman on it since it only supports Nvidia, Amd and some other company. Im not super smart with tech stuff, but how would I at least play it.

I am new, trying out Parallels because I am SO tired of all the work required to try to get a few games to run, using Wine of various types, on my new Mac Air M3. I thought this was the magic, installed it, got the Windows desktop which is very cool, ran Steam within that, and (I moved to a Mac...

I have read about the following problems occurring around 2020 when a change was made to the game, but since then, a game update fixed them. I am trying to run World of Warcraft, subscription based, regular content. I have not downloaded the latest expansion "The War Within". Main problem: No...

Hello everyone, I can't launch games on Steam or through any other launcher (Dark & Darker) Here's an example of the error message for Palworld: LowLevelFatalError [File:C:\works\Pal-UE-EngineSource\Engine\Source\Runtime\Windows\D3D11RHI\Private\D3D11Util.cpp] [Line: 433]...

Like the title says - any news/updates on being able to run DirectX 12 games on Windows 11ARM under Parallels 20???

Hello everyone, when I try to install anno 1800 on my Mac with paralels 20 I keep getting the following message: Does anyone had a similar issue. I have enough disk space to install, btw.

DirectX 12 Windows limitations prevent running of many modern Windows games in Parallels. The Steam on the Steam Deck can play native Linux games, or use Proton play many Windows games. Steam in Linux I believe can do likewise. Is it possible to use Parallels to install Linux, and use Steam in...

Hello, I have Win 11 24H2 version emulated on parallels desktop Pro with Apple MacBook Pro m3 max, and I want to play Rust from Steam. However after download only this game shows an error message that: ARM64 not supported. How can I bypass this, I mean other X86 games are working with windows...

Left 4 Dead 2 on Parallels running windows 11 used to crash every time I launched it but someone on reddit pointed out I have to set the shader effects to medium or low. Now I can get it out of the menu and into the actual game, but the foreground keeps flickering out of the picture. It seems to...

Hi, Just installed Minecraft Bedrock (Win 11 in Parallels 20) on my M2 MBP Pro and the game runs fine but I have issues with camera movements. Playing in Coherence or Full screen the sensitivity is very high (with or without "game optimization" for the mouse) but I can be mostly corrected by...