Windows 7 64-bit standard VGA graphics card

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MichaelM3

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Hi all,

I installed and fully updated a Windows 7 64-bit. I have chosen the Games functionality since I want to play Digital Combat Simulator (DCS using STEAM) on my iMac:

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
3,4 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB

Although everything looks ok, the program doesn't run and simply says 'This program didn't respond and needed to close'.
I have checked dxdiag (since it is a DirectX game) and that says version 11. In the VM profile it says 'optimise for DirectX 10'. I did notice however that the graphics card installed on the Windows is a Standard Video Card, instead of the card mentioned above.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of where to look or what to do?

Thank you !
 
Hello MichaelM3,
Guest OS in Parallels Desktop have no access to physical graphics cards present in a Mac. Instead, Parallels Display Adapter driver (which is part of Parallels Tools installation) interfaces with virtual hardware and provides 3D acceleration features. The actual acceleration is achieved by translating DirectX commands from the guest to OpenGL API on OS X side.
For more information, please refer to this article, http://kb.parallels.com/122807
 
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Hi mister Dhruba,

thanks for answering my post. I managed to resolve some issues by reinstalling the parallels desktop tools. Now I am able to play DCS World but still have some graphical issues to resolve. Meanwhile, I tried to install Wolfenstein New Order but that gives an OpenGL error, I'm afraid:

Wolfenstein The New Order.1683.12274 win-x64 Retail Jun 18 2014 14:27:05
Wolfenstein The New Order.1683.12274
------ Initializing File System ------
Current search path:
C:/Users/michael/Saved Games/MachineGames/Wolfenstein The New Order/base/
C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Wolfenstein.The.New.Order/base/
file system initialized.
BenchmarkGameData: ofs 0 and 0x151060480x
663 microseconds
32868 microseconds
128261 microseconds
9839 microseconds
10884 microseconds
35584 microseconds
23310 microseconds
25882 microseconds
24311 microseconds
44695 microseconds
Average seek time without outliers: 25921 microseconds
fileBenchmarkImpliesGameIsOnHD: false
---------------------------
idStreamingInstallManager::Init: using langMask 1 for lang english
1 CPU package, 4 physical cores, 4 logical cores
log file 'qconsole.log' opened on Wed Apr 22 17:34:38 2015

3402 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & SSSE3 & SSE41 & SSE42 & AVX
32768 kB 1st level cache, 262144 kB 2nd level cache, 8388608 kB 3rd level cache
8192 MB System Memory
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {5F2A769F-4AF6-47EF-99C0-E1AA42234C26} Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) - 0.0.0.0 NULL netmask - skipped
Found interface: {0ACE8AD2-7D74-4801-9672-327C9BBC2AEE} Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection - 192.168.0.121/255.255.255.0
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
Executing default.cfg for device #0...
execing joystick.cfg
Executing default.cfg for device #1...
execing joystick.cfg
Executing default.cfg for device #2...
execing joystick.cfg
Executing default.cfg for device #3...
execing joystick.cfg
idLib::SetProduction( PROD_PRODUCTION )
OpenDLCFileHandles: 0 packages mounted.
WARNING: Config file "wolfConfig.cfg" not found
Command line is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Wolfenstein.The.New.Order\WolfNewOrder_x64.exe"
providerName: Parallels
driverDesc: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
driverVersion: 10.2.28956.0
found driver 10.2.28956.0 (limit: 0.0.0.0)
------- Initializing renderSystem --------
PreliminaryRenderSetup
---registered window class
---registered fake window class
---registered context window class
GetWGLExtensionsWithFakeWindow: OpenGL Vendor: "Parallels and NVIDIA Corporation"
GetWGLExtensionsWithFakeWindow: OpenGL Renderer: "Parallels using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX OpenGL Engine"
GetWGLExtensionsWithFakeWindow: OpenGL version: "2.1 NVIDIA-10.2.7 310.41.25f01"
---using WGL_EXT_swap_control
X..WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear not found
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WARNING: No address, error: 487
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3fbbd9dd( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3fb4a970( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3fb4abcd( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3f5ed9e0( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3f5f0ec5( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3f5ec78d( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3f2b3df5( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3f6689a0( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
WolfNewOrder_x64.exe @ 0x3fb86b6f( ) + bytes () : ** UNKNOWN **( ** FUNC_PARAM_ERROR ** )
kernel32.dll @ 0x777759cd( ) + bytes () : BaseThreadInitThunk( )
ntdll.dll @ 0x778ab891( ) + bytes () : RtlUserThreadStart( )
FATAL ERROR: wglCreateContextAttribsARB not available
Dumped console text to C:\Users\michael\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\ErrorLog_04-22-2015__05-34-41pm.txt.

idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem

***************************
FATAL ERROR: wglCreateContextAttribsARB not available

***************************
I have no idea what that all means, but since you mentioned OpenGL in your answer, maybe you have an idea about this?

Thank you very much,

kind regards,

Michael
 
Hello MichaelM3,

From the system requirement of "Wolfenstein The New Order" we see that it requires DirectX 11. Parallels Desktop 10 will support DirectX 9 and DirectX 10. Please refer to our knowledge base article for more info: http://kb.parallels.com/en/122485

Thanks,
Padman
 
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