I acquired this friday Parallels for Mac version 5, i installed and upgraded to the last version. The problem (and reason of acquiring this software) is when play RO (Ragnarok Online), it starts fine but at the moment of playing the performance is a bit slowly, is playable but not very good. Someone knows how to get a little more of performance? i tried to turn down all the Quality from graphics (which are not a big difference in this old game) and nothing, any help would be a big contribution.
I've found that the biggest speed impact is linked to your memory settings - i.e. how your Mac's physical memory is divided between the Mac, and the VM. Try to keep your VM's memory, and the memory assigned to Parallels, below 50% of your Mac's memory. Also, try both "optimize for..." settings (Optimize for the VM / Optimize for Mac OS X). Finally, there are situations where running the VM with only one (virtual) processor is better than using 2 (although that sounds counterintuitive). Maybe you could post your machine and your VM settings here.
I have a Macbook Pro 15, Core 2 Duo 2.53ghz, 4GB ram, 250gb HD, 9400M (is the version with only 1 gpu). When i use parallels i use 1GB of 4GB ram only for the VM, the system is optimized for the VM, but the performance is the same.
Hi TadeoS, please make sure that 3D acceleration and vertical synchronization are enabled in configuration of your virtual machine: link Please check tip for fastest game playing here.
That sounds like good specs for that VM / Host combinations. Have you got both virtual processors assigned to the VM or just one? What Windows are you using on the VM?
I have 3D acceleration and vertical synchronization enabled by default, but the performance is slow, even with turning down all the quality is the same.
Ok, im gonna still continue verifying some way to improve the performance, anyway i would be checking the forum continuously if there is any new. Thanks
Any news about how goes the performance? Do you think that if i assign 3gb ram or more (i use 2 right now), there could be better performance?
